{"id":3677,"date":"2019-05-15T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T15:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2019-11-21T06:50:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:50:34","slug":"5-reasons-rack-mount-server-refresh-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/5-reasons-rack-mount-server-refresh-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Server Refresh 2019 \u2013 5 Reasons to Upgrade Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve got a few server refresh cycles under your belt, you already know that even the best quality hardware has a limited duty life. Contrary to popular belief, not all workloads are moving to the cloud, especially the ones that are high cost for server compute workloads by mainstream hyperscale providers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, whether you want to replace hardware to take advantage of new server technologies or the 30% price drop in server memory, here are several reasons why now is a great time for a server refresh.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/5-reasons-rack-mount-server-refresh-2019\/#Technology_Budgets_Have_Increased_in_2019\" >Technology Budgets Have Increased in 2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/5-reasons-rack-mount-server-refresh-2019\/#But_First_What_Happens_If_You_Dont_Refresh\" >But First, What Happens If You Don\u2019t Refresh<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/5-reasons-rack-mount-server-refresh-2019\/#So_Youve_Decided_to_Do_a_Server_Refresh\" >So, You\u2019ve Decided to Do a Server Refresh<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/5-reasons-rack-mount-server-refresh-2019\/#The_Top_5_Reasons_for_a_Data_Center_Server_Refresh_in_2019\" >The Top 5 Reasons for a Data Center Server Refresh in 2019<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/5-reasons-rack-mount-server-refresh-2019\/#Ask_the_Experts\" >Ask the Experts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Technology_Budgets_Have_Increased_in_2019\"><\/span>Technology Budgets Have Increased in 2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The need to upgrade outdated IT infrastructure to address <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techrepublic.com\/resource-library\/whitepapers\/2019-it-budget-research-report-it-spending-increases-due-to-business-conditions-security-and-revenue-opportunities\/\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">all-new revenue opportunities<\/a> is cited as the biggest driver of IT budget increases in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recent technologies, such as predictive analytics and data-driven AI applications, have become too costly (or restrictive, in the case of public clouds) to serve on the cloud providers, such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or legacy systems. This has led businesses to loosen up technology budgets to keep their in-house server infrastructure competitive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the analyst firm IDC, neglecting to upgrade an organization\u2019s on premise server infrastructure can cost IT organizations up to 39% of peak performance.\u00a0IDC also found that it adds up to 40% in application management costs and up to 148% in server administration costs.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"But_First_What_Happens_If_You_Dont_Refresh\"><\/span>But First, What Happens If You Don\u2019t Refresh<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re dealing with aging infrastructure today, you certainly won\u2019t be able to meet the business objectives of tomorrow\u2019s workloads.\u00a0Before we cover all the reasons why you should refresh your server hardware in 2019, let\u2019s first quickly cover all the reasons if you don\u2019t. First of all, you would experience (or are already experiencing):<\/p>\n<ul class=\"config-specs\" style=\"list-style-type: circle; padding: 0 0 20px 50px;\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Decreases in Server Performance<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Increases in Unplanned Downtime<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Increases in Support Cost for Server Maintenance<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; padding-bottom: 8px;\">Increases in Support Time to Perform Server Diagnostics &amp; Optimization<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additional Risk from Expired (or Soon-to-Expire) Warranties<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately, the prolonged use of legacy systems will result in slow performance, unexpected maintenance costs, and increased support costs, which may prevent you from reaching business objectives.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"So_Youve_Decided_to_Do_a_Server_Refresh\"><\/span>So, You\u2019ve Decided to Do a Server Refresh<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ability to do even more with your IT budget couldn\u2019t be more applicable than in 2019. Improvements in server compute and storage technologies, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/server-memory-dram-price-drop\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">current supply chain issues in memory<\/a> means the timing is just right for a hardware upgrade.\u00a0So, whether you\u2019re looking to replace your entire hardware infrastructure or acquire new servers for an upcoming project, here are:<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Top_5_Reasons_for_a_Data_Center_Server_Refresh_in_2019\"><\/span>The Top 5 Reasons for a Data Center Server Refresh in 2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><i>Take Advantage of New Server Processor Technologies<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/products\/intel-xeon-processor-scalable-family-servers\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3766\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Intel-Xeon-Platinum2.jpg\" alt=\"Intel Xeon Platinum Scalable Processor Family\" style=\"width:100px; height:100px;\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since 2017, we have seen a tremendous amount of groundbreaking innovation from both market leader Intel\u00ae and rival AMD\u00ae. Each chipset maker\u2019s newest offerings bring a slew of performance optimization and efficiency features just in time for a server refresh that delivers lower TCO and higher-performance. Codenamed Cascade Lake, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/pogo-boosts-intel-xeon-server-performance-with-2nd-generation-scalable-processors\/\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Intel&#8217;s new Second Generation Xeon Scalable Processor Family<\/a> deliver improved performance benefits specific to server virtualization, analytics processing and AI-specific feature sets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the same time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/amd-is-back\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMD has released its high-performance EPYC processor<\/a> for the data center. Built on it\u2019s Zen architecture, AMD\u2019s EPYC processor delivers fast, responsive, and secure processing power, enabling IT departments to deploy bare metal, virtualized, or cloud-based workloads.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><i>Improved Performance from NVMe SSDs<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3190\" style=\"margin-bottom: -36px; width:320px; height:147px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/iris-nv1220sm.jpg\" alt=\"Iris NV1220 and rear\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to be outdone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/all-aboard-the-nvm-express\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory express)<\/a> has seen dramatic improvements since their enterprise-grade adoption in the data center in the mid 2010\u2019s. These all-flash solid-state drives deliver high data-volume throughput computing, including database OLTP workloads and predictive analytics or AI applications. Applications such as these will benefit tremendously from next-gen NVMe drives from Western Digital, Micron and others.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have object storage needs? \u00a0CEPH workloads work great with NVMe as well, such as those performed by the OSNEXUS QuantaStor software-defined storage platform.\u00a0Plus, this year\u2019s NVMe drives have larger storage capacity than before. The WD Black NVMe SSD are now available with up to 1TB &#8211; making 2019 the year to upgrade to an NVMe software-defined storage deployment.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><i>Memory Prices Have Dropped 30% in 2019<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you haven\u2019t checked server memory prices lately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/server-memory-dram-price-drop\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">prices have decreased<\/a> by up to 30% since January 2019.\u00a0With memory prices falling to their lowest points since 2011, now would be a great time to refresh your IT department\u2019s legacy systems.\u00a0Get more DRAM for your IT budget with the ability to address high data-throughput performance and improve server operations for business-essential applications or R&amp;D projects.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><i>Better Address the Demanding Workloads of Today<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With these new business demands digging at IT, the server refresh cycle has been shortened when compared with previous years. From improved server operations to better managed hardware resources, new server technologies will allow your IT department to <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3772\" style=\"padding-top: 5px; margin-bottom: -5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/analytics-1.jpg\" alt=\"Analytics\" style=\"width:300px; height:190px;\" \/>keep pace with modern business opportunities and demanding new technologies, such as predictive analytics, artificial intelligence or machine learning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The widespread combination of new server processor technologies, advancements in RAM, memory capacity increases, and better storage technology means that even a single new server is much better suited for modern workloads than legacy hardware.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b><i>Lower Your TCO While Decreasing Downtime<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As every good IT manager knows, new hardware means less downtime and a lower cost of overall ownership in maintenance and support cost. \u00a0The ability to process more requests, while using less hardware, will greatly expand the capabilities of your data center and add new value. Additionally, you\u2019ll get a brand new server warranty, adding valuable peace of mind just in time for all these new compute projects.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can see, now is a uniquely opportune time to maximize the performance of your IT budget. Check out our comprehensive product line at www.pogolinux.com, then <a href=\"mailto:sales@www.pogolinux.com\">email<\/a> or give us a call (at 888-828-7646) and talk to one of our incredibly knowledgeable sales engineers about which upgrades will be of most benefit to you.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ask_the_Experts\"><\/span>Ask the Experts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Pogo it is our goal to help you maximize your IT budget throughout the duty cycle of your existing infrastructure. We hope you\u2019ve come away with a few new ideas on how to make the most of your investment. However, if you have questions, please contact a Pogo sales engineer. We are always here to assist you. <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/products\/intel-xeon-processor-scalable-family-serverse\" target=\"_blank;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"223\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3762\" style=\"padding-left: 50px; margin-bottom: 10px;\" title=\"Servers featuring Intel Xeon Scalable Processors\" alt=\"Servers featuring Intel Xeon Scalable Processors\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pogolinux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/xeon-sf-cta.jpg\" style=\"width:560px; height:210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: 0; height: 0; border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.3);\" \/>\n<p><i>To learn\u00a0about how Pogo can help you tackle\u00a0the technological challenges\u00a0your organization is facing, please call us at 888-828-POGO, or email <a title=\"Sales at PogoLinux.com\" href=\"mailto:sales@www.pogolinux.com\">sales@www.pogolinux.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve got a few server refresh cycles under your belt, you already know that even the best quality hardware has a limited duty life. 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