Need Help Speccing a Server

KeizzerSoze

KeizzerSoze

KeizzerSoze

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Hi I have been tasked with upgrading our current servers at work and was wondering if someone here could recommend something.

The server will be used to process calculations.
the Budget is £60k to £70k

Below I have attached our current Server which we will be needing to upgrade.
any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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Armageus said:
What are the bottlenecks with your current server?
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BongoHunter said:
E.G are the CPUs and all cores maxed out when the app is running, or is it the memory (or both) - is it disk IO limited at points
Also do you know the name and version of the aoftware? Specifically it would be useful to know it it's using AVX
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Hi guys, So the Bottlenecks are CPU and Ram, all cpu cores are currently maxed out and the devs tell me that the Ram speeds are too slow.
We currently have 72 cores maxed out, Ideally if the budget permits looking to double that.

In terms of software, it's all in house developed software haven't got a clue what those guys are actually doing.
 
Hi Guys just wanted to get some final thoughts before I pull the trigger, this is what I am planning to go with for the server.

This solution consists of 1 fully built and tested system.

1 x Intel S9256WK1HLC Compute Node with liquid cooling
2 x Intel Xeon Scalable 9282, 56 cores, 2.6 GHz (400W TDP)
16 x 128GB DDR4-2933 ECC Registered LRDIMM
2x Intel P4511 3.84TB M.2 NVMe
1 x Dual-port 10GbE SFP+ Network Adapter
1 x Remote Management Module
 
Thanks a lot for the constructive feedback guys, I have forwarded the concerns / feedback to the PM. I will see what he says.
But he seems adamant to try and get the latest and greatest without much concern to cost.
 
khrall said:
It's not the budget that concerns me, it's how new the hardware is. 1st revision hardware on CPU & Motherboard, 1st revision firmware & drivers. Lots of potential issues yet to be discovered, especially on something that appears to be this business critical to you. It all depends on whose head ends up on the block if it all goes wrong.
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Definitely not mine, I have raised all the concerns mentioned to the PM and I have them all in slack, if anything goes wrong and he tries to blame me, guess who's getting a print out of the convo?
I really do appreciate everyone's help.
 
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