Cloud Infrastructure
Bare Metal
Bare metal refers to a physical server allocated without a customer-facing virtual-machine layer. Workloads can use the host directly, although operating-system isolation, provisioning, and cleanup still require deliberate management.
Also known as: bare-metal server
Why it matters
Direct hardware access can matter for device-dependent tests and controlled benchmarks.
Practical example
Consider direct hardware access for a benchmark where virtualization would affect the measurement.
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