Hi everyone! I'm considering upgrading our CAD workstations to use the <a href=" removed link " target="_blank" rel="noopener">HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen11 server. This server boasts impressive specs, including up to 64 cores with 4th and 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors and 8TB DDR5 memory. For those who have experience with this server, how well does it handle intensive CAD tasks and large mapping datasets? Are there any specific configurations or optimizations you would recommend to get the best performance out of this setup?
It used to be that CAD was a program that required the very best of computers. Nowadays very basic computers can handle CAD easily. I have an I7 laptop with 16Gb of RAM and integrated graphics and it works fine for C3d. Things like drone photogrammetry software are greater tests.
If I'm understanding your statement, you're looking at using a high end server, probably built to handle hybrid OS environments and massive data throughput and memory/storage scalability. as a CAD workstation? Xeon's not known (at least to me) to be an exceptional processor and at 2-4GHZ is no faster or CAD competent than what we get in Dell production workstations and laptops. My laptops got 64G DDR5 RAM, which is way more than adequate for "complex", good sized C3D surface and robust, large commercial Revit modeling. I'd think that even if you're handling large mapping datasets with GIS or other apps, the best money spent beyond those basics is going to be your graphics card. Nvidia's kind of dominated that market for the last 15 years for good reason. With a solid setup and smoking graphics you're going to spend maybe 1/4 what you're looking at with an HPE Server. Unless I'm not understanding something, that's the wrong tool IMO.
Might review this site for some specific guidance.