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Bare Metal vs. Virtualization: Making the Choice

Alex Hoffman

Alex Hoffman

Systems Architect | Oct 08, 2024

Macro shot of a CPU processor being installed into a motherboard.

Choosing between bare metal and virtualization comes down to workload predictability, compliance, and performance goals.

Performance Baseline

Bare metal offers predictable performance with no hypervisor overhead for compute intensive workloads.

Operational Flexibility

Virtualization enables rapid provisioning, snapshots, and multi tenant isolation for variable demand.

Cost Modeling

Model total cost across hardware, licensing, and staffing to understand the real delta over time.