Documentation – OpenMetal Cloud

Design fault-tolerant validator infrastructure combining dedicated bare metal performance, redundant networking, self-healing Ceph storage, and OpenStack orchestration for maintaining consensus uptime through failures.

Research institutions, universities, and NGOs face strict grant budgets and data protection requirements. Variable hyperscaler pricing creates financial risk that grant cycles can’t absorb. Fixed-price confidential private clouds provide transparent costs, hardware-level security, and compliance support.

Discover how to transition your OpenMetal private cloud from proof of concept to production. Learn expansion strategies using converged nodes, compute resources, storage clusters, and GPU acceleration for real-world workloads at scale.

Cloud infrastructure often represents one of the largest—and least understood—expenses during technical diligence. Learn what to evaluate, which red flags to watch for, and how transparent infrastructure platforms simplify the assessment process for PE firms evaluating SaaS acquisitions.

Hybrid cloud isn’t just about using multiple public clouds—it’s about strategically combining private and public cloud resources to gain cost predictability, avoid vendor lock-in, and maintain compliance. Learn whether hybrid cloud fits your organization and how to build a strategy that works.

Discover how OpenMetal’s storage servers solve the hot-to-cold storage challenge with hybrid NVMe and HDD architectures powered by Ceph. Get enterprise-grade block, file, and object storage in one unified platform with transparent pricing — no egress fees, no vendor lock-in, and full control over your private cloud storage infrastructure.

Late-stage startups face an invisible tax: cloud costs that compound faster than revenue, compressing runway and lowering valuations. Discover why infrastructure efficiency now matters more than growth rate in fundraising, how burn multiples determine exit valuations, and strategies to reclaim runway through predictable cloud architecture.

Discover how OpenMetal’s dedicated VLAN architecture and OpenStack’s VXLAN overlays create secure, scalable network infrastructure. This guide covers physical isolation, virtual networking, dual 10 Gbps bonding, and network segmentation strategies for production private clouds.

Organizations running data-intensive intelligence platforms face mounting challenges with hyperscale cloud costs and performance unpredictability. OpenMetal Private Cloud built on OpenStack with Ceph storage delivers self-service infrastructure with transparent pricing, consistent performance, and sovereignty control—without sacrificing scalability.

Cross-border data transfer regulations are tightening globally. Confidential computing provides enterprises with verifiable, hardware-backed protection for sensitive workloads during processing. Learn how CTOs and CISOs use Intel TDX, regional infrastructure, and isolated networking to meet GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI-DSS requirements.

Blockchain validators demand millisecond precision and unthrottled performance. Public cloud throttling, unpredictable costs, and resource sharing are driving operators to bare metal infrastructure. Learn why dedicated hardware with isolated networking eliminates the risks that shared environments create.

Discover how big data analytics combined with dedicated bare metal infrastructure enables real-time fraud detection systems that analyze millions of transactions with sub-100ms latencies, eliminating the performance variability and unpredictable costs of public clouds while achieving 30-60% infrastructure savings.

Modern applications generate massive east-west traffic between internal services—often exceeding external user traffic. Hyperscale clouds hide these flows behind opaque pricing and shared networks. Discover how OpenMetal’s dedicated infrastructure gives enterprise teams transparent control over internal networking performance and costs.

Deploying microservices and service meshes requires predictable network QoS that hyperscalers can’t provide. OpenMetal’s dedicated infrastructure gives developers transparent control over traffic flows, free internal bandwidth, and network policies that actually work—bridging the gap between intent and reality.

Discover how to build production-grade time-series databases on OpenMetal’s dedicated bare metal infrastructure. This comprehensive guide covers time-series fundamentals, popular open-source options like ClickHouse and TimescaleDB, and provides a detailed deployment blueprint with infrastructure optimization strategies.

Private equity firms are replacing variable cloud costs with fixed-cost infrastructure to improve EBITDA predictability and portfolio valuations. Learn how transparent, hardware-based pricing creates financial advantages for PE-backed SaaS companies.

Discover how OpenMetal’s strategically positioned data centers eliminate the “data tax” on globally distributed applications. Free east-west traffic between regions plus predictable 95th percentile bandwidth billing lets you architect for performance instead of cost avoidance, with typical savings of 30-60% versus public cloud.

Traditional VLANs and firewalls fail in distributed cloud environments. Learn how zero-trust networking using microsegmentation, VXLAN overlays, and identity-based routing works in private clouds—and why OpenMetal’s transparent architecture makes it operationally achievable where hyperscalers fall short.

The hardest enterprise migration isn’t technical—it’s cultural. Discover why platform teams are replacing traditional IT silos, how to navigate the transformation from operations to product thinking, and what private cloud infrastructure means for developer experience and business velocity.

VMware customers face licensing costs that have doubled or tripled under Broadcom’s new model. Learn how enterprises are migrating to OpenStack-based infrastructure through providers like OpenMetal to achieve predictable pricing, lower 3-5 year TCO, and strategic freedom from vendor lock-in.

Generative AI and AI workloads are reshaping cloud infrastructure demands. Public cloud limitations around GPU availability, egress costs, and shared resources are driving enterprises toward private cloud solutions. Learn how OpenMetal’s hosted private cloud delivers dedicated GPU resources, transparent pricing, and hybrid flexibility for AI success.

DevOps teams need more than restricted cloud access. OpenMetal provides full root access to dedicated bare metal infrastructure, enabling complete control over hardware and software stacks. Deploy custom configurations, implement infrastructure as code, and optimize performance without vendor limitations, all in 45 seconds.

Network spikes test validator infrastructure beyond normal limits. Discover how bare metal servers deliver the consistent performance, predictable costs, and operational control needed to maintain validator operations during high-stress network events while maximizing rewards.

Confidential cloud storage with Ceph combines distributed architecture, hardware-backed security, and OpenStack orchestration to protect sensitive data at scale. Learn how OpenMetal delivers secure storage for regulated industries.

Discover how single-tenant private cloud infrastructure solves the performance unpredictability and cost challenges of high-volume data collection, with dedicated resources that scale reliably for IoT, analytics, and real-time processing workloads.

PE firms struggle with fragmented infrastructure across portfolio companies. Private cloud standardization delivers 30-50% cost savings, predictable EBITDA, and operational efficiency across all holdings.

Facing spiraling public cloud costs? This comprehensive guide covers cloud exit strategy planning, from workload assessment and migration planning to execution and optimization. Learn how to evaluate workloads, plan data migration, and achieve 50-75% cost reductions through strategic repatriation.

Real-time AI applications require consistent sub-100ms performance that multi-tenant cloud GPU instances can’t deliver. Explore how dedicated bare-metal H100/H200 clusters eliminate noisy neighbor effects, provide predictable pricing, and deliver the performance consistency needed for production inference systems.

Most enterprises focus on uptime and peak performance when choosing cloud providers, but performance consistency—stable, predictable performance without noisy neighbors or throttling—is the real game-changer for cloud strategy success.

Discover why Singapore SaaS companies are embracing open source private cloud infrastructure as a strategic alternative to hyperscaler dependence. Learn how OpenMetal’s hosted OpenStack solution delivers predictable costs, data sovereignty, and vendor independence for growing businesses across ASEAN.

OpenMetal President Todd Robinson recently appeared on the Jon Myer podcast to discuss the growing movement of companies moving from public cloud to private cloud. Learn how an on-demand private cloud offers greater control, cost savings, and protection against vendor lock-in and unexpected market shocks like the Broadcom VMware acquisition.

Learn how bare metal infrastructure with private cloud powered by OpenStack delivers the security, compliance, and control that confidential workloads require – from healthcare to finance to blockchain applications.

OpenMetal’s StartUp eXcelerator Program offers startups up to $100,000 in cloud credits with predictable pricing that scales from MVP to IPO, delivering 60% savings over traditional public clouds while eliminating vendor lock-in and surprise bills.

SaaS companies preparing for exit can achieve premium valuations through private cloud infrastructure that delivers predictable costs, margin stability, and operational discipline that buyers reward with higher multiples.

The end of zero interest rates changes everything about infrastructure spending. Learn how CFOs can transform unpredictable cloud costs into strategic assets that improve EBITDA and enable accurate financial planning in today’s capital-constrained environment.

Discover how erasure coding in Ceph storage clusters can cut your enterprise storage hardware costs in half while maintaining the same level of fault tolerance. This comprehensive guide covers implementation strategies, performance trade-offs, and best practices for maximizing storage efficiency.

Discover how blockchain teams build complete infrastructure stacks using dedicated compute, storage, and networking instead of basic hosting. Learn why validator nodes, RPC endpoints, and data-heavy applications need integrated infrastructure control to achieve predictable performance and scale reliably.

We partnered with Learn Linux TV to create an in-depth exploration of Big Data infrastructure. Jay LaCroix dives deep into the world of Big Data: what it is, how it works, and why Linux and open source software are absolutely essential to making it all happen.

Healthcare organizations need specialized infrastructure for population health management that meets HIPAA requirements while supporting complex analytics. This guide covers data integration, compliance requirements, and infrastructure design for value-based care transformation.

Private equity firms are systematically implementing cloud repatriation strategies across SaaS portfolios to convert unpredictable cloud costs into fixed expenses, typically reducing infrastructure spending by 30-50% while improving EBITDA forecasting accuracy. This strategic shift addresses the margin compression caused by usage-based cloud billing and creates sustainable competitive advantages for portfolio companies.

The cloud landscape is shifting, and infrastructure leaders are taking notice. In a recent episode of The Cloudcast, OpenMetal’s founder and president Todd Robinson sat down with hosts Aaron Delp and Brian Gracely to explore why bare metal and private cloud are experiencing a comeback.

Financial institutions need private cloud infrastructure for risk analytics that provides computational scalability, hardware-level security isolation, and regulatory compliance controls without public cloud exposure risks.

Healthcare organizations can now train AI models on sensitive patient data without exposing it to public cloud vulnerabilities. Confidential computing creates hardware-protected environments where PHI remains secure during processing, enabling breakthrough AI development while maintaining HIPAA compliance and reducing regulatory overhead.

Discover how GPU acceleration transforms blockchain applications with AI-driven smart contracts. Learn why bare metal infrastructure provides the performance, security, and cost predictability needed for next-generation blockchain workloads that integrate machine learning and decentralized computing.

The Micron 7500 MAX delivers sub-1ms latency with 232-layer NAND technology. Learn how OpenMetal’s custom configurations maximize performance for enterprise workloads including databases, AI, and blockchain applications.

Public cloud’s infinite shelf promise masked the need for capacity discipline, creating unpredictable costs and architectural debt. Discover how predictable infrastructure models like OpenMetal’s hosted private cloud transform capacity planning from reactive firefighting into proactive strategic advantage for CTOs.

Enterprise cloud networking costs have become unpredictable budget wild cards. AWS, GCP, and Azure charge per-GB for internal traffic, creating cost volatility that punishes distributed architectures. OpenMetal’s two-network model eliminates cross-AZ fees and uses 95th percentile billing to smooth traffic spikes.

Most VMware to OpenStack migration guides focus on technical differences, but successful transitions require organizational transformation. This comprehensive guide reveals why people and processes matter more than hypervisor specs, with practical steps for managing cultural change, skills development, and stakeholder buy-in during your OpenStack migration journey.

Discover how predictable, flat-rate infrastructure transforms FinOps maturity. This comprehensive guide shows CFOs, CTOs, and FinOps teams how to achieve cost visibility, accurate allocation, and effective governance without billing surprises. Learn implementation strategies, KPIs, and best practices for aligning Technology and Finance teams through transparent infrastructure pricing.

Learn how development teams can create secure multi-tenant sandbox environments using OpenMetal’s private cloud platform. Discover the benefits of dedicated hardware isolation, Ceph snapshots, confidential computing, and fixed-cost pricing for dev/test workloads.