Dedicated Server Rental (Bare Metal)

Dedicated server rental vs. cloud server vs. colocation

When planning enterprise infrastructure, three models are often compared: a dedicated server, where you rent physical hardware from the provider; a cloud server, which runs on a virtualization cluster; and colocation, where you place your own hardware in the data center. The key differences are who owns the hardware, who is responsible when it fails, and how flexibly resources can be scaled.

Cloud server rental may be a better fit for variable workloads, and colocation for organizations that want to keep their existing hardware; some setups use a hybrid model, with the database on a dedicated server and the application tier on cloud servers.

Service assurance: The service level agreement also sets a monthly availability target of 99.9% for dedicated server services; a hardware-related outage is handled as critical priority, with a first-response target of 15 minutes. MAV Cloud’s IT service management is ISO/IEC 20000 certified and its information security management is ISO/IEC 27001 certified (see our certifications).

Criteria that define the scope of dedicated server rental

A physical server rental quote is shaped less by a hardware list than by what the workload actually needs. To get the configuration right, the following are clarified:

• CPU profile: whether you need a high core count (virtualization, parallel jobs) or a high clock speed (single-threaded applications, some ERP and database engines).
• Memory: fitting the database working set in RAM affects performance more than disk speed does.
• Disk layout: NVMe capacity, RAID level, and separating operating system and data disks.
• Licensing: for software licensed per core, the CPU choice directly changes the total cost.
• Network: port speed, additional IPs, private network (VLAN) and VPN connectivity.
• Management level: whether it covers only hardware and access, or also operating system maintenance, patch management and monitoring.

Prices exclude VAT. The final price depends on CPU, memory, storage, traffic and managed service needs and is set in the quote. Servers are hosted in the Equinix Istanbul data center.

Bare metal server rental in Istanbul

A bare metal server is a physical machine rented without a virtualization layer shared with other customers: the full CPU, memory and disk capacity belongs to one company. It suits databases with steady high load, licensing models tied to physical cores, and workloads that need predictable latency. For workloads that grow and shrink, a cloud server is usually more economical; when the hardware is already owned, rack colocation keeps that investment in the same data center.

A single physical server is a single point of failure. For critical workloads, we recommend pairing a dedicated server with regular backups and a disaster recovery plan; a free infrastructure assessment that measures your current resource usage is a good starting point for sizing.

How is a dedicated server deployed in Türkiye?

Dedicated servers are hosted in Türkiye on Equinix Istanbul data center infrastructure. Delivery starts once the configuration is finalized, and the server goes through several checks before it is ready for use:

1. Requirements call: we discuss the applications to be run, expected load, licensing model and access requirements.
2. Configuration sign-off: CPU, memory, disk and RAID layout, and network connectivity are confirmed in writing.
3. Installation: the chosen operating system or virtualization platform is installed and updates are applied.
4. Access and security: administrator accounts, remote management (iDRAC/iLO) access, firewall rules and the VPN connection are set up.
5. Monitoring and backup: hardware health, disk status and services are put under monitoring; backup jobs are scheduled if included in scope.
6. Acceptance: access and performance checks are carried out together with your IT team, and the server is handed over.

If you are migrating from an existing physical server, data transfer and the final cutover window are added to this plan. Support requests are handled against first-response targets defined in the SLA by priority level.