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Does Bare Metal Cloud Make Sense for Your Business?

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The cloud is a great place to store and access your data, but what if you need to process it?

Enter bare-metal cloud providers, which offer dedicated hardware and software for running applications and services. This is a great option for companies with intense data analytics requirements or those who need to do large-scale data mining.

This article will explore the benefits of a bare-metal cloud and how you can use it for your business.

What Is a Bare-Metal Cloud?

Regular cloud computing is a “virtual” cloud, meaning the infrastructure is shared with other users. But bare metal cloud infrastructures are an “actual” cloud, meaning it’s a dedicated service. Bare metal servers typically have their own OS and storage, and they’re not virtualized.

A bare metal cloud is like running your own computer in the data center. You don’t have to worry about your computer being on another network, or worried about an Internet outage and losing your data. The bare metal server just needs to connect to the Internet and back.

In other words, a bare metal cloud provider like Maxihost lets you rent the equipment exclusively, not just rent the services. It has the potential to be a cost-effective approach to storing, processing, and transmitting large amounts of data.

What Are the Benefits of Bare-Metal Cloud?

1) Increased security and exclusive performance

Bare-metal cloud can help speed up application development and increase security. Because only your company is using the equipment and not sharing resources with any other cloud platform customers, you’re getting the full hardware capabilities of the infrastructure for your data-centric workloads.

If you have to run an application on a public cloud, the resources of the server racks are being spread across dozens, if not hundreds, of other customers. It’s difficult to guarantee consistency of performance for every individual customer’s workload. Bare metal cloud servers are exclusive to the customer renting them, which means you can be confident that you’ll get consistent, high-quality service.

2) Customization

Bare metal servers can be configured to your needs and specifications. If you want the server configured with 32GB of RAM and a high-end GPU for analyzing massive amounts of data, you can request it. Each bare metal cloud provider offers the ability to configure the hardware.

3) Scalability

Bare metal servers are scalable for many different workloads, whether your business is a startup, or an enterprise-level company looking to expand its capabilities. You can set a goal of how many cloud-based infrastructure resources you want to rent each month, and just add more resources as necessary if you hit a wall.

4) Flexibility

If your company uses a massive amount of data, you can spread your infrastructure across multiple bare metal servers. In a virtualized environment, there’s no flexibility, so you may have to host all your data in the same location, which could result in high latency.

By taking a bare-metal approach, you can access as much or as little computing power as you need, depending on the needs of your organization and the data you want to process.

5) Reduced downtime and outages

The other advantage of bare metal cloud is that your infrastructure is dedicated and isolated from other tenants. Public cloud platforms typically have scheduled maintenance, which can affect your business operations. But with an isolated bare metal cloud server, you can choose your own maintenance schedule, so downtime is less likely to occur.

Conclusion

The advantages of bare-metal cloud can be invaluable for a wide range of businesses. By managing the infrastructure for your applications, you’ll have the peace of mind that your applications are isolated from other tenants so that you can be confident that your business won’t be affected if someone else is upgrading the servers behind you.

If you still aren’t decided, talk it over with your IT team so that they can help guide your decision, and determine the exact hardware resources you’ll need for the business.

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