Networking and Connectivity for Bare Metal Servers
Network and Connectivity is one of the key feature of the bare metal servers which differentiate it with the virtualized servers and plays a crucial role ensuring the optimization , reliability and security for the applications running over it. Below are some of the Network and connectivity feature supported by Bare Metal servers –
- Network Interface Cards (NICs):
- Bare Metal Servers comes with single or multiple NIC cards for the networking and connectivity purpose. Based on the applications that would be using that server, the user or the organization can modify and configure the NICs according to their need.
- Bandwidth and Throughput:
- Bare Metal server support high speed connectivity. It is much required for the applications which requires a faster and seamless connectivity to exchange large files and any other data transfer related tasks.
- Public and Private Networking:
- Bare Metal servers often provide the options for both Public and Private Networking. Public networks are used to connect with the devices which are not related to the same bare metal server, whereas private network is used to interchange data among the devices connected to the same bare metal server.
- Firewall and Security Policies:
- Bare Metal Server let the user or organization to implement Firewall or other Security Policies as they want or according to the need of the Application. This can include identifying and deciding which port to keep open, implementing IDS or IPS, configuring security groups etc.
- Load Balancing:
- Load Balancing are done when the resources of the Bare Metal servers need to be distributed evenly amongst the applications running in them, or in some situations where the heavy network traffic needs to be distributed evenly accross multiple applications.
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Important Topics for the Bare Metal Servers
- What is a Bare Metal Server?
- Advantages of Bare Metal Servers
- Disadvantages of Bare Metal Servers:
- Use Cases of Bare Metal Servers
- Operating System Options for Bare Metal Servers
- The Process of Procuring and Deploying a Bare Metal Server
- Security advantages of Bare Metal Servers
- Networking and Connectivity for Bare Metal Servers
- How to manage the Bare Metal Servers
- Difference Between Bare Metal Servers and Virtualization