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Tired of sharing resources in the cloud? Bare metal servers put you back in control. No more noisy neighbors hogging CPU or memory – you get the full power of the server, dedicated solely to your applications. Businesses are investing heavily in Bare Metal options, especially in recent years to accommodate the surge in hardware components needed for AI-based applications and Large Language Modeling.
A bare metal server is a dedicated physical server rented exclusively to a single customer. Unlike virtual servers, bare metal hosting provides direct access to the server’s CPU, RAM, storage, and network resources without a virtualization layer, resulting in predictable performance and full hardware control.
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A Bare Metal Server, also known as a dedicated server, is a physical computer rented exclusively to a single user or organization. It is a distinct piece of physical hardware, rather than a virtual server or virtual machine that runs on shared computing resources.
Atlantic.Net has bare metal colocation centers throughout the United States. Customers lease Bare Metal from us for several reasons. Firstly, there is no need to purchase expensive servers, storage, or GPUs. The upfront costs with leasing are a fraction of purchasing the hardware resources outright. Secondly, our customers have the freedom to install the operating systems and applications that best suit their needs directly onto the Bare Metal Server. Your teams can procure licenses for whatever software your business needs. You can also reach out to Atlantic.Net for licensing, we have close relationships with some of the biggest software providers in the Industry.
Bare Metal Hosting services offer stand-alone machines. These are distinct from dedicated cloud servers as they are not typically integrated with the public cloud. Think of it as a server, that's built and installed in our data centers. Once you lease the device, we give you access to the server and any assistance needed to get the server operational. You can pick either an off-the-shelf configuration or perhaps customize your very own supercomputer.
Bare metal server hosting is a managed service from specialist MSPs like Atlantic.Net who focus on renting a physical server and providing direct access to the server hardware components. This service offers businesses optimal server performance and customization, ideal for handling demanding workloads. Customers are free to use the server as they wish, and if needed, the servers can be integrated into Atlantic.Net managed services, offering a blend of dedicated hardware and cloud service benefits.
Our Bare Metal Hosting plans are configurable to your needs. You can either utilize the default hosting plan configuration or contact us with your RAM and disk space needs, and we will do the rest. Our hosting plans can be upgraded to fit your growing requirements, and you can choose servers with resources from a wide range of deployable resources. Each Bare Metal Hosting plan is competitively priced against other bare metal providers, and we offer generous discounts for contracted terms with either one, two, or three-year terms.
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Our bare metal offerings include servers built on the powerful Intel Xeon Scalable and Xeon E-series processors. These platforms provide a flexible and reliable platform with guaranteed access to all physical resources.
With high-speed cores and threads, Intel servers are ideal for a wide range of business applications, web hosting, and multi-user apps that require consistent, reliable performance and burst capabilities.
AMD Bare Metal ServersWe also offer bare metal servers featuring the high-performance AMD EPYC™ series processors. These servers provide exceptional core density and memory bandwidth, making them a great option for computationally intensive tasks, large databases, virtualization, and big data analytics.
AMD's architecture delivers the raw power needed for the most demanding workloads, but best of all, it provides an incredibly cost-effective path to elite performance.
Our infrastructure is strategically located in data centers throughout the United States, Canada, Asia, and Europe. Bare Metal Hosting is available in select data center regions. Our data center regions are concentrated in the United States of America, including New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Ashburn, and Orlando. Our USA-based support staff stands ready to assist you 24/7/365 with all your Bare Metal Hosting needs.
Bare Metal Servers are single-tenant physical servers. This means you avoid the performance interference often found in shared hosting environments. You have root access to the hardware of the dedicated server, giving complete control over your leased physical servers. This allows you to create a custom server platform, maximizing performance and eliminating the overhead often found with virtual machines. You have the freedom to host any service or application you choose.
Bare Metal Servers provide several benefits, including:
Layer 2 network virtualization can isolate customer workloads from other customer activity.
Bare Metal Servers offer a high degree of isolation, which is important for meeting stringent security and compliance requirements. Layer 2 network virtualization allows customer workloads to be completely isolated from other tenants, ensuring that data and applications are secure from potential threats that might come from shared virtual environments.
This isolation also means that performance is not impacted by the activities of other users, providing consistent and reliable service. This makes it suitable for running sensitive applications and storing critical data.
Unlike virtualized environments, Bare Metal Servers do not come with a pre-installed hypervisor, allowing users to have complete control over their server infrastructure. This means you can choose and install the operating system that best fits your needs, as well as any applications and software configurations without any limitations imposed by a hypervisor.
The added control also extends to hardware configurations and network settings, providing the flexibility to optimize the server's performance for specific workloads. You can tailor the server environment to meet unique requirements, ensuring that the infrastructure is aligned with your operational goals.
Private cloud customers can have greater visibility into the underlying infrastructure of a Bare Metal Server within the cloud services.
Bare Metal Servers provide enhanced visibility into the underlying infrastructure of virtual private servers, which is particularly beneficial for private cloud customers. Having an increased visibility allows you to monitor and manage the server environment more effectively, gaining insights into performance metrics, resource utilization, and potential bottlenecks.
Such transparency also aids in security management. You can track access logs, network traffic, and other critical data points, enabling you to detect and respond to security threats swiftly.
Having dedicated resources ensures consistent performance, supporting large, steady-state workloads.
Since the resources of a Bare Metal Server are dedicated to a single tenant, there are no resource contention issues, resulting in consistent and reliable performance across multiple servers. This makes it suitable for running high-performance computing applications, data-intensive tasks, and other demanding workloads that require significant processing power.
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Get the speed, convenience, and peace of mind you deserve with Atlantic.Net Bare Metal Hosting. We build and deploy standard and custom-hosted servers for our clients who require full control and root access. Our clients benefit by leveraging additional resources available on the Atlantic.Net Cloud Platform for expansion, additional compute, additional storage, and more!
Our Bare Metal Hosting Service is flexible, giving your business the power over the server with Atlantic.Net standing ready to assist you. Our engineers are always standing by for your call, or you can trust your expertise and use root access to fix any technical issues you may encounter.
Our Hosting is designed to wrap around your requirements while also offering the ability to pick and choose our Managed Service offerings like Firewall, Intrusion Detection, Server Management, Onsite and Offsite Backups, Replication, and much more!
Harness the raw power of Bare Metal Servers, each configurable to your exact needs. Atlantic.Net delivers unmatched flexibility and high-performance hardware now. Contact us to configure your custom solution.
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| Infrastructure Feature | Bare Metal Server | Virtual Cloud Server | Dedicated Cloud Host |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware Access | Direct access to physical CPU, RAM, storage, and network hardware | Virtualized resources shared across multiple tenants | Dedicated hypervisor host running isolated virtual machines |
| Performance Consistency | Maximum and fully predictable performance with no hypervisor overhead | Performance may fluctuate depending on shared resource usage | High performance with reserved host resources |
| Virtualization Layer | No hypervisor — runs directly on physical hardware | Runs on a shared hypervisor platform | Runs on a dedicated hypervisor host |
| Isolation Level | Complete single-tenant hardware isolation | Multi-tenant environment | Single-tenant host with isolated virtual machines |
| Scalability | Vertical scaling by upgrading physical hardware | Rapid horizontal and vertical scaling | Scalable VM workloads within a dedicated host environment |
| Compliance & Security | Ideal for strict compliance environments (HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOC 2) | Compliance depends on shared infrastructure policies | Strong compliance posture with dedicated host isolation |
| Typical Workloads | AI/ML training, large databases, GPU workloads, high-performance computing | Web apps, SaaS platforms, development environments | Enterprise cloud, hybrid deployments, large application clusters |
| Resource Contention | None — resources are fully dedicated | Possible due to multi-tenant resource sharing | Minimal — resources dedicated at host level |
| Management Flexibility | Full root access with complete hardware control | Limited to virtual machine configuration | Control over VM clusters on a dedicated host |
| Summary | Best for maximum performance, AI workloads, and compliance-sensitive applications. | Best for flexible cloud workloads and rapid scaling. | Best for hybrid environments needing dedicated infrastructure with cloud flexibility. |
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Pick bare metal when you need raw performance and complete customization over the server hardware. Pick a virtualized host when you are happy with great performance, but are not concerned about the virtualization overhead. Virtualized still gives plenty of performance, but bare metal is the way to go if you have mission-critical workloads.
NVMe is usually standard on bare-metal servers; however, it depends on the hosting provider. Bare Metal flexibility lets you configure the server exactly as you need. Perhaps you need NVMe for the Operating System and/or Database, but you are happy with mechanical drives for database flat file archives. Bare Metal gives you this flexibility in abundance.
Yes. With bare metal, you are configured as the system administrator. You get full root access and have complete control over the underlying hardware and the operating system.
Bare Metal is very popular with small, medium, and large businesses. At Atlantic.Net, bare metal is particularly popular with our HIPAA hosting clients, cPanel resellers, and our Financial and Legal Customers. Developers prefer bare-metal options with AI GPUs for advanced analytics and private LLMs.
The migration path from cloud to bare metal depends on the workload, application architecture, and business requirements. In many cases, we perform lift-and-shift migrations or virtualized-to-physical migrations for existing customers. For new customers, we provide Managed Migration Services with a structured migration process that includes discovery, infrastructure planning, secure data migration, server provisioning, environment hardening, testing, and final cutover.
Yes, at Atlantic.Net, DDoS protection is available as an optional configurable service. We offer a class-leading network-edge service with one of the most reliable DDoS detection and protection solutions available.
Local databases are a perfect fit for bare-metal servers. Databases are designed to function in memory with extensive access to CPU and disk resources. On bare metal, there is no contention, making high-performance, ultra-low-latency databases easy to achieve.
Yes—bare metal is designed for high performance, offering dedicated hardware and consistent resources. That said, whether it is the best option depends on your specific workload and scaling needs.
Yes, some bare metal providers offer fast or near-instant provisioning. However, actual setup time depends on the server configuration, availability, and any custom requirements. If you need instant provisioning, perhaps a dedicated cloud server or a dedicated cloud host would be a better fit.
Many providers offer custom OS installs, including Atlantic.Net. Availability may vary based on hardware, operating system compatibility, and setup needs, so it is best to confirm your exact OS or image requirements when ordering.
Bare-metal servers can support custom OS installations, depending on the hardware configuration, operating system compatibility, and deployment requirements. Atlantic.Net offers flexible bare metal solutions, and custom OS installation options are available based on your specific setup needs.
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