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What are the cost considerations for bare metal deployments?

Bare metal deployments can have higher upfront and/or monthly costs than virtualized cloud options due to the requirement for dedicated hardware and, hence, the limited elasticity. The performance and efficiency gains delivered by bare metal can, however, often offset the expense, particularly if workloads require consistent resource availability.

Organizations using bare metal generally also avoid hidden costs from virtualization overhead, data egress, and/or resource contention. Many providers now offer a choice of committed contracts, ongoing subscriptions, and on-demand bare metal pricing. This gives organizations more flexibility to align their costs with their usage.

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