Why We Chose AMD EPYC 7443, 9354, and 9545 For Our Servers

Why We Chose AMD EPYC 7003, 7004, and 9004 Series For Our Servers

This is an article on why we chose the powerhouses of the server world for our infrastructure.

At Nexar - Xentra Network, we always want our customers to have the best experience possible in all aspects. So when researching what hardware to use for our servers, we realized that all of our competition will charge you a premium price for hardware that is in most cases old, and therefore not premium anymore.

So we decided to embark on a journey into the game hosting industry - a journey that will not only disrupt the whole market, but also give you as a customer a better product for a lower price.

With our debut in this industry, we aim to set a new standard when it comes to delivering a high performance yet affordable service. Our plans will be fully featured and have no hidden or extra fees. We aim to deliver a premium product but at budget prices.

Owned Hardware

To be able to do this, we had to make sure that we have full control over the supply chain. This means that we will own all of our server hardware, and also own all of our network hardware. We acquired our fleet from a company called Altr and now fully own them 24/7. But this is only the beginning in creating a quality service; we also have to make sure it can be deployed fast and without any issues.

To guarantee this for all of our server locations, we are working with a company called Datapacket. With their help, we can get our servers up and running fast and with the knowledge that it is done in a professional manner.

Working with Datapacket alleviates us from having to deal with different networks and account managers in each new location. We choose not to go for inferior quality networks and DC providers because that will in the end result in a poor user experience and affect you as our customer.

The beauty of owning all of the hardware and having total control over it is that we can choose our own set of ROI (Return on Investment). We're not locked into a contract and can use our hardware as we like. Because we own the infrastructure completely, we can promise a 99.99% uptime for your services.

Choice of Hardware

After much consideration, we decided to go with a tiered powerhouse strategy using the AMD EPYC 7443 (7003 Series), 9354, and 9545 (9004 Series) processors with high-speed DDR5 and DDR4 ECC RAM and Enterprise NVMe SSD. This represents the most up-to-date server hardware available compared to the aging game hosting industry standard.

AMD EPYC 7443

24 Cores / 48 Threads

AMD EPYC 9354

32 Cores / 64 Threads

AMD EPYC 9545

24 Cores / 48 Threads

Below you will find a table showing the performance differences between our choice of processors and the game server industry standard. As you will see, there is a lot of very old hardware still being used by our competitors.

As you can see in the comparison above, our hardware surpasses the others by a huge margin in all aspects. Our price to performance ratio will be amongst the most affordable in the whole industry, while at the same time not holding back on performance.

A New Industry Standard

AMD's latest flagship processors are a real beast! With massive core counts and high thread counts, they handle even the most labor-intensive processes. This is a major upgrade from what is mostly used in the game hosting industry.

It is easy to only focus on what kind of processor a server has, but it is just as important that it has a lot of RAM. This is an area where our AMD EPYC selection shows why it is the best choice for gaming servers.

Performance Highlights

• Memory Bandwidth: Per socket memory bandwidth of 460 GB/s on our Genoa chips.
• Next-Gen Channels: Up to 12 Channels of DDR4-3200 / DDR5-4800 memory support.
• PCIe® 4/5 Support: Up to 128 lanes of PCIe® 4/5 for ultra-fast storage and networking.
• Future Proof: Supporting up to 6 TB of RAM ensures our servers are ready for the next decade.

Conclusion

All in all, the AMD EPYC 7443, 9354, and 9545 series are a definitive choice for anyone building a powerful game server. Hopefully, this article has managed to prove this to you.

Like we stated at the beginning of this article, we want our customers to enjoy the best experience possible, and that is exactly what this hardware is capable of. Thank you for reading and we hope to see you in the next one.