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What are bare metal servers? A Complete Guide by Cevious

What are bare metal servers? A Complete Guide by Cevious

Control, security, and performance are paramount for businesses in the ever-changing landscape of IT infrastructure. Among the various hosting types available today — shared hosting, cloud computing, and Virtual Private Servers (VPS) — bare metal servers are exceptional for businesses that require unmatched power and ecosystem control.

In this blog, Cevious, your IT partner with 17+ years of experience, explains what bare metal servers are, their benefits, use cases, and how they stack up against other types of hosting.

Bare Metal Server Definition

Bare Metal Server Definition

Single-tenant servers are physical computers known as bare metal servers. Unlike virtualized servers that are spread across multiple customers or organizations, a single tenant or bare metal server is dedicated to one client. Thus, CPU, RAM, storage, and bandwidth will always be exclusively allocated to your usage.

Sharing resources which happen in virtual servers or shared hosting is not the case when it comes to bare metal servers. You’ll get full access to the hardware, so the experience is as close to an entire physical server as possible.

Renting an entire building instead of just an apartment really does emphasize privacy and customization would best explain the analogy.

Bare Metal Server Definition

Bare Metal Server Definition

Single-tenant servers are physical computers known as bare metal servers. Unlike virtualized servers that are spread across multiple customers or organizations, a single tenant or bare metal server is dedicated to one client. Thus, CPU, RAM, storage, and bandwidth will always be exclusively allocated to your usage.

Sharing resources which happen in virtual servers or shared hosting is not the case when it comes to bare metal servers. You’ll get full access to the hardware, so the experience is as close to an entire physical server as possible.

Renting an entire building instead of just an apartment really does emphasize privacy and customization would best explain the analogy.

Bare Metal Servers Critical Features

  1. Hardware Freedom

No limits when it comes to resource division.

Access to CPU, memory, and disk will be fully transformed into bare metal.

  1. High Performance

Perfect for resource demanding tasks like gaming, video rendering, AI/ML applications, or processing large data sets.  

  1. Customizability

Pick the freedom to choose your own OS, security protocols, RAID controllers, power backup units, as well as SSD and NVMe drives.  

  1. Consistent Performance

Complete isolation from throttled resources, noisy neighbors, or VPS and shared hosting options.  

  1. Enhanced Security  

Sensitive and compliance heavy data workloads such as HIPAA or PCI-DSS are physically protected and isolated.  

  1. Root Access

Grants total administrative privileges over the server which allows fine grained access control.

Bare Metal vs VPS vs Cloud: What's the Difference?

Feature

Bare Metal Server

VPS Hosting

Cloud Hosting

Isolation

Fully dedicated

Virtualized & shared

Shared via virtualization

Performance

Highest

Medium

Scalable, variable

Customization

Full hardware control

Limited by hypervisor

Limited

Scalability

Manual or vertical

Quick but limited

Instant, horizontal

Cost

Higher upfront

Budget-friendly

Pay-as-you-go

Security

Highest

Moderate

Good but shared infra

Who is an Ideal Candidate for Bare Metal Servers?

Bare metal servers are ideal for businesses and applications that require:

  • HPC or high-performance computing
  • Online gaming servers
  • Machine learning and AI model training
  • Streaming services
  • Financial industry
  • Education and research
  • Private cloud infrastructure
  • Big data analytics
Purpose-built enterprise bare metal hosting benefits

At Cevious, we offer custom-tailored, enterprise-grade solutions that are robust and bare metal. Here’s what makes us different.

  1. Customized Top Tier Hardware

To ensure unmatched and dependable performance, our data centers, Cevious Canada and Cevious India, utilize state of the art SSD/NVMe storage, ECC memory, AMD and Intel processors.

  1. Automated or self-directed deployment

Yep! You set the specs and we deploy. Everything from OS and firewall rules can be tailored as per your requirements.

  1. Compliance and security

For regulated sectors, we adopt market-leading practices to fortify sensitive data security. No other vendor will offer such data protection.

  1. Assistance from Our Panel of Security Experts

Over the course of 17 years, our team has helped many customers with migration, configuration and ongoing maintenance.

  1. Protected 24/7

Our support professionals possess over 17 years of cloud and hosting experience. They are always prepared to assist with any configurations, migrations, or maintenance.

  1. Global data centers

We provide server locations across the globe as well as in India. This means quicker access and rapid response times whenever they are needed.

Use Case Example

Case Study: A Busy E-commerce Platform

An Indian e-commerce startup was struggling with checkout delays during festive sales. Post switching to Cevious bare metal servers:

  • They observed a 45% improvement in page load time.
  • Their checkout success rate increased by 32%.
  • Infrastructure downtime was virtually eliminated.

Having complete control of the resources allowed them to scale rapidly and provide a seamless shopping experience during the peak traffic periods.

Factors that May Impact Your Decision on Bare Metal
  • Cost: Per server installation is pricier compared to shared hosting or VPS.
  • Technical Expertise: You need skills in server maintenance and management or rely on the provider in the case of a fully managed solution.
  • Flexibility: Not as adaptable as cloud services—great for steady workloads, though.

Conclusion: Is Bare Metal Ideal For You? 

When fully controlling server resources with high performance needs and enterprise security is crucial, bare metal servers are preferred. For tasks where performance or privacy cannot be compromised, bare metal is ideal.

At Cevious, we develop custom bare metal solutions for both Indian and international firms. We help our clients achieve their long-term goals through aligned server infrastructure, all thanks to our 17 years of industry experience.

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