The AMD Opteron 800 Series processor with Direct Connect Architecture is for use in up to eight-way servers. Enterprise workloads typically benefiting from four-way and eight-way server processing power include large, mission-critical databases, business processing (ERP, CRM, SCM), business intelligence, as well as other IT infrastructure applications including heavy-duty Web serving and messaging. AMD Opteron processor 800 Series is also suitable for 4P workstation environments such as oil & gas, EDA, rendering and others that benefit from increased computational power.This AMD Opteron 852 CPU must be ordered in pairs.