These processors offer an up to 2.2x performance increase over the second generation EPYC CPUs, and the performance delta over previous generation Intel Xeon processors is even larger your existing servers may have CPUs from several generations ago. AMD’s third generation ‘Milan’ EPYC processors brought AMD’s powerhouse Zen 3 cores to the server marketplace, not to mention improvements in cache, memory bandwidth and IO throughput. What’s more interesting, though, is that it could also create new opportunities and help you control your operating costs.įor a start, new server CPUs offer dramatic performance and efficiency gains.
Updating your servers with new hardware can help you minimise these inefficiencies and risks. Again, this can be daunting for small businesses working to manage that estate without access to a wide range of specialist expertise. Take a piecemeal approach, replacing hardware only when it goes beyond repair, and you end up managing a more complex, mixed estate with different hardware and different management tools. There may be compatibility or performance issues with new applications that your business wants to run. Software or firmware may no longer be patched to cover vulnerabilities or meet emerging threats. What’s more, as they reach (or go beyond) their warranty period and end of life, further risks emerge.
They can also cause issues for performance, stability and availability that impact productivity elsewhere. Old, inefficient servers can eat up IT resources which could be better used elsewhere a problem for small businesses, where limited budgets and manpower are the norm. This also drives up total cost of ownership (TCO). They may run warmer, needing additional cooling in the server room. Older servers aren’t just more expensive to maintain, but also less energy efficient. IDC studies have shown that older servers with lower performance and higher failure rates can increase unplanned downtime by 20%, while server performance degrades by an average 14% per annum, meaning that, after five years of life, it’s 40% slower than when it came out of the box. Firstly, as servers age, they become more expensive to maintain and run. In terms of costs and risks, the arguments are simple.
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