Bare Metal Cloud: A Non-Virtualized Cloud Option for Performance-Sensitive Workloads

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Bare Metal Cloud: A Non-Virtualized Cloud Option for Performance-Sensitive Workloads Does a cloud configuration require virtualization? It turns out, the answer is “no.” The emergence of “bare metal” clouds—that is, clouds that do not utilize virtualization—is forcing a re-examination of what it takes to offer a cloud service. The bare metal options provide the flexibility and scalability associated with virtualized offers, while promising higher levels of performance and consistency. In this Strategic Perspectives and Insight for Executives document, Frost & Sullivan examines the concept of the bare metal cloud from the provider and the customer perspective. They compare benefits and challenges of bare metal cloud configurations with the more common virtualized cloud configurations. Finally, they look at the bare metal cloud offers from Internap and SoftLayer, an IBM company. Download now to learn more!

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