In the age of data and information security, ensuring you have a secure and effective IT infrastructure has never been so important. With technology advancing rapidly, understanding which solution is best for you and your business can be one of the most complicated questions out there. 
From public cloud to private cloud and dedicated servers, there are endless options when it comes to choosing which hosting infrastructure best suits your business. More recently, options such as bare metal have become a contender for many businesses, but what is a bare metal server? To help you make the right choice for your business we&#8217;ve put together a guide to bare metal servers.
<h2>What is a bare metal server and how do they work?</h2>
A bare metal server is a physical server dedicated to a single tenant (a user or business). As a bare metal server is designed for only one user or business, the tenant can optimize the server according to their needs in relation to performance, security and efficiency, without impacting other users. 
While bare metal and dedicated servers are often referred to as synonymous, it is important to note they are not necessarily the same and do differ on some key operational points. The most prominent difference lies in their setup. On a bare metal server, the tenant will install the necessary operating system directly onto the server, customizing it to meet specific requirements, eliminating unnecessary layers and delivering increased efficiency.
<h2>What are the uses of bare metal servers?</h2>
As bare metal servers are completely customizable, they are perfect for meeting the bespoke needs of their users. Organizations can employ bare metal servers for a variety of uses some of the most common including:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Big data processing: Bare metal servers provide businesses with reliable and efficient computing capabilities required for large data collection and processing.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">High-security environments: The truly customizable and dedicated nature of a bare metal server is ideal in situations where a business may be processing highly sensitive data or information. </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">High-performance computing: Bare metal servers allow for maximum performance in use cases like artificial intelligence or machine learning. </li>
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<h2>What is the difference between bare metal and dedicated servers? </h2>
There is no denying that in terms of technical specifications, bare metal and dedicated servers have many features in common. Whilst they are both single-tenant, physical machines with resources that are not shared with other users, they do differ on a number of core components. 
The core difference between the two is the flexibility of the bare metal server. Bare metal servers can get all the performance of a standard dedicated server (and often more), but with increased operational flexibility. As bare metal servers arrive almost as an ‘empty shell’, they provide the user with the ability to customise and install the relevant operating systems and applications when needed. 
<h2>What are the benefits of using a bare metal server? </h2>
Like any single-tenant piece of infrastructure, bare metal servers have several distinct advantages: 
<h4>Full control </h4>
Bare metal servers provide users and businesses with the ability to control all elements of the server that other IT infrastructure solutions simply cannot provide. As bare metal servers are dedicated to a single organization, it allows an organization to scale, manage and turn on or off at any time while maintaining full control. 
Furthermore, if users choose to install a hypervisor, they can create virtual machines within a bare metal server. By doing this, it allows the user to virtualize workloads into separate virtual machines and further benefit from increased flexibility and control. 
<h4>Customization </h4>
A bare metal server provides the user with the ability to customize the server however they like. An organization can choose its operating system, application and configuration from the ground up. 
<h4>Increased security</h4>
As no one else is sharing or can use the server, an organization&#8217;s servers will be as safe and secure as possible from external manipulation. 
<h4>Cost-effective </h4>
As more and more IT infrastructure moves away from traditional on-premise hosting and towards managed hosting providers, businesses have the option to rent a bare metal server on an hourly, daily or even monthly subscription service, saving thousands of pounds in unused resources.
<h2>Bare metal servers with Hyve</h2>
As a fully managed hosting provider, Hyve can provide your business with a range of bespoke bare metal or dedicated server solutions. If you are looking to utilize Hyve’s <a href="https://www.hyve.com/bare-metal-servers/">bare metal server</a> service or simply would like to find out more, please contact our sales team today.

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<a href="https://www.hyve.com/dedicated-servers/">Dedicated servers</a> are a popular choice for businesses that need reliable, high-performance servers. RAID arrays are a common method of distributing data across multiple storage devices for improved performance on dedicated servers. 
RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks. Using RAID with dedicated servers increases redundancy and performance by using multiple hard disk drives to store and access data. RAID uses two or more disks and copies data onto them at the same time. 
RAID is used to create an exact copy (or mirror) of all of your data on two or more disks. If you had a drive failure on one of your disks, the other disk(s) would still be able to operate. This ensures that your data and server are protected and downtime is avoided. RAID can also improve your server’s performance by providing data on your hard drives more quickly. 
RAID levels 
There are several RAID levels and users can choose different levels based on performance or fault tolerance.
Software RAID supports fewer levels than hardware-based RAID. Hardware RAID is also dependent on the type of controller that you have. Different controllers support various levels of RAID to dictate the kinds of disks you can use in an array, such as SAS, SATA and SSD. 
RAID benefits 
Two of the most popular types of RAID levels are RAID 1 and RAID 5. They offer a cost-effective balance of redundancy and performance.
RAID 1 is a common RAID level that mirrors data across two separate storage drives for redundancy. If one drive fails, the other drive holds the identical data. This ensures that users can avoid data loss and maintain availability, even if hardware failed. The only downside is that you need to have double the amount of storage space. 
 
RAID 5 is the most common RAID configuration. This RAID level provides better performance than mirroring as well as fault tolerance. With RAID 5, data and parity (additional data used for recovery) are set across three or more disks. It uses a technique called ‘data striping’ to ensure redundancy by distributing data across all of the drives in the array. If there was a storage failure, the affected data could be reconstructed based on the information held on the other drives.
To help you decide which RAID level is best for your application, contact our sales team on 0800 612 2524  and they will be happy to assist you with choosing the right solution.

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A dedicated server solution with Hyve guarantees that your physical hardware is protected in a controlled data center &#8211; removing the cost and increased security risks of maintaining equipment in your own office space or facility. 
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Dedicated server hosting gives you the autonomy to decide what is, or isn’t allowed on your servers. By isolating your data from other users and creating a private environment, you are able to reduce general performance issues and limit the opportunity for malicious behaviour.
At Hyve, we acknowledge the increasing threats that malicious hackers pose &#8211; and we act accordingly. Our <a href="https://www.hyve.com/managed-services/security/">security suite</a> is designed to progressively weaken an attack, with the following deterrents.
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A Dedicated Denial of Service (DDoS) attack involves overloading a website with web traffic from multiple source IPs, leading to downtime, and potential financial loss. As security is the backbone of Hyve, we also include 1GB DDoS protection with every solution, at no additional cost &#8211; a service that many hosting providers will charge for. 
 
Our leading DDoS defence system is used to detect and divert harmful DDoS attacks. This specialist device identifies floods and large numbers of connections by blocking them. The system can also deal with new threats as opposed to just known ones.
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Firewalls are network security devices that prevent unauthorised access to your network by monitoring incoming and outgoing traffic. The firewalls decide which traffic to block or allow based on a set of rules, placing a layer of security between your organization and the internet. Inbound data traffic flows to a firewall, which filters traffic based on your specified requirements, detecting and deflecting unwanted attempts to penetrate your server security.  Hyve can provide either hardware or software-based firewalls, or a combination of both.
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A Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a connection method used to add security to both public and private networks, such as WiFi Hotspots and the Internet. Mostly used by corporations to protect sensitive data, the VPN encrypts all traffic between two internet points, providing secure communication channels for individual users, user groups, contractors, vendors and remote offices. 
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Hyve is proud to offer 24/7 Extra-Mile support, alongside monitoring, scanning and vulnerability testing to ensure superior security for your managed dedicated server solution.
Keep your business secure with Hyve’s managed <a href="https://www.hyve.com/dedicated-servers/">dedicated servers</a> solution. Give our sales team a call on 0800 612 2524 or visit <a href="https://www.hyve.com">www.hyve.com</a> for your bespoke quote.

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