Best processor family for 800 Series Network Adapters

[Valdez55]

Hello Intel Community,

I'm interested in sending and receiving data at rates between 100-200 Gbps, so naturally I want to use the 800 Series adapters. However, I was wondering which Intel Xeon processor would pair best with this data throughput demand. For more context, I want to send UDP packets from one machine to another operating in a windows environment (please DO NOT suggest Linux as the OS is a requirement constraint I cannot change). Unfortunately advanced features like RDMA are off the table and the only thing I can do is rely of Receive Side Scaling. Currently I'm running tests with Intel Xeon Gold processors (Gold 6246) and they can reliably send up to 150 Gbps and receive at best (very unreliably) 85 Gbps. Currently I'm using all available cores to receive that amount of data, but I do not have enough horsepower left to do anything with it (hence more cores will be needed). 

I'm not sure however if this is the best family of Xeon processors for the task, and reading the descriptions, there seem to be multiple families that are designed for "Networking and Storage" but don't seem to indicate which would perform the best under the scenario that I'm describing. Please help me find which Xeon processor family might be best suited for this challenge.

Thank you.

[Yogaeasvaran]

Greetings Mr. Eduardo,

Thank you for contacting Intel Customer Support.

We have reviewed the request you have made and will provide feedback once get the relevant documentation and details from our resources within 2 business days.

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Yogaeasvaran

Intel Customer Support

[Yogaeasvaran]

Greetings Mr. Eduardo,

Thank you for contacting Intel Customer Support.

To achieve a data throughput of 200 Gbps with an Intel Ethernet E810 adapter, we can recommended you for the latest generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor, 4th Gen Scalable Processor.

Latest generation can offer the best performance and capabilities for high-speed networking.

You can refer customer to the link below:

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/xeon-accelerated/4th-gen-xeon-scalable-processors.html

Thank You & Regards

Yogaeasvaran

Intel® Customer Support

[Valdez55]

Hi, thank you for the response.

I was wondering which family within the scalable processors should I pick, as there are four of them. Thank you.

[Yogaeasvaran]

Greetings Mr. Eduardo,

Thank you for contacting Intel Customer Support.

We recommend the Intel Xeon Platinum 8400 processors for your requesrements.

Thank You & Regards

Yogaeasvaran

Intel® Customer Support

[Yogaeasvaran]

Greetings Mr. Eduardo,

Thank you for contacting Intel Customer Support.

We recommend the Intel Xeon Platinum 8400 processors for your requirements.

Thank You & Regards

Yogaeasvaran

Intel® Customer Support

[Valdez55]

Thank you!

[Yogaeasvaran]

Greetings Mr. Eduardo,

Thank you for contacting Intel Customer Support.

Can we proceed for the closure?

Thank You & Regards,

Yogaeasvaran

Intel Customer Support

[Yogaeasvaran]

Greetings Mr. Eduardo,

Kindly note that as we have not received any response from our previous follow-ups, we will be closing this request.

If you have any more questions in the future, please don't hesitate to post a new question, as this thread will no longer be monitored.

Thank You & Regards,

Yogaeasvaran

Intel Customer Support