Bare Metal Servers

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 Light Language Modelling.

Bare Metal Server Hosting

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 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.

What Is Bare Metal Server Hosting?

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.

Physical Server Hosting Plans

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 hosting providers, and we offer generous discounts for contracted terms with either one, two, or three-year terms.

Bare Metal Hosting Plans

When your applications demand raw power and uncompromising performance, dedicated bare metal servers reign supreme. Unlike shared environments or virtualized cloud instances, bare metal gives you exclusive access to the entire server's hardware resources. Compare our bare metal plans and choose the perfect fit for your needs:

Bare Metal Server Hosting Features

Atlantic.Net Bare Metal Servers provide a unique service to organizations seeking more control and performance. There is no direct integration with the Atlantic.Net cloud platform, but you still can interconnect your bare metal servers with the Atlantic.Net Cloud environment, and enhanced managed services are also available. Our Bare Metal Hosting Plans are configured to provide large server resources at cost-effective prices, making our service more affordable to organizations looking to get more for less.

Each Bare Metal Server can be set up in a redundant configuration with multiple virtual machines. RAID storage solutions, depending on your deployment needs and preferred drive configuration. Our standard RAID storage offerings are RAID 1 or RAID 10 depending on the server selected. You pick from the various storage configurations for your Bare Metal Server, including NVMe SSD and SATA SSD, ensuring data integrity and optimal server performance.

We can now also integrate NVIDIA GPUs into the mix. Check out our press release about this great new partnership.

USA Bare Metal Server Hosting

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.

A Single Tenant Environment

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 Hosting Benefits

Bare Metal Servers provide several benefits, including:

#1: Isolation

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.

#2: Control

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.

#3: Visibility

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.

#4: Processing Power

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 applications, data-intensive tasks, and other demanding workloads that require significant processing power.

Advantages of Bare Metal Hosting

In addition to the benefits already mentioned, bare metal hosting offers a range of advantages that make it an attractive choice for businesses and individuals seeking high performance, robust security, and control over their IT infrastructure.

Here is how bare metal servers compare:

Unmatched Performance

Dedicated Resources: Bare metal servers provide exclusive access to all physical resources, including CPU cores, RAM, and storage. You are guaranteed maximum performance with exclusive hardware access. With bare metal, you have the peace of mind that your applications will always have the resources they need to run smoothly, ensuring optimal performance even for high-traffic websites and resource-intensive applications.
Optimal for Resource-Intensive Workloads: The dedicated resources and raw processing power of bare metal make it ideal for handling resource-intensive applications like high-performance computing (HPC), big data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and gaming servers. These workloads demand consistent and predictable performance, which bare metal delivers reliably.

Enhanced Security and Control

Physical Isolation: Bare metal servers offer complete physical isolation from other users, minimizing the risk of data breaches and unauthorized access. This makes them a preferred choice for businesses handling sensitive data or subject to strict compliance regulations.
Full Root Access: You have complete administrative control over your bare metal server, including the choice of operating system, software installations, and security configurations. This level of control allows you to tailor the environment to your specific security needs and implement robust security measures.
Data Integrity: With full control over your server environment, you can implement data backup and recovery strategies that ensure data integrity and minimize the risk of data loss.

Cost-Effectiveness

Predictable Costs: Bare metal hosting typically involves fixed monthly fees, making it easier to budget and forecast IT expenses. Having this predictability is especially valuable for businesses with stable workloads that don't experience significant fluctuations in resource usage.
Long-Term Savings: While the upfront cost of bare metal may be higher than cloud servers, it can be more cost-effective in the long run, especially for businesses with consistent high-performance requirements. You can avoid the variable costs associated with cloud computing, such as pay-per-use pricing, which can escalate quickly with increased usage.

Flexibility and Customization

Tailored to Your Needs: Bare metal servers offer the best flexibility options, allowing you to customize every aspect of your server environment, from the hardware configuration to the software stack. This ensures that your infrastructure is optimized for your specific workloads and applications, maximizing efficiency and performance.
Legacy Application Support: If you're running legacy applications that may not be compatible with virtualized cloud environments, bare metal provides a reliable platform to ensure their continued operation without compromising performance or security.

Use Cases for Bare Metal Hosting

High-Performance Computing (HPC): Bare metal's dedicated resources and powerful hardware make it the go-to choice for HPC applications like scientific simulations, financial modeling, and weather forecasting, which require massive computational capabilities. HPC users need to ensure optimal performance with a physical server dedicated to them.
Gaming Servers: The low latency and consistent performance of bare metal are critical for delivering a smooth and lag-free gaming experience. The servers are so powerful you can host multiple users' games concurrently guaranteeing better performance and network quality than that from cloud service providers.
Big Data Analytics: Bare metal can handle the immense data volumes and complex processing demands of big data analytics, enabling businesses to gain valuable insights from their data. Dedicated servers can handle the workload demands of these platforms easily.
Private Cloud Hosts: Bare Metal Servers are a popular choice for private cloud solutions. With a managed hosting provider it's easier to lease 3 or 4 bare metal servers and deploy them as virtualization hosts running Hyper-V or VMware ESXi. Within a few hours, you can deploy your very own private cloud.

Bare Metal Server Hosting