If your DC had limited rack space it might start to make sense. Buying a cheaper processor means you would need more of them to accomplish the same amount of work, but also you need more space.
If your DC had limited rack space it might start to make sense
Not just rack space. If workloads have to be on the same machine or socket (not NUMA/RDMA friendly), your only choice is to get bigger and bigger processors.
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If your DC had limited rack space it might start to make sense. Buying a cheaper processor means you would need more of them to accomplish the same amount of work, but also you need more space.
Not just rack space. If workloads have to be on the same machine or socket (not NUMA/RDMA friendly), your only choice is to get bigger and bigger processors.