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

Discover why dual smaller NVMe drives outperform single larger drives for enterprise databases on bare metal infrastructure. Learn about workload separation, parallel I/O, and endurance benefits with Micron 7500 MAX SSDs on OpenMetal’s XLv4 and XXLv4 servers for mission-critical applications.