Bare Metal
NetActuate Bare Metal gives you dedicated physical servers deployed at edge locations worldwide. With no virtualization overhead, bare metal servers deliver maximum performance for workloads that demand direct hardware access, consistent latency, and full resource isolation.
What You Can Do
- Provision dedicated physical servers at NetActuate's global edge locations
- Choose from a range of hardware configurations (CPU, RAM, storage, NIC)
- Access servers via SSH or IPMI for out-of-band management
- Configure networking with additional IPs, PTR records, and VLAN assignments
- Automate provisioning via the API and Terraform
Key Features
| Feature | Description |
|---|---|
| Dedicated Hardware | Full physical server with no shared resources or hypervisor overhead |
| Global Availability | Deploy at NetActuate edge locations worldwide |
| IPMI Access | Out-of-band management for remote power control and console access |
| Custom Configurations | Choose CPU, RAM, disk, and network interface options |
| Fast Provisioning | Automated OS installation and network configuration |
| API Driven | Provision and manage bare metal programmatically |
Getting Started
- How-To Guide — Step-by-step walkthrough for deploying bare metal
- Managing Bare Metal — Control panel, networking, IPMI, and tools
Note: Bare metal servers are ideal for high-performance computing, database workloads, machine learning, and any application that benefits from direct hardware access.