Build a bare metal server with your choice of processor(s), hard drive configuration, RAM, port speed, and more.
Select the cores, storage, and RAM you need in your virtual server, and we'll deploy it in 5 to 15 minutes.
Scale your storage infrastructure on demand while controlling your costs with SoftLayer object storage.
Complex cloud environments can have multiple, widely-ranging workloads. That’s why SoftLayer provides powerful bare metal servers and flexible virtual servers in a single, seamless platform.
As you expect with virtual cloud servers (but rarely with bare metal), it’s all on demand and billed on monthly or hourly terms. No long-term commitments. Complete infrastructure control.
Bare Metal Servers
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Select an hourly bare metal server configuration with our most-ordered options, and we’ll deploy it in 20-30 minutes. Or fully customize a monthly bare metal server, and we’ll deploy it in 2-4 hours. Monthly bare metal servers also include 500GB of outbound public bandwidth at no additional cost.
Virtual Servers
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| Bare Metal Servers | Virtual Servers | |
|---|---|---|
| Tenancy | Single | Single & Multi |
| Billing | Hourly & Monthly | Hourly & Monthly |
| Configuration options | All hardware resources | Core count, RAM, and storage |
| Computing power | From single processor 4-core architectures to quad-processor 12-core architectures |
Up to 56 cores per virtual server (with minimum 2.0+ GHz/core) |
| Local storage range | Up to 36 Drives per server SSD: 800GB to 1.2TB |
25GB to 400GB Provisioned on SSD in select data centers.* |
| RAM | Up to 3TB | Up to 242GB |
| Public Network Outbound Bandwidth |
500GB FREE with monthly billing Competitive pricing in all locations |
250GB FREE with monthly billing Competitive pricing in all locations |
| Public Network Inbound Bandwidth |
FREE | FREE |
| Private Network All Bandwidth |
FREE | FREE |
| Management Network All Bandwidth |
FREE | FREE |
| Chat and phone support | 24x7 | 24x7 |
| Available operating systems |
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| Ideal workloads | Data-intensive workloads that prioritize performance and reliability | Highly variable workloads that prioritize flexibility and scalability |
