Documentation – OpenMetal Cloud

MinIO’s move to a commercial licensing model has pushed a lot of teams to look harder at their object storage options. This article covers why Ceph’s open governance model matters for long-term infrastructure decisions, what the platform offers on its own merits, and what moving from MinIO to Ceph actually looks like in practice.

Most organizations default to the closest data center and revisit that decision only when something breaks. This guide covers the four factors that should drive location decisions and walks through OpenMetal’s Ashburn, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, and Singapore locations so you can match the right infrastructure to your actual requirements.

Digital sovereignty is more than compliance or data residency. This article explores how infrastructure control, open architecture, interoperability, and operational transparency determine whether organizations truly retain independence in modern cloud environments.

The official hardware specs for Sui, Aptos, and Solana tell you the minimums. They don’t explain why those numbers exist, what happens when your hosting can’t actually deliver them, or how shared cloud infrastructure fails these workloads in specific and predictable ways.

Private cloud evaluations at SaaS companies usually stall on the same handful of concerns: ops complexity, losing managed services, scale requirements, migration risk, and unpredictable pricing. This article addresses each misconception directly and explains what a private cloud evaluation actually looks like in practice.

Enterprise clients in regulated industries are asking harder infrastructure questions than most MSPs are equipped to answer. This article covers where the Microsoft stack has limits for compliance workloads, what private cloud adds to an MSP’s portfolio, and how to start without overhauling your entire stack.

EU AI Act compliance is more than a legal project, but an architecture decision. This article breaks down the four infrastructure requirements high-risk AI systems must meet, where public cloud creates compliance gaps, and how dedicated EU infrastructure with hardware-level isolation changes the picture.

The Hosted Private Cloud Medium v5 is a three-node OpenStack and Ceph cluster built on the same Medium v5 hardware available as a standalone bare metal server. Each node contributes

This page compares the OpenMetal Bare Metal Medium v5 against the AWS i4i.8xlarge, the closest EC2 instance by RAM and NVMe storage profile. The comparison is structural: tenancy model, billing

The OpenMetal Medium v5 TDX Edition is the same Granite Rapids Xeon 6505P server as the standard Medium v5, configured with all 16 DIMM slots populated at 1 TB DDR5-6400

The OpenMetal Medium v5 is the entry server in the v5 Granite Rapids lineup, built on dual Intel Xeon 6505P processors (Granite Rapids, Intel 3 process). It replaces the Medium

Q: What are the specs of the OpenMetal Medium v5 bare metal server? Dual Intel Xeon 6505P processors (Granite Rapids, Intel 3) power the OpenMetal Medium v5, delivering 24 physical

Q: How does the OpenMetal Medium v5 compare to the Medium v4? Switching from the Medium v4 to the Medium v5 brings 113% more L3 cache per socket (48 MB

Q: What is the difference between the Intel Xeon Silver 4510 and the Intel Xeon 6505P? The Xeon 6505P (Granite Rapids, Intel 3 process) more than doubles the L3 cache

Q: What NVMe drives does OpenMetal use in the Medium v5 bare metal server? The OpenMetal Medium v5 uses the Micron 7500 MAX 6.4 TB NVMe as its data drive,

Q: What is the maximum RAM in an OpenMetal Medium v5 bare metal server? The OpenMetal Medium v5 supports up to 2 TB of DDR5-6400 ECC RDIMM across its 16

Q: Does the OpenMetal Medium v5 support Intel TDX confidential computing? The OpenMetal Medium v5 supports Intel TDX, but it is not enabled at the base 256 GB configuration; TDX

Q: What RAM upgrade is required to enable Intel TDX on the OpenMetal Medium v5? Enabling Intel TDX on the OpenMetal Medium v5 requires replacing all 8 installed 32 GB

Q: How does Intel TDX remote attestation work on OpenMetal bare metal servers? Intel TDX remote attestation on OpenMetal bare metal servers generates a hardware-rooted ECDSA-signed quote containing a cryptographic

Q: Can OpenMetal provide a BAA for HIPAA-covered workloads? OpenMetal holds HIPAA compliance at the organizational level and offers Business Associate Agreements (BAAs) for customers processing protected health information on

This page compares the OpenMetal Bare Metal Dedicated Server XXL v4 with the AWS x2idn.32xlarge and x2idn.metal — the closest AWS equivalents by RAM profile for high-memory, NVMe-accelerated workloads. Both

The OpenMetal Hosted Private Cloud on XXL v4 hardware delivers a three-node OpenStack + Ceph cluster built on the highest-density compute and storage nodes in the v4 generation — ready

This page covers the OpenMetal XXL v4 configured as a confidential computing platform. The XXL v4 is the only server in the OpenMetal v4 lineup where Intel TDX (Trust Domain

The OpenMetal XXL v4 is the largest bare metal server in the v4 generation lineup, designed for workloads that demand the maximum combination of CPU thread density, memory capacity, and

Q: What is the difference between the OpenMetal XL v4 and XXL v4? The OpenMetal XL v4 and XXL v4 share the same processor — dual Intel Xeon Gold 6530

Q: What NVMe drives does OpenMetal use in the XXL v4 bare metal server? The OpenMetal XXL v4 includes six Micron 7500 MAX 6400GB NVMe SSDs as data drives, delivering

Q: Can I upgrade the RAM on a deployed OpenMetal XXL v4 bare metal server? RAM on a deployed OpenMetal XXL v4 can be expanded beyond the base 2048GB configuration

Q: Can I run Kubernetes on an OpenMetal XXL v4 bare metal server? Kubernetes runs on the OpenMetal XXL v4 bare metal server with full control over the distribution, CNI,

Q: What workloads is the OpenMetal XXL v4 best suited for? The OpenMetal XXL v4 is best suited for workloads that require sustained access to a large memory pool on

Q: How does the OpenMetal XXL v4 support large in-memory database workloads? The OpenMetal XXL v4 supports large in-memory database workloads through its 2048GB DDR5 base configuration, 320MB total L3

Q: What is the maximum RAM configuration on the OpenMetal XXL v4? The OpenMetal XXL v4 supports a maximum of 8192GB of RAM across its 32 DIMM slots — four

Q: What is the difference between Intel TDX and Intel SGX on OpenMetal servers? Intel TDX isolates entire virtual machines from the hypervisor and other VMs; Intel SGX isolates individual

Q: Can I run Intel SGX enclaves and TDX VMs on the same OpenMetal server? Intel SGX enclaves and TDX VMs can run concurrently on the same OpenMetal XXL v4

Q: What is the RAM requirement to activate Intel TDX on OpenMetal bare metal servers? Activating Intel TDX on OpenMetal bare metal servers requires a minimum of 1TB of installed

Q: What is the usable Ceph storage capacity in a 3-node OpenMetal XXL v4 cluster? A three-node OpenMetal XXL v4 Hosted Private Cloud cluster provides approximately 38.4TB of usable Ceph

Q: How does the OpenMetal XXL v4 compare to the AWS x2idn instance? The OpenMetal XXL v4 and AWS x2idn.32xlarge are both 2TB RAM platforms, but differ fundamentally in tenancy

Q: Is OpenMetal cheaper than AWS for 2TB RAM dedicated servers? For sustained 24/7 workloads, OpenMetal’s fixed monthly pricing for the XXL v4 is typically lower than AWS x2idn.32xlarge on-demand

EU expansion means facing data residency questions your US infrastructure can’t easily answer. This guide breaks down what EU customers actually need, why Amsterdam is the right location, how fixed-cost hosted infrastructure compares to hyperscaler EU regions, and what you don’t actually need to build.

OpenMetal offers two XL v4 bare metal configurations with the same chassis, the same 1TB DDR5 RAM, the same 25.6TB NVMe storage, and the same network tier — but fundamentally

The XL v4 High Frequency is OpenMetal’s dedicated bare metal server for latency-sensitive workloads that need maximum clock speed over maximum thread count. Powered by dual 5th Gen Intel Xeon

Q: What is Intel Speed Select Technology and how does it improve latency on OpenMetal bare metal servers? Intel Speed Select Technology (SST) is Intel’s hardware mechanism for defining multiple

Q: XL v4 vs XL v4 High Frequency: which OpenMetal bare metal server should I choose? Choose the XL v4 High Frequency when your workload’s critical path is serial —

Q: Is OpenMetal’s XL v4 High Frequency server suitable for high-frequency trading infrastructure? The XL v4 High Frequency is well-suited for co-located HFT infrastructure because its 3.6 GHz base clock

Q: How does DDR5-5200 memory on the XL v4 High Frequency compare to DDR5-4800 on the standard XL v4? DDR5-5200 on the XL v4 High Frequency provides approximately 8% higher

Q: When does higher CPU clock speed outperform higher core count for bare metal workloads? Higher CPU clock speed outperforms higher core count when the workload’s critical path cannot be

Running production and recovery on the same provider creates vendor concentration risk that most DR plans don’t address. This article covers both hybrid DR architectures, how to choose the right direction for your organization, what hyperscaler DR actually costs, and the tooling that makes cross-provider recovery work reliably.

Q: How much does an OpenMetal XL v4 bare metal server cost? The OpenMetal XL v4 bare metal server is billed at a fixed monthly rate with no per-VM fees,

Q: What is the difference between the OpenMetal XL v3 and XL v4? The XL v4 replaces the Intel Xeon Gold 6430 (Sapphire Rapids) with the Gold 6530 (Emerald Rapids),

Q: What NVMe drives does OpenMetal use in the XL v4 server? The OpenMetal XL v4 ships four Micron 7500 MAX 6.4TB NVMe U.3 drives as data storage, providing 25.6TB

Q: What workloads are best suited for the OpenMetal XL v4? The XL v4’s combination of 64 dedicated cores, 1TB DDR5 RAM, and Intel TDX active by default makes it