Bare Metal Server

The physical distance between your server and your end-users dictates the speed of your application. You can select our European Hubs (Netherlands or Denmark) to serve customers in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa with minimal latency, connecting directly to major internet exchanges like AMS-IX. Alternatively, choose our North American Hubs in the New York area for ultra-low latency access to the US East Coast, Canada, and transatlantic connections to Europe. 

The chassis determines the physical expandability and density of your server. For web servers, firewalls, and compute nodes where rack space efficiency is key, a 1U Chassis like the HPE ProLiant DL360 offers immense power in a slim profile. If you are building a GPU server or a setup requiring multiple expansion cards, a 2U Chassis (like the HPE DL380) provides better airflow for high-performance components. For massive storage density, such as backup servers or data archives, our 4U Storage Chassis can hold 12, 24, or even 36 hard drives. 

Your CPU choice defines your server's character. If you need raw speed for gaming servers, high-frequency trading, or applications that rely on per-core performance, the Intel Xeon Scalable & E-Series are historically favored for their high single-core clock speeds. Conversely, for virtualization (VMware/Proxmox), containerization (Kubernetes), or rendering farms, the AMD EPYC is the king of multi-threading, offering up to 96 cores per socket to run hundreds of parallel tasks. 

Memory acts as the high-speed workspace for your CPU, and we use exclusively ECC (Error-Correcting Code) RAM to prevent system crashes. For web hosting and entry-level applications, 32GB to 64GB is ideal. The sweet spot for high-traffic e-commerce sites and virtualization nodes is typically 128GB to 256GB. For large-scale in-memory databases like SAP HANA or Redis, or for AI model training, you will likely require 512GB up to 1TB+ of RAM. 

Storage isn't just about space; it's about speed (IOPS). NVMe SSDs are the fastest option available, connecting directly to the PCIe bus for blazing read/write speeds, making them essential for operating systems and transaction-heavy databases. SATA SSDs offer a reliable balance of speed and capacity for standard applications. For bulk storage, backups, and media streaming libraries where capacity is king, SATA HDDs (Spinning Disks) offer the lowest cost per terabyte. Don't forget to select a Hardware or Software RAID level (like RAID 1 or RAID 10) to secure your data against drive failure. 

This is your server's pipe to the outside world. First, choose the size of your pipe (Port Speed), ranging from 1Gbps up to 100Gbps to handle traffic spikes without congestion. Next, select your Bandwidth Package. We offer Standard packages (25TB - 100TB) suitable for most enterprises, or Unmetered (Unlimited) packages which are essential for streaming, CDNs, and file hosts, allowing you to push data 24/7 at your full port speed with zero overage charges. 

We automate the installation so you are ready to go immediately. You can choose from a wide range of Linux distributions like Ubuntu, CentOS, Debian, AlmaLinux, or Rocky Linux. 

The fundamental difference lies in the Resource Abstraction Layer. A virtual server runs on a hypervisor (like KVM or ESXi) that carves a large physical machine into many smaller "slices." This introduces a "virtualization tax"—CPU overhead required to manage the VM—and creates the "noisy neighbor" effect, where another user’s spike in traffic can cause jitter or latency on your instance.

A Bare Metal server from NovoServe offers Single-Tenancy. You have direct access to the CPU’s execution cores, the full memory bandwidth of the RAM, and the raw IOPS of the NVMe drives. For workloads like database indexing or real-time bidding (RTB), the elimination of the hypervisor layer can result in a 15-25% performance uplift on the same hardware specs.

The primary trade-off is responsibility. Bare metal requires a slightly higher level of technical proficiency because you are managing the OS kernel and hardware-level configurations directly. Unlike a managed cloud instance where the provider handles everything up to the application layer, bare metal gives you total control—which means you are responsible for the security hardening and software stack. However, NovoServe mitigates this by providing 24/7/365 on-site engineering support. We handle the "physical" heavy lifting—disk swaps, RAM upgrades, and network routing—so your team can focus on the software. With our bare metal servers, you do not need to visit your datacenter on your own, all operations are handled by our engineers.

Technically, yes, but there is a modern distinction. While a traditional dedicated server often involves manual setup and monthly billing, a bare metal server at NovoServe is part of a "bare metal cloud" ecosystem. This means you get the power of dedicated hardware with the automation, API control, and rapid deployment typical of cloud environments.

Bare metal is ideal for industries where performance and security are critical. This includes AdTech (low-latency bidding), FinTech (secure, high-speed transactions), Gaming (low jitter), VPN providers (high bandwidth), and AI/ML startups (GPU-intensive compute). Any industry running large-scale, steady-state workloads will see better ROI on bare metal.

Absolutely. Connectivity is our core strength. We offer a "Looking Glass" tool and speed test files for our Netherlands, Denmark, and New York data centers. You can test your latency against our 16+ Tbps backbone and see how our Tier-1 transit partners (Arelion, Cogent, NTT) perform for your specific geographic audience.

You can also request for a free trial of bare metal server if that helps you with your decision making.

Our infrastructure is strategically located in premium Tier-III data centers in the Netherlands (Amsterdam and Rotterdam), Denmark (Copenhagen), and the United States (New York). These locations are chosen for their proximity to major internet exchanges and their role as global connectivity hubs.

Please take a look at all our bare metal datacenters here.

Actually, the opposite is often true. While a bare metal server has a higher entry price than a small VPS, you can save 30% to 50% on total cost of ownership (TCO) for large-scale workloads. By avoiding the hidden costs of public cloud egress fees and the "vCPU tax," bare metal provides a more predictable and cost-effective budget for growing enterprises.

Absolutely. In fact, Bare Metal Kubernetes (K8s) is the preferred architecture for high-scale bare metal deployments. By running Kubernetes directly on NovoServe bare metal, you avoid the "Double Abstraction" problem (running containers inside a VM, which is inside a physical host). This allows for much higher pod density and significantly more efficient networking via CNI plugins that can interact directly with our 10Gbps or 100Gbps uplinks. We provide the raw power; you provide the orchestration.

The industry-wide shift away from VMware—often called "Broadcom-induced repatriation"—is driven by two factors: licensing costs and architectural simplicity. Following recent changes in VMware’s pricing models, many enterprises have seen their costs triple overnight. Furthermore, as modern applications become more "cloud-native," the heavy abstraction layer of a legacy hypervisor is seen as an unnecessary bottleneck. Companies are moving to NovoServe Bare Metal to regain financial predictability and to build leaner, faster stacks using open-source alternatives like Proxmox, XCP-ng, or "raw" Linux containers (LXC/LXD).

Yes, but with an enterprise-grade ecosystem. When you rent a bare metal server from us, it's just a box out of the server rack. We provide a hardened infrastructure node integrated into a global Tier-III+ environment. This includes automated DDoS mitigation at the edge, redundant power feeds (A+B), and a carrier-neutral network backbone. We manage the entire lifecycle of the hardware—from racking and stacking to firmware updates—allowing you to treat physical hardware with the same ease of use as a cloud instance.

NovoServe currently manages a global fleet of over 7,000+ bare metal servers. This scale allows us to maintain a deep stock of components from industry leaders like Supermicro and HPE. Our volume-driven approach means we can offer enterprise-grade hardware at price points that are typically reserved for much larger corporations, while still maintaining the boutique, "engineer-to-engineer" support that our clients value. You can also easily deploy larger bare metal server clusters and benefit form private VLAN.