Bare Metal Dedicated Servers

Dedicated servers. Bare metal. You’ve probably heard both terms — sometimes interchangeably — and often without context.

What are they? What’s the same? What’s different?

Here’s what you need to know.

What’s the Difference?

Dedicated server hosting isn’t new — these managed servers have been around for years but were targeted at power users due to setup and deployment complexity. The concept is simple: Companies get complete access to a standalone server designed to their specifications.

Bare metal cloud servers, meanwhile, are fully customizable physical servers in the cloud. It is like a Dedicated Server, but tied into a cloud environment to give you the flexibility you need without managing multiple environments. Often, businesses combine multiple bare metal servers to create their own private cloud environment.

Features and Benefits

The biggest benefit of dedicated server hosting and bare metal server hosting is that companies get complete access to server hardware without having it on-site. Thus, it’s easier for IT administrators to strengthen their focus on line-of-business initiatives and technology innovation. It makes it possible for businesses to leverage the power of cloud services without the potential issue of VM-related resource drain or resource contention, such as the "noisy neighbor" problem.

Finding the Best Fit

What’s the best fit for your business? Dedicated servers or bare metal servers?

Companies looking to reduce server complexity and management needs were well-served by dedicated options as long as they were prepared for potentially rocky startups.

Bare metal, meanwhile, came with the promise of low latency and high performance to handle big data applications or high-volume transactions, but required IT teams to set up and configure server environments.

At Steadfast, we offer the best of both worlds: Bare metal cloud servers that combine the flexibility of bare metal clouds with the simplicity of dedicated server management because all of our systems are backed by the entire Steadfast team. All Steadfast servers come with The Steadfast Advantage to make sure you have the support you need in engineering, setting up, and maintaining your environment. 

Dedicated Server Pricing

We’ve made the building and deployment of dedicated servers simple. Our solutions deliver dependable and affordable options to build bare metal cloud environments or deploy individual servers — all managed through Steadfast's support team.

• Standard Server Models include premium models that we typically recommend for clients. 
• On-Demand Server Models include cost-effective models that we keep in-stock and ready for deployment.