We had announced it already during the past days. Giga-International will be offering a new server model shortly. Being the new highend model this new server will enter a frontline position of Giga Hostings server fleet, so to speak.
\nIn this case, the decisive factor for choosing the hardware of our new ‘flagship’ was our main goal to concentrate the best possible performance in one machine. Strength, energy, power. Nothing but these attributes had to be realized.
\nHaving the choice of two servers, branded David and Goliath, we wanted to offer the huge, strong Goliath. Poor little David may go playing with his slingshot somewhere else. Regardless to the costs, we were determined to offer a true ‘power pack’ which copes with any applications for a long long time.<\/p>\n
Naturally enough, the essential role in the efficiency of a server plays its “heart”, the processor.
\nQuite often, in that area, you’re cought between a rock and a hard place. AMD or Intel. Who offers the better processor at a more attractive price\/performance ratio?<\/p>\n
Vital support in answering this question was provided from professionals whose opinion we always relied upon: Our customers
\nWe had placed a questionaire right here in this Blog and had introduced both – in our opinion – most efficient and pricewise pretty similar models of Intel and AMD for making a pick and asked our customers and prospects for their vote.
\nFrom the very beginning one could tell that the Intel processor (Intel Core i7 3930X with six cores at 3,20 GHz each and HT) would pass the AMD-Processor (AMD Opteron 6272 with 16 cores at 2,1 GHz each). In the end, the Intel processor won the race with a 55% acceptance. Not a giant advance, however to us, a first hint.<\/p>\n
At a second level it took us to build both systems (in otherwise same configuration) and to test the true measurable power of both processors, supported by benchmarks. The result of the benchmarks: Fair, undisputable – and a crystal clear pin pointing again to Intel. Each test conducted under the latest CentOS version supported the opinion of our customers who had decided for the Intel processor already in advance.
\nIn Unixbench, for instance, the Intel Core i7 3930K achieved values three times better than the AMD processor, in single-core-operation. These who had thought that the Opteron 6272 with it’s remarkable 16 cores will outrule the Intel Core i7 3930K when it comes to multicore operation were unfortunately proven wrong. Even in that category the Intel processor produced twice as good results. Even the variety with and without ‘filycopy’ in both scenarios did not change the clear decision pro Intel.<\/p>\n
After all a pretty explicit score. The majority of our questonaire participants voted for the Intel processor and the benchmarks conducted by us make the AMD processor look “knocked out” in comparison.<\/p>\n
This is a pity for our marketing department though. It would have been sheer pleasure to promote a 16-Core dedicated server, whose mainboard had even posessed an integrated KVM-over-IP function, and it would have definitely gained publicity. But in that case, we are much more focussed on true, measurable, pure performace and customer satisfaction in regards to our new top model.<\/p>\n
In terms of marketing, this Intel Core i7 3930K with it’s 6 Cores may not shine as bright as his AMD twin, but provides exactly what our customers and we have wished for: Power, energy, strength, and more processing capabilities as any other server had before. All these attributes are from now on combined and related to one single key only in the name of our new server Goliath:<\/p>\n
Dedicated Server X<\/strong><\/p>\n Watch out, it is coming your way.<\/p>\n —————— The same text in german \/ Der gleiche Text in deutsch: ——————<\/p>\n Wir haben es bereits in den letzten Tagen angek\u00fcndigt: Giga-Hosting wird in K\u00fcrze ein neues Servermodell anbieten. Der neue Server wird sich als neues Highend-Modell sozusagen an die Spitze der GIGA-Nahrungskette setzen. Eine entscheidende Rolle f\u00fcr die Leistungsf\u00e4higkeit eines Servers spielt nat\u00fcrlich immer sein Herz: Der Prozessor. Eine entscheidende Hilfestellung zu dieser Frage haben wir zun\u00e4chst von den Fachleuten erhalten, deren Meinung uns am Wichtigsten ist: Von unseren Kunden. Im zweiten Schritt galt es beide Systeme (in sonst gleicher Ausstattung) zu bauen und mit Hilfe von Benchmarks die wahre, messbare Leistungsf\u00e4higkeit der beiden Prozessoren zu testen. 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\nAusschlaggebend f\u00fcr die Wahl der Hardware unseres neuen Flaggschiffs war dabei allein das Ziel, die bestm\u00f6gliche Leistung in einer Maschine zu b\u00fcndeln. St\u00e4rke, Energie, Kraft. Nichts anderes als diese Substantive galt es umzusetzen.
\nWenn wir zwei Server zur Wahl haben, die David und Goliath hei\u00dfen, dann wollen wir den gro\u00dfen, starken Goliath anbieten. Der kleine David kann mit seiner Steinschleuder zu Hause bleiben. Wir wollen unseren Kunden ein Kraftpaket anbieten, das f\u00fcr alle Anwendungen f\u00fcr eine lange Zeit ger\u00fcstet sein wird – koste es, was es wolle.<\/p>\n
\nWie so oft steht man in diesem Bereich vor der Qual der Wahl: AMD oder Intel? Wer hat den besseren Prozessor zum besseren Preis-\/Leistungsverh\u00e4ltnis?<\/p>\n
\nWir haben in einer Umfrage hier im Blog die beiden unserer Meinung nach effizientesten und gleichzeitig preislich recht \u00e4hnlichen Modelle von Intel und AMD zur Wahl gestellt und unsere Kunden und Interessenten gefragt, f\u00fcr welchen Typ sie sich entscheiden w\u00fcrden. Von Anfang an hat sich dabei ein Vorsprung f\u00fcr den Intel-Prozessor (Intel Core i7 3930X with six cores at 3,20 GHz each and HT<\/strong>) gegen\u00fcber dem AMD-Prozessor (AMD Opteron 6272 with 16 cores at 2,1 GHz each<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>) herauskristallisiert. Am Ende gewann der Intel-Prozessor mit 55 % Zustimmung die Umfrage. Kein riesiger Vorsprung, f\u00fcr uns aber doch ein erster Ansatzpunkt.<\/p>\n
\nGesagt, getan. Das Ergebnis der Benchmarks: Fair, unbestechlich – und ein glasklarer, weiterer Fingerzeig zu Intel.
\nAlle Tests, die wir unter dem jeweils neuesten CentOS durchgef\u00fchrt haben, gaben der Mehrheit unserer Kunden recht, die sich schon vorab f\u00fcr den Intel-Prozessor ausgesprochen hatten.
\nIm Unixbench etwa erreichte der Intel Core i7 3930K im Single-Core-Betrieb nahezu 3 mal bessere Werte als der AMD-Prozessor.
\nDoch wer dachte, sp\u00e4testens im Multi-Core-Betrieb kann der AMD Opteron 6272 mit seinen beachtlichen 16 Kernen seine St\u00e4rken ausspielen, hat sich leider get\u00e4uscht: Auch hier schnitt der Intel-Prozessor im Vergleich etwa doppelt so gut ab. In beiden F\u00e4llen \u00e4nderte die Variante mit oder ohne “filycopy” nichts an diesem klaren Resultat pro Intel.<\/p>\n
\nSchade zwar f\u00fcr unser Marketing: Mit einem “Dedicated Server 16-Core”, dessen Mainboard sogar schon \u00fcber eine integrierte KVM-over-IP Funktion verf\u00fcgt h\u00e4tte, h\u00e4tten wir sicherlich nur allzu gern geworben und so manche interessierte Blicke auf das Modell gezogen.<\/p>\n