Shakti Bare Metal FAQs
Quick answers to help you get started.
What is Bare Metal as a service?
Bare Metal as a service provides dedicated physical servers without the overhead of virtualization, allowing full control over the hardware. It offers superior performance, flexibility, and security for high-demand workloads.
What are Bare metal offerings?
Shakti cloud currently offers NVIDIA HGX H100 & L40S servers.
What are advantages of Bare metal over virtualized solutions?
Bare Metal servers offer higher performance, lower latency, complete hardware isolation, and no overhead from a hypervisor. It is ideal for workloads that require maximum computational power, such as AI/ML, HPC.
Can I scale my Bare Metal server resources as my demand grows?
Yes, you can easily scale up your resources by adding more GPUs compute, storage or networking as your workload demands grow.
Where can I find the pricing of the bare metal services?
We have pay as you go to long term discounted plans, updated pricing is available at https://shakticloud.ai/pricing/
What are the bundled SKUs I get with bare metal?
The complete list of SKUs is available at https://shakticloud.ai/shakti-bare-metal/
What operating systems are supported on Bare Metal servers?
Currently we support Ubuntu 22.04 OS for bare metals commissioned through self-service portal. Contact support for any other OS help.
How do I access my Bare Metal server after provisioning?
After provisioning, you can access your server through SSH for Ubuntu.
Can I migrate my existing workloads to Shakti Cloud Bare Metal servers?
Yes, Shakti Cloud offers migration assistance to help you transfer your existing workloads to its Bare Metal infrastructure with minimal downtime.
What are ingress and egress charges for migration of workloads?
We offer free unlimited ingress and egress to migrate your workloads.