HPE now allows customers to run its most powerful server on AWS but is it actually a good idea?

U7inh occasion has 1,920 digital CPUs and 32TB of reminiscence, and you’ll run 4 of those
Must maintain SAP workloads is what inspired HPE to work with AWS
Nonetheless, there’s additionally the very fact HPE could also be serving to AWS get newer, profitable leads

As companies face relentless knowledge progress, challenges like knowledge silos and outdated legacy techniques, corresponding to Unix-based servers, more and more stand in the way in which of progress.

HPE has positioned its Compute Scale-up Server 3200, which it launched in 2023, as the reply to those challenges, promising scalability and efficiency for mission-critical functions.

The server helps workloads like SAP HANA and ERP with as much as 16 sockets and 32TB of shared reminiscence, enabling seamless scalability and decreased server sprawl. Powered by 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids), it doubles core counts, integrates AI accelerators, and options DDR5 reminiscence with PCIe 5.0 for enhanced efficiency and bandwidth, ultimate for data-intensive functions.

AWS has now introduced the overall availability of a brand new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) U7inh-32tb.480xlarge occasion which runs on the 16-socket HPE Compute Scale-up Server 3200 and is constructed on the AWS Nitro System.

Whereas that feels like a constructive transfer for HPE prospects, it does elevate considerations concerning the strategic implications.

AWS’s new U7inh occasion options 1,920 vCPUs, 32TB of DDR5 reminiscence, 160 Gbps of EBS bandwidth, and 200 Gbps of community bandwidth. AWS says, “You’ll be able to run your largest in-memory database workloads like SAP HANA or seamlessly migrate workloads working on HPE {hardware} to AWS.”

As The Register notes, nonetheless, AWS’s announcement of the brand new providing mentions “prospects that at the moment run on-premises with HPE servers have additionally requested how we may help them migrate to AWS to reap the benefits of cloud advantages whereas persevering with to make use of HPE {hardware}.”

By partnering with AWS, HPE doubtlessly opens the door for the cloud big to achieve entry to prospects working vital workloads on-premises who could also be contemplating cloud migration.

This partnership may inadvertently assist AWS seize extra enterprise leads, doubtlessly eroding HPE’s on-premises market share. The timing is especially putting, as AWS has acknowledged a rising development of shoppers revisiting on-prem options.