The EPYC journey continues to Milan in Cloudflare’s 11th generation Edge Server
Aug 31, 2021Chris Howells
Summary
This post details the selection and validation process for Cloudflare's Generation 11 edge servers, focusing on the adoption of AMD EPYC Milan processors (specifically the 64-core EPYC 7713) over Intel's Ice Lake offerings due to superior performance per watt. It also describes the upgrade in memory configuration to 384GB DDR4-3200 and the transition to 2x Samsung PM9A3 x 1.92TB SSDs for storage. The post outlines the rigorous testing and validation process, including synthetic benchmarking and production environment testing, to ensure performance and reliability.
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