Bare metal servers

A bare metal server is one that the user has exclusive access to. In other words, the installed resources and components (CPU, RAM, storage, network access, etc.) are exclusively available to a single bare metal server user.

The advantages of this are:

• There are no other users depending on your hardware
• The price/performance ratio of bare metal server is better than that of virtual servers
• A high level of computing power is available

The special features of IONOS Bare Metal Server hosting are:

• Flexibility – With IONOS, users can rent bare metal servers on demand. There is no minimum contract term, and our services are available within minutes of purchasing.
• Functionality – With our Cloud Panel, you can add numerous cloud features, such as shared storage or a load balancer, to your environment at any time.
• Support – Users can benefit from our exceptional service and receive a personal contact who will provide advice and assistance with any technical challenges or configuration questions you might have.

Since this is a product with root access, you are free to install applications of your choice (within the scope of the general terms and conditions). Bare metal server use cases include:

• web servers
• email marketing platforms
• game servers
• video streaming platforms
• building a forum or a community
• as development environments for online stores with:

WordPress with WooCommerce

• Magento
• PrestaShop
• Shopify
• and more

The access to your system and your information takes place…

• with Linux servers via an encrypted connection with SSH
• with Windows servers via RDP.

Should a problem occur with the network or the firewall, a KVM VNC console is also available to ensure access.

• … cPanel?

Not yet, we're working on it! Soon you'll be able to enjoy the advantages of cPanel when using our products.

• … WHM?

No, not currently.

• … static IP addresses?

Yes, your server has a static IPv4 address.

• … multiple IP addresses?

Yes, our users can either use additional IPv4 addresses for a fee or set up a free IPv6 subnet to their server product.

• … SSD?

Yes, our dedicated hosting server offers the following media storage options:

• HDD
• (SATA) SSD
• NVMe SSD

SSD is an electronic storage media without any moving parts. Data is read and written much faster than with conventional HDD hard disks.

• … Plesk?

Yes, your server administration can be done with Plesk Obsidian on request. You can also order an unlimited number of domains for your server.

Yes, virtualization using a hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM) is possible with all IONOS bare metal servers that include Intel Scalable processors and AMD Epyc processors. The corresponding packages come with the technical foundation required to create virtual machines on your dedicated server using a hypervisor and to manage their resources. In addition, you can use almost any hypervisor except for Hyper-V. Due to Microsoft’s license terms, you cannot currently use Hyper-V as a hypervisor in combination with IONOS Bare Metal Server plans.

Thanks to the hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM), you can set up several different, completely isolated virtual machines with various operating systems. You can operate them in parallel on a single host system (in this case, it would be on your Bare Metal Server). The virtual servers share their powerful hardware resources (processing power, RAM, disk space, network components), but cannot access files from another virtual machine that is running in parallel. This ensures that only individual virtual machines are affected if there is a program error or contamination during software testing, for example. The other virtual machines or test environments being managed on your Bare Metal Server using a hypervisor remain protected and continue to work uninterrupted.

General information on hypervisors is also available in the Help Center.

Extensive information on the topic of virtualization can also be found in our Digital Guide.

The following options contribute to the effective data protection of your business-critical services:

• Your data traffic with the server is encrypted as long as you establish a domain secured with the included Wildcard SSL certificate.
• In the Cloud Panel, you define the rules for your firewall yourself.
• Our network is equipped with extensive intrusion detection and intrusion prevention systems.
• Our SIEM software constantly monitors and analyzes security alerts, guaranteeing users high availability and secure products.
• Our data centers are ISO certified according to strict standards.
• 100 % protection against DDOS attacks is currently not possible.

Unlike a bare metal server a private cloud is a virtualized environment.

The latter is suitable if you operate multiple logically separate, individual software applications on their own hardware which do not require many resources.

If you run a larger or performance-intensive application on your hardware, a bare metal server is recommended.

This is a perfectly valid question. What both products have in common is that they offer the respective user a very high level of performance. The dedicated hosting server product is an extension of our shared web hosting offer, where users receive a web server managed by IONOS. Users get hardware for the operation of their website applications that they do not have to share with anyone. A bare metal server — whose computing power and resources are entirely exclusive — is distinguished by its root access to the system and the ability to install and administer all applications yourself. Dedicated server hosting, on the other hand, offers enormous performance capacity, which is provided by software administered by us (OS, web server, database, SFTP, etc.).

Shared hosting

Hardware: shared use 

• OS administration: hosting provider
• Access option: control panel
• Typical application: website

Dedicated hosting

• Hardware: sole use 
• OS administration: hosting provider
• Access option: control panel
• Typical application: large website

Bare Metal Server

• Hardware: sole use 
• OS administration: user 
• Access option: root 
• Typical application: any application