In the world of cloud computing, have you ever been forced to compromise between “performance" and "flexibility"? RAKsmart's new Bare Metal Cloud service is designed to end this dilemma. Through a major core performance upgrade, RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud now provides you with both the robust performance of physical servers and the elasticity of cloud services.

RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud Core Performance Comprehensively Enhanced

This RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud upgrade focuses on three key dimensions: storage, computing, and network, aiming to provide users with an all-around performance leap.

• Soaring Storage I/O Performance. RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud now fully supports NVMe, delivering an ultra-fast I/O experience for users. HDD disk options are retained to meet large-capacity storage demands. This combination ensures optimal storage performance support for both database applications and big data analytics. RAKsmart's disk I/O performance is rated “A” according to speed tests by the third-party platform VPSBenchmarks (Note: A is the highest grade).

• Superior Computing Performance without Noisy Neighbors. The Bare Metal Cloud maintains 100% exclusive access to physical resources, eliminating the "noisy neighbor" problem found in virtualized environments. Users enjoy dedicated CPU, memory, and storage, resulting in stable and predictable performance. This is particularly suited for application scenarios with high demands for computational consistency, such as databases, high-concurrency e-commerce, AI inference, and more.

• Premium China-Optimized Routes Ensure Low-Latency Access. RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud products are now deployed across multiple global nodes, including Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, Seattle, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, South Korea, and Frankfurt. Each node is equipped with China-optimized network lines, including China-Optimized CN2 and China-Optimized VIP, ensuring low-latency access for users in mainland China.

Differences: Bare Metal Cloud vs. VPS and Dedicated Servers

RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud integrates the performance advantages of traditional physical servers with the flexibility of cloud services, demonstrating strength in multiple aspects.

Bare Metal Cloud offers two main advantages, compared to traditional virtualized cloud servers/VPS, :

• Performance Advantage: By removing the hypervisor layer, Bare Metal Cloud allows applications to interact directly with the hardware, completely eliminating the performance overhead of virtualization. This characteristic makes Bare Metal Cloud particularly outstanding in handling I/O-intensive tasks.

• Stability, Reliability, No Noisy Neighbors: Bare Metal Cloud provides complete hardware isolation. You exclusively enjoy all the resources of the entire server—CPU, memory, hard disk, and bandwidth. No other tenants compete with you for resources, thereby ensuring absolute stability and predictability of performance.

Compared to physical servers, the core advantages of Bare Metal Cloud are reflected in:

• Rapid Deployment & Elastic Scaling: Bare Metal Cloud can be ordered with one click via the online platform, and resources can be delivered and systems prepared within minutes. It provides instant provisioning capabilities similar to cloud servers, significantly speeding up business launch and resource scaling up/down. In contrast, physical servers generally require manual delivery with uncertain timeframes.

• Simplified O&M & Centralized Control: The hardware operation and fault repair of Bare Metal Cloud are managed by the service provider. A unified web console or API is provided for users to remotely and centrally manage globally distributed bare metal cloud servers, offering far greater management efficiency than physical servers.

• Seamless Integration with Cloud Ecosystem: As a member of the cloud service provider's product family, Bare Metal Cloud is typically deeply integrated with other cloud products like object storage, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), and load balancers, and enjoys conveniences like internal network connectivity and unified billing. This allows it to easily become a high-performance component in a hybrid cloud architecture.

RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud Offers Excellent Cost-Effectiveness

While enhancing performance, RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud also focuses on creating cost benefits for users.

Comparisons reveal that for the same configuration, the price of Bare Metal Cloud is approximately 20% lower than that of dedicated servers. This price advantage enables enterprises to obtain high-performance computing resources at a lower cost. RAKsmart has also launched promotional activities for popular models, significantly lowering the barrier to using high-performance computing resources. For startups and small-to-medium-sized enterprises, such pricing strategies undoubtedly provide extremely high cost-effectiveness.

RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud Global Network & Security Enhancements

RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud has deployed International BGP and China-optimized networks across multiple global nodes, with bandwidth up to 5Gbps, effectively meeting the high-quality network connection needs of different users. The International BGP network suits businesses with globally distributed users; the China-optimized lines are suitable for businesses whose users are primarily in mainland China.

In terms of network defense, the Silicon Valley, Los Angeles, and Seattle data centers provide up to 1T DDoS protection capacity, considered an industry-leading level. Such powerful protection capability is sufficient to withstand the vast majority of cyber attacks, ensuring business continuity remains unaffected.

It is worth mentioning that RAKsmart recently received the Secure Hosting Alliance (SHA) certification. The Secure Hosting Alliance (SHA) is initiated by the i2Coalition (Internet Infrastructure Coalition) and consists of over twenty hosting service providers and related companies (such as GoDaddy, Cloudflare, Hostinger, Webpros, etc.). This marks that RAKsmart's security practices and infrastructure capabilities have received authoritative recognition, providing a higher level of protection for customer data security.

RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud Offers Rich Configurations for Diverse Application Scenarios

RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud provides a variety of product configurations, including Standard Compute, High-Performance Compute, and Extreme Performance types, to meet the needs of different scenarios.

This significant upgrade of RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud marks a solid step forward in the enterprise-grade cloud computing market. Through multi-dimensional enhancements in core performance, global network, security protection, and cost-effectiveness, RAKsmart provides enterprises with an ideal solution combining the superior performance of physical servers with the elasticity of cloud services. With its comprehensive strength, RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud is becoming a reliable partner and powerful engine for numerous enterprises seeking business acceleration and robust growth.

RAKsmart Bare Metal Cloud has paved the fast lane to high-performance computing for you. Don't let resource competition and performance fluctuations hold back your critical business any longer. Configure your Bare Metal Cloud server now to unlock 100% physical computing power and unleash your business potential completely!

About RAKsmart

Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Silicon Valley, USA, RAKsmart is a well-known global internet infrastructure service provider committed to offering SMEs services including physical servers, bare metal cloud, cloud servers/VPS, large bandwidth, DDoS protection, multi-IP segment servers, cloud phones, domain/SSL, CDN, and data center colocation. Leveraging over 30 data center locations worldwide, strong technical expertise, and a professional service team, RAKsmart is becoming a reliable technology partner driving the global expansion of enterprises. For more information, please visit https://www.raksmart.com.