Dedicated server hosting
Get total isolation, control and security for mission-critical workloads using customizable dedicated server hosting
Dedicated server hosting overview
High-confidence dedicated server hosting
Dedicated server hosting from IBM provides total isolation, control and security for your heavy, mission-critical workloads. Our private bare metal server environment offers maximum customization and performance with a wide range of configuration options, Intel and AMD CPU architectures, versatile storage and more. Unlike other providers, IBM Cloud® offers dedicated server hosting locations across more than 60 data centers and 19 countries.
Dedicated server hosting benefits
Customize it your way
Our dedicated server hosting offers a variety of top-end Intel and AMD performance CPUs for IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers. Plus, BYO capabilities, versatile storage, extensive memory and more.
Rely on our global network
The closer the data is to your users, the fewer hassles you’ll run into with latency, security and timely service delivery. With IBM Cloud dedicated server hosting, you choose from a global network of scattered data centers and POP locations.
Use the newest technologies — always
You can provision dedicated server hosting for SAP HANA/SAP NetWeaver and other certified workloads and add the latest NVIDIA Tesla GPUs for HPC needs.
Get competitive, transparent pricing
We recently lowered our dedicated hosting prices on IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers on average by 17% across the board. We also included 20 TB of cost-free bandwidth.* Choose from hourly, monthly and reserved billing at prices set for smarter cloud cost management.
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App hosting
Starting at USD 241 per month
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6
- 4 cores, 3.80 GHz
- 16 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
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Intel Xeon 4210
- 20 cores, 2.20 GHz
- 32 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
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Intel Xeon 6140
- 36 cores, 2.30 GHz
- 384 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
Game server hosting
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Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6
- 4 cores, 3.80 GHz
- 16 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
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Intel Xeon 5120
- 28 cores, 2.20 GHz
- 32 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
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Intel Xeon 6248
- 40 cores, 2.50 GHz
- 32 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
Web server hosting
Starting at USD 241 per month
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6
- 4 cores, 3.80 GHz
- 16 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
Starting at USD 379 per month
Intel Xeon 4210
- 16 cores, 2.20 GHz
- 32 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
Starting at USD 1,230 per month
Intel Xeon 6140
- 36 cores, 2.30 GHz
- 384 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
GPU
Starting at USD 519 per month
Intel Xeon 4110
- 16 cores, 2.10 GHz
- 32 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
Starting at USD 634 per month
Intel Xeon 5120
- 28 cores, 2.20 GHz
- 32 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
Starting at USD 1,230 per month
Intel Xeon 6140
- 36 cores, 2.30 GHz
- 384 GB RAM
- 1 TB SATA x 1
- 20 TB bandwidth
Dedicated server hosting use cases
Key features of dedicated server hosting
More than 11 million configurations
Choose single, dual or quad processors with the most-recent Intel or AMD technologies. Select the speed, RAM, storage OS and more. Or choose preset, dedicated server hosting for faster provisioning.
No hypervisor layer
Gain more control over your dedicated server hosting environment with direct route access. IBM Cloud® Bare Metal Servers are physical, dedicated and private compute servers that deliver the essential functionality you need.
Up to 96 cores
Solve compute-intensive tasks in less time. Support more modern dedicated hosting workloads and containerized services with up to 96 cores per platform.
On-demand provisioning
Get monthly dedicated servers online in two to four hours. Hourly dedicated servers can be up and running within 30 minutes.
The IBM Cloud platform removes the financial and administrative burden, and makes HPC much more accessible to us.
Dr. Elsa Aristodemou
Senior Lecturer, London South Bank University
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Footnotes
*20 TB bandwidth included in US, Canada and EU data centers; 5 TB bandwidth included in all other data centers. New prices and offers may not be combined with any other current or future discounts.