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A customer called not long ago looking for a replacement dedicated server. The storage had already been chosen. Memory wasn’t an issue. Network connectivity was settled. The only thing they couldn’t decide on was the processor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Should we go with AMD EPYC or Intel Xeon?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wish there were a one-sentence answer because it would make everyone’s life easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, I asked a few questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What applications are you running?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“How many people depend on this server every day?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Do you expect to virtualize more workloads next year?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of the conversation, the processor wasn’t really the biggest topic anymore. We were talking about growth, software licensing, storage performance, backups, and how long they expected the server to stay in production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That conversation isn’t unusual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most people begin shopping for a server by comparing processors. I think it’s more productive to begin by understanding what the server is expected to accomplish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The difference sounds subtle, but it often changes the recommendation completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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