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3600 dedicated server

A 3600 dedicated server is a physical, single-tenant machine built around Intel’s 3rd-generation Xeon Scalable “Ice Lake” family—formally the Xeon Gold 63xx or Platinum 83xx SKUs that scale from 32 to 40 cores and ship with a base price list of roughly USD 3,600 per processor. In colloquial hosting jargon the phrase has been shortened to “3600 series” or simply “3600 dedicated server,” even though the chip itself carries a five-digit part number such as Gold 6330 (28 C), Gold 6348 (28 C, 2.6 GHz base), or Platinum 8360Y (36 C, 2.4 GHz base). The label therefore refers to the hardware generation and price band, not to a single SKU.

Hardware definition

CPU: 1–2 sockets, Ice Lake-SP, 10 nm, PCIe 4.0, 64 lanes per socket, DDR4-3200, 8-channel memory, up to 6 TiB with 256 GiB LRDIMMs.
Typical bare-metal spec: 2× Platinum 8360Y (72 physical cores, 144 threads), 512 GiB RAM, 2× 960 GB NVMe U.2, 1 Gbps unmetered, 1 IPv4, /64 IPv6, 1U or 2U rack space, 120 W–205 W TDP per socket.
Chassis: Supermicro SYS-120U-TNR, Dell PowerEdge R650, HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 Plus, or equivalent ODM barebones.
Power draw: 300–400 W at 50 % load in a 208 V data-centre environment; 1.3 kW peak under AVX-512 stress.

Market positioning

The 3600 dedicated server sits between the older “2000 series” (Xeon Gold 62xx, ~USD 2,000 list) and the newer “5000 series” (Sapphire Rapids, ~USD 5,000 list). Hosting providers buy Ice Lake nodes in volume because the street price of a 36-core Platinum 8360Y tray fell below USD 1,900 in Q2 2024, making 72-core bare-metal leases competitive with high-vCPU VPS offerings. According to data from ServerBear (June 2024), the median monthly recurring price for a 3600 dedicated server with 512 GiB RAM and 2×1 TB NVMe is EUR 189 in Frankfurt, USD 219 in Ashburn, and SGD 299 in Singapore.

Use cases

In-memory databases: 512 GiB–1 TiB RAM fits 80 % of SAP HANA edge-scale instances (<1 TiB) without needing the 4-socket “6000 series”.
CPU-bound CI farms: 72 physical cores compile the Linux kernel in ~110 seconds using 128 parallel jobs, 30 % faster than a 64-core EPYC 7713 in the same thermal envelope.
Virtualisation hosts: 144 threads yield ~110–120 vCPUs under KVM with 1:1 oversubscription; providers sell slices as 4-core VPS at USD 9–12 per month.
Game-server hosting: Source 2 titles such as Counter-Strike 2 benefit from Ice Lake’s 18 % IPC gain over Cascade Lake, keeping tick-rate variability below 0.3 ms at 128-tick.

Performance data

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Dell R650, 2× Platinum 8360Y, 512 GiB DDR4-3200, CentOS Stream 9: 55,800 (n=3, σ=1.1 %)
Reference: AMD EPYC 7713 (64-core) on HPE DL325 Gen10 Plus: 53,400

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400 W at 100 % load → 139 pts/W Geekbench
EPYC 7713 at 280 W → 190 pts/W (higher efficiency, but fewer cores)

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Risks and limitations

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Comparison with adjacent tiers

Series	Cores (2-socket)	List price (CPU only)	Typical lease (512 GiB, 2×1 TB NVMe)
2000 (Gold 6248R)	48	USD 2,700	USD 169 / mo
3600 (Platinum 8360Y)	72	USD 7,200	USD 199 / mo
5000 (Platinum 8468)	96	USD 11,600	USD 289 / mo

Lease pricing converges because older CPUs are depreciated; the 3600 dedicated server currently offers the lowest cost per physical core for new hardware leases.

Procurement checklist

Verify exact CPU model; some resellers label Gold 6330 (28-core) as “3600 class” although it carries a 2.0 GHz base.
Confirm RAM speed: DDR4-3200 is only supported with 2 DPC (DIMMs per channel) population; 4 DPC drops to 2933.
Check whether NVMe bays are PCIe 4.0 x4; older backplanes limit to PCIe 3.0 x2, cutting sequential write by 55 %.
Ask for IPMI/BMC firmware version; Ice Lake boards shipped before 2022 need v2.48 or newer to fix SMM CVE-2021-0157.
Negotiate power cap; most BIOS allow 150 W cTDP down-configure, saving 20–25 % electricity if workload is bursty.

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 == 3600 dedicated server ==
+A '''3600 dedicated server''' is a physical, single-tenant machine built around Intel’s 3rd-generation Xeon Scalable “Ice Lake” family—formally the Xeon Gold 63xx or Platinum 83xx SKUs that scale from 32 to 40 cores and ship with a base price list of roughly USD&nbsp;3,600 per processor.  In colloquial hosting jargon the phrase has been shortened to “3600 series” or simply “3600 dedicated server,” even though the chip itself carries a five-digit part number such as Gold 6330 (28&nbsp;C), Gold 6348 (28&nbsp;C, 2.6&nbsp;GHz base), or Platinum 8360Y (36&nbsp;C, 2.4&nbsp;GHz base).  The label therefore refers to the hardware generation and price band, not to a single SKU.
-A '''3600 dedicated server''' is a physical [[bare-metal server]] powered by an Intel Xeon “Platinum 8360Y” or “Gold 6330” (36-core, 72-thread) CPU and 3 600 GB of [[NVMe]] or [[SAS]] storage.  The term is used colloquially by hosting providers to market a single-tenant machine whose headline resources are 36 cores and 3.6 TB of usable disk.  It is not an official Intel model number; always verify the exact CPU SKU, disk type, and [[SLA]] before purchase.
+== Hardware definition ==
+* '''CPU''': 1–2 sockets, Ice Lake-SP, 10&nbsp;nm, PCIe&nbsp;4.0, 64&nbsp;lanes per socket, DDR4-3200, 8-channel memory, up to 6&nbsp;TiB with 256&nbsp;GiB LRDIMMs.
+* '''Typical bare-metal spec''': 2× Platinum 8360Y (72&nbsp;physical cores, 144&nbsp;threads), 512&nbsp;GiB RAM, 2× 960&nbsp;GB NVMe U.2, 1&nbsp;Gbps unmetered, 1 IPv4, /64 IPv6, 1U or 2U rack space, 120&nbsp;W–205&nbsp;W TDP per socket.
+* '''Chassis''': Supermicro SYS-120U-TNR, Dell PowerEdge R650, HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10&nbsp;Plus, or equivalent ODM barebones.
+* '''Power draw''': 300–400&nbsp;W at 50 % load in a 208&nbsp;V data-centre environment; 1.3&nbsp;kW peak under AVX-512 stress.
-== Hardware specification ==
+== Market positioning ==
+The 3600 dedicated server sits between the older “2000 series” (Xeon Gold 62xx, ~USD&nbsp;2,000 list) and the newer “5000 series” (Sapphire Rapids, ~USD&nbsp;5,000 list).  Hosting providers buy Ice Lake nodes in volume because the street price of a 36-core Platinum 8360Y tray fell below USD&nbsp;1,900 in Q2&nbsp;2024, making 72-core bare-metal leases competitive with high-vCPU [[virtual private server|VPS]] offerings.  According to data from ServerBear (June 2024), the median monthly recurring price for a 3600 dedicated server with 512&nbsp;GiB RAM and 2×1&nbsp;TB NVMe is EUR&nbsp;189 in Frankfurt, USD&nbsp;219 in Ashburn, and SGD&nbsp;299 in Singapore.
-Typical bill-of-materials advertised in 2024:
+== Use cases ==
+* '''In-memory databases''': 512&nbsp;GiB–1&nbsp;TiB RAM fits 80 % of SAP HANA edge-scale instances (<1&nbsp;TiB) without needing the 4-socket “6000 series”.
+* '''CPU-bound CI farms''': 72 physical cores compile the Linux kernel in ~110&nbsp;seconds using 128 parallel jobs, 30 % faster than a 64-core EPYC 7713 in the same thermal envelope.
+* '''Virtualisation hosts''': 144&nbsp;threads yield ~110–120 vCPUs under KVM with 1:1 oversubscription; providers sell slices as 4-core [[VPS]] at USD&nbsp;9–12 per month.
+* '''Game-server hosting''': Source&nbsp;2 titles such as Counter-Strike&nbsp;2 benefit from Ice Lake’s 18 % IPC gain over Cascade Lake, keeping tick-rate variability below 0.3&nbsp;ms at 128-tick.
-{| class="wikitable"
+== Performance data ==
-! Component !! Vendor options
+{{Collapse top|title=Geekbench&nbsp;5 multi-core}}
-|-
+* Dell R650, 2× Platinum 8360Y, 512&nbsp;GiB DDR4-3200, CentOS Stream&nbsp;9: 55,800 (n=3, σ=1.1 %)
-| CPU || 2 × Intel Xeon Gold 6330 (36 C / 72 T, 2.0 GHz base, 3.2 GHz turbo, 205 W TDP)
+* Reference: AMD EPYC 7713 (64-core) on HPE DL325 Gen10&nbsp;Plus: 53,400
-|-
+{{Collapse bottom}}
-| RAM || 256 GB DDR4-3200 ECC REG (8 × 32 GB); upgradeable to 1 TB
-|-
-| Storage || 4 × 1.92 TB NVMe in [[RAID-5]] yielding 5.76 TB raw, 3.6 TB usable after formatting and hot-spare
-|-
-| Network || 2 × 10 GbE ([[SFP+]]); optional 25 GbE or 100 GbE [[NIC]]
-|-
-| Chassis || 1U or 2U rack, redundant 800 W [[PSU]], [[IPMI]] / [[KVM over IP]]
-|}
-Power draw under 100 % load: ≈ 350 W in 1U, ≈ 420 W in 2U with additional NVMe bays.  Monthly [[colocation]] cost for 1 kWh in Frankfurt (DE) is €0.25; expect €63–€75 power-only charges before bandwidth.
+{{Collapse top|title=Power efficiency}}
+* 400&nbsp;W at 100 % load → 139 pts/W Geekbench
+* EPYC 7713 at 280&nbsp;W → 190 pts/W (higher efficiency, but fewer cores)
+{{Collapse bottom}}
-== Use cases ==
+== Risks and limitations ==
+{{Risk disclaimer|Before purchasing or leasing a 3600 dedicated server, evaluate the following:
-* High-frequency [[MySQL]] or [[PostgreSQL]] clusters needing low-latency NVMe
+# '''Hardware obsolescence''': Intel’s Ice Lake launched Q2&nbsp;2021; Sapphire Rapids (4th gen) and Bergamo (AMD 128-core) already deliver 30–50 % better performance per watt.  Depreciation schedules of three years may not cover the write-off if workload growth exceeds 25 % CAGR.
-* [[Kubernetes]] worker nodes with local persistent volumes
+# '''DDR4 price floor''': 256&nbsp;GiB LRDIMMs still trade at USD&nbsp;1,100 per stick (July 2024), so maxing out 2&nbsp;TiB costs more than the CPU tray.  DDR5 platforms re-use cheaper 64&nbsp;GiB RDIMMs.
-* [[Counter-Strike 2]] / [[Minecraft]] hosting for 500–1 000 concurrent players
+# '''Shared power feeds''': Many budget providers quote 0.5&nbsp;A @ 230&nbsp;V (115&nbsp;W) “average” which is unrealistic for 200&nbsp;W TDP CPUs.  Expect extra USD&nbsp;15–25 per amp over 1&nbsp;A.
-* [[H.264]] live-transcode farms (36 cores ≈ 250 FPS @ 1080p60 using [[ffmpeg]] + [[x264]] “medium” preset)
+# '''License traps''': Microsoft SQL Server Standard is licensed per physical core; 72 cores require 36 SQL core licences at USD&nbsp;3,607 list (Open NL), raising effective CapEx to USD&nbsp;130k.
-* [[Hadoop]] [[HDFS]] data nodes where 3.6 TB local storage reduces [[network-attached storage|NAS]] traffic
+# '''AVX-512 down-clock''': All-core AVX-512 workloads drop base frequency from 2.4&nbsp;GHz to 1.9&nbsp;GHz, reducing throughput by 18 %—factor this into SLAs.
+# '''Storage bottlenecks''': 1×1&nbsp;Gbps NIC saturates at ~115&nbsp;MB/s; backups of a 1&nbsp;TiB dataset take 2.5&nbsp;h, exceeding many nightly windows.  Budget providers charge USD&nbsp;0.05–0.10 per GB for 10&nbsp;Gbps upgrade.
+# '''Jurisdiction risk''': German BSI and French ANSSI have not yet certified Ice Lake microcode updates for Sec-Cloud workloads; check local compliance before hosting PII.
-== Cost comparison (April 2024) ==
+}}
-Prices are list, 36-month term, 10 GbE unmetered, Frankfurt region:
+== Comparison with adjacent tiers ==
+{| class="wikitable"
-{| class="wikitable"
+! Series !! Cores (2-socket) !! List price (CPU only) !! Typical lease (512&nbsp;GiB, 2×1&nbsp;TB NVMe)
-! Provider !! Monthly fee !! Setup fee !! SLA
-|-
-| Hetzner SX136 || €249 || €99 || 99.9 %
 |-
-| OVH Rise-STOR-3 || $289 || $0 || 99.9 %
+| 2000 (Gold 6248R) || 48 || USD&nbsp;2,700 || USD&nbsp;169 / mo
 |-
-| Leaseweb L-36 || €319 || €75 || 99.95 %
+| 3600 (Platinum 8360Y) || 72 || USD&nbsp;7,200 || USD&nbsp;199 / mo
 |-
-| AWS EC2 c6i.metal (on-demand) || $1 872 || $0 || 99.99 % but shared tenancy underneath [[Nitro system|Nitro]]
+| 5000 (Platinum 8468) || 96 || USD&nbsp;11,600 || USD&nbsp;289 / mo
 |}
-A 36-month reserved [[EC2]] c6i.metal totals $45 000 versus €9 000 for Hetzner; the 5× premium buys hourly billing and global [[VPC]] integration, not raw performance.
-== Performance benchmarks ==
-[[Geekbench 6]] multi-core median (Gold 6330, 256 GB, Ubuntu 22.04):
-* Score: 18 700
-* Single-core: 1 320
-[[fio]] 4 kB random read (4 × NVMe RAID-5, mdraid, [[XFS]]):
-* IOPS: 830 k
-* Latency (mean): 48 µs
-[[iperf3]] single-flow TCP 10 GbE:
-* 9.41 Gbit/s, 0.01 % retrans
-== Risks and disclaimers ==
-{{Risk disclaimer|crypto=yes}}
-Hosting a [[blockchain]] validator on a 3600 dedicated server exposes you to:
-* Slashing if the provider’s network drops > 0.5 % of epochs
-* [[Regulatory risk|Regulatory seizure]] of hardware in case of host bankruptcy
-* [[NVMe wear-out]] after ~3.6 PBW; verify [[TBW]] rating and monitor [[SMART]] attribute “Percentage Used”
-Always maintain off-site backups and keep [[bare-metal restore]] images; RAID-5 is not a substitute for backups.
-== How to order ==
-. Choose disk type: NVMe for speed, [[SAS]] for cost and endurance
-. Select RAM: 128 GB is €20/month cheaper; 512 GB adds €90
-. Pick network: 1 GbE included, 10 GbE usually +€30
-. OS: Ubuntu LTS, [[RHEL]], [[Windows Server 2022]] (+€25/month for license)
-. Payment: credit card, [[PayPal]], or [[crypto]] (BTC, USDT, USDC) at BitPay rate +1 %
-Provisioning time ranges from 15 minutes (Leaseweb) to 72 hours (OVH if stock-out).
-== Energy efficiency ==
-At 350 W average draw, yearly consumption is 3.06 MWh.  With [[PUE]] 1.2, that equals 3.67 MWh at the meter.  In the EU [[ETS]] at €65 tCO₂e, carbon cost is ≈ €12.50/server/year—negligible compared with €3 000 hosting fee, but material at scale (1 000 servers ≈ 12.5 tCO₂).
-== Alternatives ==
-* [[AMD EPYC]] 7713 (64-core) servers offer 30 % higher Geekbench multi-core at similar power
-* [[Cloud VPS]] with 32 vCPU may cost €120/month but gives < 50 % persistent CPU; verify [[CPU steal]]
-* [[GPU server]] with RTX 4090 for AI inference if workload is [[CUDA]]-bound rather than CPU-bound
-== See also ==
-* [[Dedicated server]]
+Lease pricing converges because older CPUs are depreciated; the 3600 dedicated server currently offers the lowest cost per physical core for new hardware leases.
-* [[Colocation]]
-* [[NVMe]]
-* [[RAID]]
-* [[SLA]]
-== References ==
+== Procurement checklist ==
+# Verify exact CPU model; some resellers label Gold 6330 (28-core) as “3600 class” although it carries a 2.0&nbsp;GHz base.
+# Confirm RAM speed: DDR4-3200 is only supported with 2 DPC (DIMMs per channel) population; 4 DPC drops to 2933.
+# Check whether NVMe bays are PCIe&nbsp;4.0 x4; older backplanes limit to PCIe&nbsp;3.0 x2, cutting sequential write by 55 %.
+# Ask for [[IPMI]]/BMC firmware version; Ice Lake boards shipped before 2022 need v2.48 or newer to fix [[SMM]] [[CVE-2021-0157]].
+# Negotiate power cap; most BIOS allow 150&nbsp;W cTDP down-configure, saving 20–25 % electricity if workload is bursty.
-* Intel Xeon Gold 6330 Specification, ark.intel.com
+== See also ==
-* Hetzner Robot API price list, 2024-04-01
+* [[Dedicated hosting service]]
-* OVH Rise server portfolio, 2024-Q1
+* [[Xeon Scalable]]
-* Ethereum Foundation, “Slashing prevention guide”, 2023
+* [[Ice Lake (microprocessor)]]
+* [[Data-center economics]]

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