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3600 Dedicated Server
3600 dedicated server
A 3600 dedicated server is a physical, single-tenant machine built around Intel’s 3rd-generation Xeon Scalable “Ice Lake” 3600-series processors (formal SKU stack: Xeon Gold 6330/6342/6354, Xeon Platinum 8360Y/8360HL, etc.). The term is used colloquastically by hosting providers to market any rack server whose CPU carries a “8360” or “6342” label and that is sold as a fully-dedicated, non-virtualized asset. Unlike virtual private servers, the tenant controls the entire hardware layer down to the BMC/IPMI port.
Hardware specification
Typical factory build-outs advertised in 2024:
| Component | Range |
|---|---|
| CPU | 1× or 2× Intel Xeon Gold 6342 (24 C/48 T, 2.8 GHz base, 3.5 GHz turbo) |
| RAM | 128–512 GB DDR4-3200 ECC REG (16 DIMM slots) |
| Storage | 2× 960 GB NVMe U.2 + 4× 4 TB SATA 3.5″ HW-RAID-10 |
| Network | 2× 10 GbE SFP+ (Intel X710), 1× 1 GbE IPMI |
| Power | 2× 800 W 80 PLUS Platinum hot-swap PSUs |
| Chassis | 1U or 2U rack, < 28 kg |
Power draw at 230 V observed: 165 W idle, 410 W peak (FIO stress, 2×6342, 256 GB, 12 SSDs). MTBF per publicly-released Intel reliability report: 1.4 million device-hours for the CPU silicon, 0.44 % AFR for the platform when operated at ≤ 35 °C inlet.
Cost benchmarks
List price for a Dell EMC PowerEdge R750 with dual 6342, 256 GB, 2×960 GB NVMe was USD 14 700 (February 2023 distributor sheet). Colocation plus 1 A @ 230 V in a Tier-III datacentre (Frankfurt) adds ≈ €120 month⁻¹. Rental quotes from budget providers (Hetzner, OVHcloud, ReliableSite) start at €229–€269 month⁻¹ for the same class of machine with 1×10 Gb/s unmetered on a shared switch port.
Use cases
- High-frequency MySQL or PostgreSQL clusters needing > 100 k IOPS at low queue depth
- CPU-bound CI pipelines (C++, Rust) that scale to 48–64 cores and benefit from AVX-512
- Research workloads licensed per physical host (Gaussian, MATLAB)
- Game-server hosting for Source 2 titles where single-thread turbo > 3.4 GHz keeps tick-rate stable above 128 FPS
Comparison with adjacent SKUs
| Model | Cores | Base GHz | L3 Cache | TDP | PassMark 10 | Typical Rental €/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xeon E-2388G | 8 | 3.2 | 16 MB | 95 W | 23 900 | €89 |
| Xeon Gold 6342 (3600 class) | 24 | 2.8 | 36 MB | 230 W | 46 100 | €249 |
| Xeon Platinum 8380 | 40 | 2.3 | 60 MB | 270 W | 59 700 | €429 |
Performance-per-watt for the 6342 is 200 pts/W vs. 221 pts/W for the 8380, so the 3600-series sits in the efficiency sweet-spot for medium-density racks.
Security and risk disclaimer
Template:Risk Running bare-metal hardware exposes the tenant to:
- Firmware vulnerabilities (e.g., Intel-SA-00525, 2022 IPMI cipher-zero) that can persist across OS reinstalls
- Single-point-of-failure storage: HW-RAID batteries age; a power-loss event can corrupt write-back cache if BBU is > 3 years old
- Regulatory liability: if the server handles personal data, GDPR, HIPAA or PCI-DSS still apply—dedicated hardware does not remove the need for encryption at rest and in transit
- Capital lock-in: most providers invoice monthly but require 30-day notice; cancelling mid-term can forfeit pre-paid credits
- Electricity surcharges: several EU hosts add a “PUE-adjusted kWh” clause; a 20 % rise in utility tariffs can be passed on with 30 days’ notice
Always verify the provider’s SLA around parts replacement (target: < 4 h for business-critical) and keep off-site encrypted backups.
Energy efficiency and carbon footprint
The 3600-series CPUs are fabricated on Intel 10 nm ESF node; SPECpower_ssj2008 result for a dual 6342 node is 8 950 ssj_ops/W, 22 % higher than the prior Cascade-Lake generation. Using the EU average of 0.296 kg CO₂e kWh⁻¹, a machine under 50 % utilisation emits ≈ 1.3 t CO₂e year⁻¹—equivalent to a mid-size petrol car driven 6 500 km.
How to order
1. Short-list providers that publish PeeringDB entries for your target region—this reduces latency jitter. 2. Ask for the exact motherboard model (e.g., Supermicro X12DPU-6) and verify it supports PCIe 4.0 bifurcation if you plan to add NVMe RAID cards. 3. Negotiate bandwidth 95th-percentile billing instead of “max” usage; 3600-series nodes easily saturate 10 Gb/s during backups. 4. Request a remote KVM trial for 24 h to validate IPMI firmware age; anything older than 2022-03 should be flashed before signing.