{"id":65549,"date":"2022-07-08T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/?p=65549"},"modified":"2024-11-08T17:55:16","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T22:55:16","slug":"bare-metal-cloud-vs-iaas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/bare-metal-cloud-vs-iaas","title":{"rendered":"Bare Metal Cloud vs. IaaS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cloud-based services are essential IT infrastructure components for most organizations due to their benefits, such as flexibility, scalability, and a pay-as-you-go pricing model. But not all cloud environments are the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, application components such as real-time analytics engines, machine learning clusters, and web-based content serving networks require different features and may require different cloud providers.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If your organization is rapidly growing, you need an optimal and convenient cloud-based service to handle critical workloads at full processing capacities. In this case, there are two popular options: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Bare metal cloud or bare metal as a service (BMaaS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    So, which one is the better solution? Learn more about bare metal cloud vs. IaaS in this post and get a complete overview of the pros and cons of these two cloud-based services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Types of Servers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Before diving right into the differences between bare metal cloud and IaaS, it is essential to understand the various server hosting options you can leverage for your organization. There are three basic categories of server environments: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. Dedicated server<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    A dedicated server is a physical storage device you can use to store hypervisor layers, virtual servers, and operating systems (OSs). It\u2019s tangible and serves as an on-prem hardware component that houses all the necessary software constructs that run clients. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Virtual server<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    A virtual server\u2014also called a virtual private server (VPS) or virtual dedicated server (VDS)\u2014is simply a virtual machine (VM)<\/a> that cloud service providers (CSPs) usually sell as a service. You can split a physical server into multiple virtual servers through server virtualization to achieve more cost-effective and efficient resource control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. Bare metal server<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    A bare metal server is a physical server dedicated to a single tenant. Unlike a virtual server where the tenant shares resources with other users, a bare metal server allows users to exclusively use the entire hardware setup. For example, you can optimize the server based on the organization\u2019s requirements to achieve better performance, reliability, and security. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bare metal servers and dedicated servers are similar in the sense that they are single-tenant devices that allow users to leverage the entire hardware. However, while bare metal servers enable users to get top-of-the-line hardware products, including the newest generation CPUs, RAM, and Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) solid-state drives (SSDs), dedicated servers don\u2019t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Similarities and Differences Between Bare Metal Cloud and IaaS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    There are three primary cloud-based service offerings: Infrastructure-as-a-service, platform-as-a-service, and software-as-a-service (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS<\/a>). Bare metal cloud is a subset of IaaS offerings where a tenant rents dedicated computing resources from the CSP on a pay-as-you-go pricing scheme. Bare metal cloud providers usually offer computing resources without any installed OSs or virtualization environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Both bare metal cloud and IaaS utilize virtualized resources to allow users access to computing services. They both provide IT teams with flexibility and scalability through an agile framework that allows the organization to scale up or down as the needs arise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    However, bare metal cloud and IaaS provide different service offerings despite these similarities. You can think of IaaS as a cloud-based service that allows users to access virtualized resources. In contrast, the bare metal cloud enables users to access dedicated servers and virtualized resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Also, while the CSP provider manages the entire IT infrastructure in IaaS, the bare metal cloud provides you with a dedicated server where IT teams have exclusive control to configure as they wish.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Pros and Cons of Bare Metal Cloud<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Bare metal cloud has both benefits and drawbacks you should evaluate before deploying one. Let\u2019s take a look at some of the pros and cons of bare metal clouds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Pros<\/h3>\n\n\n\n