AI / Machine Learning Servers

AI and machine-learning workloads have specific hardware requirements that differ from general-purpose compute. GPU acceleration (NVIDIA Tesla, A-series, H-series, AMD Instinct), high-density DDR4/DDR5 memory, NVMe storage with low queue-depth latency, and 100GbE+ networking for distributed training are the four pillars.

Pro Disk Network stocks server platforms validated for ML — HP ProLiant DL380 Gen10 with up to 4 GPU mezzanine cards, Dell PowerEdge R750xa optimised for 4× double-wide GPUs, Supermicro SuperServer 4U/8U GPU chassis, and Lenovo ThinkSystem SR670 with NVLink topology. All ship pre-configured with the right CPU/PCIe/cooling combination for sustained 100% GPU utilisation under real training loads.

Common deployments: model fine-tuning for retrieval-augmented generation, computer-vision training pipelines, recommender system feature engineering, and on-premises inference clusters where latency and data sovereignty rule out cloud GPUs. We carry both new platforms (with full manufacturer warranty) and OEM-refurbished units (90-day Pro Disk Network warranty, 60-80% discount off MSRP).

If you're sourcing for a specific framework (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, vLLM, ONNX Runtime), we can advise on driver / CUDA / ROCm compatibility before you order.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What's the cheapest server for fine-tuning a 13B-parameter LLM?

A used Dell PowerEdge R740xd with two NVIDIA Tesla V100 32GB cards (~$8-12K refurbished) handles 13B-parameter fine-tuning with QLoRA quantisation. For full-precision fine-tuning at scale, you'll want A100 80GB or H100 — those land in the $25-65K range used.

Do I need NVLink between GPUs?

For data-parallel training (single-batch processing across multiple GPUs), NVLink is highly beneficial — it gives you 600GB/s GPU-to-GPU bandwidth vs 32GB/s on PCIe Gen4 x16. For inference or independent jobs across GPUs, NVLink is optional. ProLiant DL380 Gen10 supports NVLink between specific Tesla card pairs; the Lenovo SR670 supports full mesh.

Can I run AI workloads on a refurbished server?

Yes — refurbished Xeon Scalable Gen2 (Cascade Lake) and EPYC Rome platforms run modern PyTorch / CUDA stacks fine. The bottleneck is almost always GPU memory and PCIe lanes, not CPU. We test every refurbished GPU server under 24-hour stress load before shipping.

What network speed do I need between AI servers?

For multi-node distributed training: 100GbE minimum, 200GbE preferred. The all-reduce operation in data-parallel training is bandwidth-bound — under-provisioned networking caps your scaling efficiency below 70%. We stock Mellanox ConnectX-6 100GbE NICs plus matching QSFP28 transceivers and DAC cables.

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Server CPUs and GPUs for AI/ML and HPC — Intel Xeon, AMD EPYC, NVIDIA A100/H100, AMD MI300, RTX 6000.