Antivirus on the server - to be or not to be?

Recently, representatives of the IT industry have puzzled me, categorically and without reservation, voicing the following: there should be no antiviruses on the servers, we allow you to put them there just because you, the security personnel, do not have the necessary qualifications to create a clean ecosystem.

In this case, the opponent was explained that all only for:

• assessment of the impact of the antivirus on the speed and performance of critical systems and the development of optimal protection schemes;
• the use of various techniques to reduce risks, since the antivirus is not the ultimate truth;
• full and unbiased analysis of the situation;
• conducting constructive dialogues with administrators, identifying needs and identifying problems.

It should be noted that we are talking about servers with operating systems from 2000 Server and above.

For a better understanding of the subject matter, I suggest a small picture. I also propose to voice your opinion, noted in the survey below, and tell (if you wish, of course) about the methods used as a substitute for antivirus.