20 → 40 Gbps
Included private bandwidth, upgradeable
99.96%
Network uptime SLA
(measured >99.99%)
10 Gbps/IP
DDoS protection included
Single-tenant
VLANs that are yours alone
How the Bare Metal Network Is Built
A redundant MLAG collapsed core, with every server dual-homed to two switches. No single device in the path is alone.
Edge
Two edge routers form the internet border and full-mesh to the core below.
Core
A redundant core pair does the Layer 3 routing and holds the VRRP gateways.
Access
Paired, MLAG-bonded access switches are where your servers plug in.
Your server
Dual-homed by an LACP bond to two switches: 20 Gbps, upgradeable to 40.
Private Networking
Two 10 Gbps uplinks, LACP-bonded to 20 Gbps of included private bandwidth, upgradeable to 40 Gbps. The replication, clustering, and service-to-service calls that dominate a busy cluster stay on your private VLANs, never leave the fabric, and are never billed as egress.
- 20 Gbps private connectivity included, upgradeable to 40 Gbps
- VLANs specific to you, never shared between customers
- Merge VLANs across your own clouds and bare metal clusters
- Preconfigured to carry VxLAN traffic
- Private traffic is included, not metered
Public Networking
A generous public egress allotment with fair 95th-percentile pricing above the set limit. No per-gigabyte premium that climbs with every request. For clusters, your egress is the aggregate across members.
- Additional egress in 1 Gbps increments, or per our egress pricing
- Burst up to 40 Gbps on egress
- OpenMetal IP space or bring your own /24 or larger, announced from our Edge Routers
- IPs connect directly to the public internet for maximum throughput
Your Private Traffic Stays Off the Public Internet
A single bonded link is not a flat network. The fabric carries tagged (802.1q) VLANs that keep classes of traffic apart: a management and provisioning VLAN, routed VLANs for public internet-facing IP space, and private VLANs that stay Layer 2 only for your east-west and storage traffic. Your private traffic never shares a broadcast domain with your public-facing workload, and never takes the public internet path.
Built for Your Heaviest East-West Workloads
The private fabric is the thing to reason about when your servers talk to each other more than they talk to the internet.
Storage and Ceph clusters
Replication and rebalancing ride the private VLANs at 20 to 40 Gbps, off the public path and off the bill.
Databases and replicas
Keep primary-to-replica traffic on a private, redundant segment that survives a switch failure.
HPC and clustered compute
Tightly coupled nodes get distributed, dual-homed connectivity sized to the cluster.
Private cloud on the same fabric
Run a hosted private cloud on top, or attach bare metal to one, over the same private VLANs.
DDoS Protection
DDoS protection is included, up to 10 Gbps per IP, so a volumetric attack on a public address does not become your outage.
Remote Management
Every server is IPMI-enabled for out-of-band management, so you can reach the box even when the primary path is down.
Bare Metal Networking FAQs
Are my VLANs shared with other customers?
No. Our hardware network carries each customer’s traffic on VLANs specific to them, and no VLANs are shared between customers. You can elect to merge your VLANs across your own clouds and bare metal clusters.
How much private bandwidth is included, and can I get more?
Every server includes 20 Gbps of private bandwidth (two 10 Gbps uplinks, LACP-bonded), upgradeable to 40 Gbps. For a heavier or multi-node requirement, the right tier is sized to your workload.
How does egress billing work?
Internal traffic between your own nodes stays on the private VLANs and is not billed as egress. Only traffic that exits to the public internet counts, against a generous included allotment, with fair 95th-percentile pricing above the limit. The egress pricing calculator has the specifics.
Is the network redundant?
Yes. It is an MLAG collapsed core with n+1 redundancy at every tier, and every server is dual-homed to two access switches, so a single switch, router, or link failure does not drop the connection. The base network uptime SLA is 99.96%, and measured performance has run above 99.99% from 2022 through 2026.
Can bare metal share networking with my private cloud?
Yes. With integrated bare metal, bare metal nodes ride the same private fabric as your hosted private cloud.
Is DDoS protection included?
Yes, up to 10 Gbps per IP.