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OVHcloud, the European Cloud leader and Bare Metal pioneer, announces the launch of Metal Instances. New to the Public Cloud universe, these instances leverage the tremendous compute power of Bare Metal servers, support an infrastructure as code deployment methodology and benefit from the flexibility and convenience Public Cloud is known for with a pay-as-you-go model.
In a typical Cloud-native environment, applications are decoupled from the underlying hardware so that they can scale, thanks to the Cloud on-demand elasticity. This way, under the hood, hardware becomes abstract and can be trimmed on the fly to answer specific peak periods. But not all apps are created equal, and some workloads might require dedicated hardware resources for their execution, whether it is for control, isolation, or performance. Metal Instances are specifically designed to address this need, offering on-demand availability and quick deployment times based on automated and standardised large-scale rollout through infrastructure as code made possible by OpenStack and Terraform native support. Last but not least, Metal Instances benefit from a pay-as-you-go billing model (down to the hour), enabling customers to pay for the exact compute capacity they consume.
Full control of the hardware
Metal Instances offer exactly what customers can expect from the Bare Metal forerunner: complete control of the hardware with access to the full CPU resources. Being run on 100% dedicated single-tenant physical servers, Metal Instances support on-demand deployment through standard OpenStack API, benefit from Cloud automation capabilities and can be integrated into the full Public Cloud ecosystem of OVHcloud services.
“From the creation of our own dedicated Bare Metal servers, where we have full control of the design, thanks to our unique integrated model, to the availability of Metal Instances, Bare Metal is going full circle to address every Cloud compute need one might think of” said Thierry Souche, Chief Technical Officer, OVHcloud.
“OVHcloud has long proven its commitment towards Open Source and OpenStack with its dedicated servers and Public Cloud offerings. Being a hefty contributor with a class-of-its-own OpenStack distribution, the Group attempts to combine the best of both worlds with its new Metal Instances.
Those new instances are a significant leap, being addressable through OpenStack maintaining full compatibility with baseline tools,” said Thierry Carrez, general manager of the OpenInfra Foundation.
Bare Metal as a Service
Metal Instances are built for a variety of workloads requiring specific hardware regardless of the purpose: performance, licensing or low-level software customisation. Thanks to Metal Instances, customers will benefit from a unique and flexible on-demand Cloud offer spanning across three different instances:
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bm-s1 is powered by an Intel Xeon-E 2274G (4C/8T), 2x 960 GB SSD with hourly pricing of 0,5 euros,
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bm-m1 is powered by an Intel Xeon-E 2288G (8C/16T), 2x 960 GB SSD with hourly pricing of 0,85 euros,
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bm-l1 is powered by an AMD EPYC 7371 (16C/32T), 2x 960 GB SSD with hourly pricing of 1,45 euros,
Each instance is teamed with a 1 Gbit/s guaranteed public network link and a 2 Gbit/s guaranteed private network. True to OVHcloud’s commitments when it comes to price predictability, the cost includes incoming and outgoing traffic.
A solution that offers data protection and sustainability
Metal Instances benefit from OVHcloud’s well-known expertise in infrastructure, offering a trusted Cloud in environmentally friendly data centres. With the highest security and data protection standards in the form of ISO 27001 certification and HDS, data are immune to extra-territorial laws. OVHcloud data centres take advantage of its unique industrial model with a water cooling system that contributes to a sustainable Cloud, reaching best-in-class PUE/WUE indexes (see more data here).
Availability
Customers in Asia Pacific can order the Metal Instances BM-S1, BM-M1 and BM-L1 which are available in Canada (BHS), France (GRA & SBG), Germany (LIM), United Kingdom (ERI) and Poland (WAW), and are ready to click in less than 3 minutes.