topic Is there a difference between runnning Intel CPU's VS AMD EPYC CPU's? in Deployment Architecture

Is there a difference between runnning Intel CPU's VS AMD EPYC CPU's?

aubine — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:02:29 GMT

Hello,

I'm looking into refreshing my hardware for my Splunk server and was wondering if:

1) Does Splunk support AMD Epyc CPU's?

2) Is there any performance difference between using Intel or AMD chips(ie is Intel preferred or is better optimized for)?

Re: Is there a difference between runnning Intel CPU's VS AMD EPYC CPU's?

richgalloway — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 15:43:55 GMT

Splunk minimum hardware requirements call for "Intel x86 64-bit chip architecture". I would emphasize the "architecture" over the "Intel". Splunk doesn't care about the brand name on the chip as long as it can do the same job.

Re: Is there a difference between runnning Intel CPU's VS AMD EPYC CPU's?

aubine — Fri, 21 Aug 2020 17:08:23 GMT

@richgalloway - Thanks!

I didn't think that it would matter, but I thought I would ask the community. The price difference between the CPU's is massive and has much higher core counts.