In which data centers can I have a Bare Metal server?
HostColor.com delivers bare-metal server hosting services from over 100 data centers worldwide. In the U.S. alone, we use 50+ edge data centers. Some of the most used US data centers by our clients are:
- CoreSite VA1: 12100 Sunrise Valley Dr, Reston, VA 20191, USA)
- Cyber WURX: 55 Marietta Street 16th Floor, Atlanta, GA, 30303
- 365 Data Centers: 427 S La Salle Street, Chicago, IL, 60605
- CoreSite CH2: 1432 S Clinton St, Chicago, IL 60607
- DataBank: 400 S Akard St, Dallas, TX 75202
- Flexential: 1500 Champa St, Denver, CO, 80202
- Digital Realty: 12061 North Fwy, Houston, TX 77090
- DataBank: 624 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA, 90017
- CoreSite LA 2: 900 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
- DataBank: 36 NE 2nd St, Miami, FL, 33132
- Verizon: 250 S Marquette Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55401
- Telehouse: 7 Teleport Dr, Staten Island, NY 10311
- DataBank: 165 Halsey St, Newark, NJ, 07102
- Telehouse: 25 Broadway, New York, NY 10004
- Coresite NY2: 2 Emerson LnSecaucus, NJ 07094
- CoreSite SV7: 3020 Coronado, Santa Clara, CA, 95054
- All Equinix facilities
HostColor also has infrastructure capacity and provides bare-metal servers virtually in every US state.
Which Linux OS can I use on my Bare Metal Server?
Most HC's Dedicated Servers can use any Linux OS distribution or a Windows OS. You can also install Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi, Linux Containers, or any other virtualization platform.
If you decide to use a Bare Metal Server with Unrestricted Data Transfer, hosted in any of our Edge data centers, you can choose between our "officially supported operating systems". They are CentOS 7.9, Ubuntu 22.4, Ubuntu 20.4, Ubuntu 18.4, and RockyLinux 8.6. You can also use virtualization like Kernel-based Virtual Machine (Proxmox VE), VMware ESXi, VirtualBox, OpenVZ, Linux Containers, Kubernetes, and Docker.
How does HC assign IP addresses on my server?
Clients with bare-metal servers that are not hosted in our Edge Data centers are assigned 1 usable IP address and can add more IPs at any time.
Each bare-metal server, hosted in our Edge locations is assigned its own IPv4 subnet that varies from /29 (8 IP addresses) to /24 (256 IPs). The first three IP addresses are used for the networking service of your server as follows: 1st IP address is for the router default gateway; 2nd IP address is reserved for router1; 3rd IP is reserved for router2. The 4th IP address is the main IP of your Bare Metal Server. Any additional IP addresses can be ordered from Accounts.HostColor.com and can be used for various services on your server.
What does a Semi-Managed Bare Metal Server mean?
While most bare-metal server hosting providers offer 'Unmanaged' or 'Managed' hosting services, HostColor does 'Semi-Managed' and 'Managed' Bare Metal Servers.
'Unmanaged' means that the client is solely responsible for the management of the bare-metal dedicated server they have. The provider's responsibility is to make sure that the server network connection works properly and in case of a hardware failure, to fix the failed components, or to replace the whole physical server.
'Managed' means that the provider is responsible for managing the network, the physical server, the installed operating system, and the software environment. The provider does operating system updates, software updates, and other management and configuration tasks on the physical server. In other words 'Unmanaged Bare Metal Servers' does not feature server-side support and therefore the clients pay for the base infrastructure service. The 'Managed Dedicated Servers' feature full server-side infrastructure, OS, and software environment support and therefore are more expensive, as the provider's experts commit time and work hours to deliver technical and system administration.
HostColor fills the gap by offering 'Semi-Managed' Bare Metal Servers. 'Semi-Managed' means that our administrators install your preferred OS on the physical server or your preferred virtualization platform to transform the bare-metal server into a Cloud infrastructure. We create a custom technology environment per your requirements and keep on record a description with the 'base desired state' of your Bare Metal server. As a part of the 'Semi-Managed' support contract, HostColor reinstalls the server OS per the request and helps the client fix issues and troubleshoot in case of any operating system, networking, or software configuration issues. All 'Semi-Managed' bare-metal servers feature up to 30 minutes per month of technical and system administration. Any time spent by HC experts on managing the server OS, software environments, or troubleshooting is charged per standard HostColor's managed service provider (MSP) rates.
Is HostColor an experienced and trustworthy provider?
HostColor's core team has been managing servers and IT infrastructures since 2000. As an organization, Host Color LLC has over 20 years of experience in the hosting industry. To illustrate HostColor's experience, consider these two facts: HostColor started hosting content management systems three years before WordPress was launched, and had already been providing virtual server hosting services for seven years when Amazon launched its AWS with the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). HostColor's team members have extensive experience with major operating systems, virtualization technologies, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and hundreds of open-source applications at any stage of their development and business lifecycles. You can rely on HostColor to install and maintain a secure, productive, and cost-effective technology environment on your dedicated server.
