What is a bare metal server?
Bare metal servers are physical, single-tenant servers that are dedicated to individual customers. Being fully customizable, you gain the flexibility to optimize your server to meet your unique needs. Bare metal servers can support multiple operating systems and hypervisors, making them ideal for a variety of demanding workloads.
Who should use a bare metal server?
Bare metal dedicated servers are suitable for a breadth of industries, across a wide range of use cases, from web hosting to databases. Typically, applications that require large amounts of memory, high core counts and high bandwidth are well suited to bare metal solutions. Use cases include:
- Cryptocurrency exchanges
- High-performance and data-intensive applications
- Big data analytics
- Container-based solutions
- GPU-intensive solutions
Custom-configured to your exact requirements
Our team of experts will consult with you to design and build a bare metal server that meets your exact specifications for CPU, RAM, and other resources, ensuring your infrastructure is optimized for peak performance.
Servers built for speed
Maximize your performance and uptime with bare metal servers. Enjoy consistent, high-speed performance that shared resources and public cloud solutions simply cannot match.
Running containers on bare metal
Container technology can elevate bare metal servers, as they bring another level of performance capability. You can run containers such as Docker and Kubernetes on top of bare metal servers to provide alternatives to virtual machines. With their efficient resource use, containers are perfect for developing applications, giving you a seamless and powerful environment to innovate.
Benefits of our bare metal solution
Dedicated resources
Enjoy the reliability of isolated hardware, configured to your exact needs, free from the performance impact of shared resources or ‘noisy neighbours’.
Multi-site options
Leverage our global network to scale your business and reduce latency to your end-users worldwide.
Performance optimisation
Handle heavy workloads efficiently and enjoy optimal performance with integrated load balancers that share data and traffic around your infrastructure.
Fixed monthly billing
Stay in control of your budget with our fixed billing model, allowing you to keep track of spending and make financial planning easier.
Dedicated expert support
Our technical experts are on hand 24/7/365 to support you and your projects, regardless of what time zone you are in.
Superior security
For sensitive data, dedicated resources provide enhanced protection, giving you additional peace of mind that your operations are being kept safe and private.
Lean on our bare metal experts
Our experts can help you to overcome unique challenges around your cloud infrastructure, leading to improved levels of service and reduced costs. With powerful computing infrastructure and expert management, we help to increase productivity, drive innovation and ultimately meet your business goals.
Discover our success stories
Dynamic scalability to meet exponential user growth
Meeting rapidly changing demand for the eLearning provider with a robust private cloud solution
Dedicated hosting for AI workloads
Achieving record LLM training speeds with a bespoke high-performance CPU server
Unmatched security, availability and performance for the NHS hospital
Providing cost-effective, 24/7/365 managed services to Queen Victoria Hospital
Mission-critical infrastructure built for high-volume eCommerce websites
Delivering a bespoke private cloud solution with dynamic scalability to handle periods of high traffic
Frequently asked questions about bare metal servers
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