Documentation – OpenMetal Cloud

Q: Can I expand an OpenMetal Storage Medium v4 to the Storage Large v4 configuration? Yes. The Storage Medium v4 and Storage Large v4 share the same chassis with identical

Q: How does the OpenMetal Medium v4 compare to AWS m7i instances? The Medium v4 provides 24 dedicated physical cores, 256 GB DDR5, and 6.4 TB persistent local NVMe on

Q: What Intel Xeon processor does the OpenMetal Medium v4 use? The Medium v4 uses dual Intel Xeon Silver 4510 processors, providing 24 cores and 48 threads across two sockets

Q: How does the OpenMetal Medium v4 compare to the Large v4 bare metal server? The Medium v4 and Large v4 share the same chassis and dual boot drive design

Q: What are the specs of the OpenMetal Medium v4 bare metal server? The Medium v4 ships with dual Intel Xeon Silver 4510 processors (24 cores, 48 threads), 256 GB

Q: What NVMe drives does OpenMetal use in the Medium v4 bare metal server? The Medium v4 ships with one 6.4 TB Micron 7500 MAX NVMe SSD connected via PCIe

Q: How much storage does the OpenMetal Storage Medium v4 provide? The Storage Medium v4 provides 120 TB of raw HDD capacity (six 20 TB SATA drives) plus 12.8 TB

Q: How does OpenMetal’s egress pricing compare to AWS per-GB charges? OpenMetal bills public egress on 95th-percentile measurement rather than per-GB transfer, creating a structural cost advantage that grows with

Q: Is OpenMetal cheaper than AWS for dedicated servers? For sustained 24/7 workloads above $10,000 per month in cloud spend, OpenMetal’s fixed monthly pricing typically delivers significant savings over AWS,

Q: Is OpenMetal HIPAA compliant for healthcare workloads? OpenMetal is HIPAA compliant at the organizational level and offers Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) for customers running healthcare workloads on bare metal

Q: How does OpenMetal’s storage pricing compare to AWS S3 or EBS per TB? OpenMetal storage servers charge a fixed monthly rate per server regardless of capacity used, while AWS

Q: How does the Medium v4 Hosted Private Cloud compare to the Large v4 cluster? The Medium v4 cluster provides 72 cores, 768 GB RAM, and 19.2 TB raw NVMe

This page compares the OpenMetal Medium v4 bare metal server against the AWS m7i instance family, the closest match by general-purpose Intel Xeon spec profile. The comparison is structural, not

The Storage Medium v4 is a Ceph-optimized storage server that shares the same chassis as the Storage Large v4 but ships with a half-populated drive configuration: six 20 TB SATA

The Hosted Private Cloud Medium v4 is a three-node OpenStack and Ceph cluster built on the same Medium v4 hardware available as a standalone bare metal server. Each node contributes

The Medium v4 is OpenMetal’s entry-level bare metal server, built on dual 5th Gen Intel Xeon Silver 4510 processors (Sapphire Rapids). It is the first server in the Medium tier,

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If your AWS bill has crossed $20K/month and you’re wondering whether private cloud is worth the work, this guide maps every major AWS service to its OpenStack equivalent, walks through the network and data migration process, and gives you an honest account of what the transition actually involves.

When you choose a cloud provider’s APIs, you’re making a financial commitment that compounds over time. This article breaks down how proprietary cloud APIs create vendor lock-in, what that lock-in costs in migration debt and ongoing fees, and how OpenStack-based private cloud infrastructure maps to the patterns developers already know without the long-term dependency.

Q: What is the difference between the OpenMetal Storage Medium v4 and Storage Large v4? Both servers share the same chassis, CPU, memory, and network configuration, but differ in drive

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This page compares the OpenMetal Large v4 bare metal server against the AWS i4i instance family, the closest match by storage-optimized spec profile. The comparison is structural, not just price-vs-price:

The Storage Large v4 is a different server from the compute-focused Large v4. It pairs high-capacity SATA HDDs with NVMe cache drives in a three-tier storage architecture designed for Ceph

OpenMetal Large v4 Hosted Private Cloud: 3-node OpenStack + Ceph cluster with 96 cores, 1.5TB DDR5, 38.4TB NVMe. Deploy in 45 seconds, fixed monthly pricing, no VMware licensing

OpenMetal Large v4 TDX Edition with dual Xeon Gold 6526Y, 1TB DDR5-5200, Intel TDX confidential computing. Hardware-isolated VMs, HIPAA-eligible, fixed monthly pricing.

The Large v4 is OpenMetal’s mid-tier bare metal dedicated server, built on dual 5th Gen Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y processors (Emerald Rapids). It is the next generation of the Large

This guide breaks down the most common hidden costs in cloud computing: egress fees, inter-region data transfer, idle resource waste, free tier expiration, API call fees, archive retrieval charges, licensing add-ons, and vendor lock-in. It explains why they’re endemic to public cloud billing structures and examines what transparent, fixed-cost private cloud infrastructure looks like as an alternative.

Q: What is the difference between the OpenMetal Large v3 and Large v4 bare metal servers? The Large v4 replaces the Large v3 with a 40% higher base clock, 18%

Q: Can I run Kubernetes on OpenMetal bare metal servers? OpenMetal bare metal servers support Kubernetes directly on hardware with no hypervisor layer, using Talos, Flatcar, K3s, or upstream Kubernetes

Q: What NVMe drives does OpenMetal use in the Large v4 bare metal server? The Large v4 ships with two 6.4 TB Micron 7500 MAX NVMe SSDs (12.8 TB total),

Q: What is boot and data drive isolation on OpenMetal servers? OpenMetal separates OS boot storage from application data storage using physically distinct drive pools, preventing system-level I/O from contending

Q: Can I upgrade the RAM on a deployed OpenMetal bare metal server? RAM upgrades are available on deployed OpenMetal bare metal servers by contacting the OpenMetal team to schedule

Q: What Proxmox reference architecture does OpenMetal recommend for bare metal servers? OpenMetal publishes a full Proxmox reference architecture for bare metal, developed with Wendell Wilson from Level1Techs, using a

Q: Does the OpenMetal Large v4 support Intel TDX confidential computing? The Large v4 supports Intel TDX, but it requires a RAM upgrade to 1 TB (filling all 16 DIMM

Q: Which OpenMetal servers support Intel TDX out of the box? The XL v4, XL v4 High Frequency, and XXL v4 ship with Intel TDX enabled by default because their

Q: What is the difference between Intel TDX and SGX on OpenMetal servers? TDX isolates entire virtual machines at the hardware level, while SGX protects specific application code and data

Q: What is included in OpenMetal’s Hosted Private Cloud Day 2 operations? OpenMetal handles infrastructure monitoring, patching, incident response, and upgrade coordination for Hosted Private Cloud clusters, while the customer

Q: How does the OpenMetal Large v4 compare to AWS i4i instances? The Large v4 provides 32 dedicated physical cores, 512 GB DDR5, and 12.8 TB persistent NVMe on single-tenant