# Bare Metal

Metal Services are dedicated bare metal servers that provide single-tenant hardware with cloud-like ease of use. Unlike virtual machines, you get the full power of the physical hardware with no noisy neighbors.

### Key Features

* **Dedicated Hardware** - Single-tenant servers with no virtualization overhead
* **Latest Processors** - AMD EPYC Gen5 (Turin), Gen4 (Genoa), Gen3 (Milan), Ryzen, and Intel Xeon
* **Fast Storage** - NVMe drives with RAID configuration options
* **High Bandwidth** - 25-50 Gbps network connectivity
* **Global Availability** - 13+ data centers worldwide
* **Quick Provisioning** - Deploy in 5-15 minutes

### Available Hardware Tiers

| Tier              | Processors               | Cores        | Memory      | Storage     |
| ----------------- | ------------------------ | ------------ | ----------- | ----------- |
| EPYC Gen5 (Turin) | 9254, 9354P, 9454, 9575F | 16-128 cores | 128-512 GB  | NVMe        |
| EPYC Gen4 (Genoa) | 9254 v2, 9474F           | 24-96 cores  | 128-1536 GB | NVMe + BOSS |
| EPYC Gen3 (Milan) | 7443P, 7543P             | 32-64 cores  | 128-512 GB  | NVMe        |
| Ryzen 9           | 9950X                    | 16-32 cores  | 128 GB      | NVMe        |
| Intel Xeon        | Various                  | Various      | Various     | Various     |

### Pricing

Metal servers are billed hourly with pricing that varies by configuration:

* **On Demand** - Pay by the hour, no commitment
* **Reserved** - Lower rates with monthly commitment (where available)

Bandwidth is included with regional allotments. See [Bandwidth Usage](/compute/metal/bandwidth-usage.md) for details.

### Quick Links

* [Deploying Metal](/compute/metal/deploying-metal.md) - Deploy your first metal server
* [Managing Services](/compute/metal/managing-services.md) - Server overview and settings
* [Bandwidth Usage](/compute/metal/bandwidth-usage.md) - Monitor bandwidth consumption
* [Virtual Console](/compute/metal/virtual-console.md) - Access server console via browser
* [Reinstall & Terminate](/compute/metal/reinstall-terminate.md) - Reinstall OS or terminate service


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