OpenMetal Large v3 vs Large v4 Comparison

Q: What is the difference between the OpenMetal Large v3 and Large v4 bare metal servers?

The Large v4 replaces the Large v3 with a 40% higher base clock, 18% faster memory, dual boot drives in RAID 1, and an upgraded NVMe drive model, while keeping the same 32-core / 64-thread count.

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Both servers share the same core layout (dual-socket, 32 cores, 64 threads, 512 GB DDR5, 12.8 TB NVMe, 20 Gbps LACP private bandwidth), but the v4 upgrades the CPU from the Xeon Gold 5416S (Sapphire Rapids, 2.0 GHz base) to the Xeon Gold 6526Y (Emerald Rapids, 2.8 GHz base). That 40% base clock increase directly benefits single-threaded workloads like database query latency and web request processing. The v4’s turbo clock drops slightly from 4.0 GHz to 3.9 GHz, a tradeoff for the higher sustained base frequency.

Memory moves from DDR5-4400 to DDR5-5200, an 18% bandwidth increase that benefits in-memory databases and virtualized environments competing for memory bus access. The data drives upgrade from Micron 7450 MAX to Micron 7500 MAX, adding 232-layer NAND with a 10x improvement in uncorrectable bit error rate. The largest operational change is boot storage: the v3 shipped with a single 960 GB boot drive, while the v4 adds a second boot drive in RAID 1 for OS redundancy and boot/data isolation. The v4 also adds Singapore as a deployment region alongside Ashburn, Los Angeles, and Amsterdam.