You're promised an entire server for yourself, a private kingdom of resources. But are you truly getting what you pay for? Too often, the answer is no. Businesses migrate from shared hosting seeking performance, only to find their "dedicated" solution is a virtualized private cloud or a VPS with a fancy label, still subject to the underlying bottlenecks of shared infrastructure.
There are critical differences between a real physical server and its virtualised counterparts. Let’s also check how to architect a dedicated hosting solution that delivers the uncompromised performance your business demands.
Dedicated hosting meaning
Let's be clear. The true dedicated hosting meaning is simple and absolute: you are renting an entire, single-tenant physical server exclusively for your own use.
It's not a slice of a server. It's not a virtual machine. It's a piece of enterprise-grade hardware where 100% of the physical resources—every CPU core, every gigabyte of RAM, and the full I/O capacity of its storage and network cards—are yours and yours alone.
"We've been able to provision hardware that is literally faster than anything you can get in the cloud. Not just on a per-CPU basis, but on a per-IO basis, on a per-network-latency basis. And this is the great irony: you're paying a premium for renting computers in the cloud that are not even as fast as the ones you can own." - David Heinemeier Hansson, Creator of Ruby on Rails & Co-founder of 37signals
The illusion of dedicated hosting
The most common point of confusion in the market is the difference between a dedicated hosting server and a virtualized environment. A VPS or a "private cloud server" may give you dedicated resources in software, but they are not a dedicated machine.
They all run on a hypervisor, a layer of software that sits between the hardware and your operating system. This creates two fundamental problems that true dedicated hosting solves:
- The hypervisor tax: The hypervisor itself consumes a percentage of the CPU and RAM. You are never getting 100% of the hardware's power.
- The "noisy neighbour" effect: You are still sharing the underlying physical hardware with other tenants. If another user on the same machine runs a resource-intensive process, your performance can suffer.
A true dedicated hosting solution is bare metal. There is no hypervisor, no sharing, and no compromise.
Dedicated hosting plan? The NovoServe Way
A dedicated hosting plan shouldn't be a restrictive, one-size-fits-all package. It should be a flexible canvas for you to build the perfect tool for your job. At NovoServe, our dedicated hosting plans are straightforward: you get a powerful, fully customizable bare metal server that you control.
Through our server webshop, you start by choosing your chassis—from the reliable HPE ProLiant G8-G10 generations to the latest Gen11 or a flexible Supermicro chassis for specialized builds. From there, you have complete freedom to configure:
- CPU: Choose from a massive range of Intel Xeon or AMD EPYC processors.
- RAM: Configure the exact amount of high-speed ECC RAM you need.
- Storage: Select your ideal mix of HDD, SSD, or ultra-fast NVMe storage.
- GPU: Add powerful NVIDIA GPUs for AI and machine learning workloads.
You rent the entire physical machine for a fixed monthly cost. It is your own bare metal server.
How to deploy dedicated hosting
Deploying your dedicated hosting with NovoServe is designed to be fast and efficient. Once you place an order in our webshop for a standard configuration that is already on the rack, your server can be ready for you in hours.
You get immediate access to our customer portal where you can automatically install your preferred operating system. Crucially, you also get full out-of-band management via IPMI/iLO at no extra cost. This gives you deep, hardware-level control to manage your server, change BIOS settings, and even perform custom OS installations via an HTML5 console. You also gain access to our advanced network tools, allowing you to monitor performance and even reroute traffic.
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Dedicated hosting price
There's a myth that dedicated hosting is always expensive. While the dedicated hosting server price has a higher entry point than a cheap VPS, its Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) is often far lower than the public cloud for any consistent workload.
The dedicated hosting cost at NovoServe is built on transparency and value. Our cheapest unmetered server with our premium network starts as low as €59/month, and a powerful dedicated hosting package in our US data center is available from just $89/month. We are committed to offering a better price-quality ratio than most dedicated hosting providers.
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The Litmus test
To know if you have real dedicated hosting, you need to look beyond the server itself and ask two critical questions:
- Do I have 100% of the physical resources? As we've discussed, if there is a hypervisor, the answer is no. You need a bare metal server for true hardware isolation and control.
- Do I have a dedicated network port? This is the most overlooked aspect. Many providers will sell you a dedicated server but place it on a shared network port. This means you are still competing for bandwidth with other customers. Real dedicated hosting includes a dedicated port—your own private, unthrottled highway to the internet.
The dedicated support team
Finally, true dedicated hosting is more than just hardware; it's a partnership. At NovoServe, you get a dedicated support team. Every client has a personal account manager who understands their business and can help them plan their infrastructure roadmap. You also have access to our senior product managers and engineers for complimentary technical consultancy.
"Our philosophy is simple: 'dedicated' should mean dedicated, from the silicon to the support. We provide our clients with the raw, uncompromised power of the hardware they pay for, because their success is built on that foundation." – Herke Planting, CEO of NovoServe
Choosing your next hosting solution is a critical decision. Don't settle for marketing terms. Demand a truly dedicated solution: a physical bare metal server, a dedicated network port, and a team that is dedicated to your success.
