Do you stay up at night wondering what server runs your cloud instances or how does a "Bare Metal Cloud" even work? We took a brand new Supermicro 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable "Sapphire Rapids" server and installed it in the PhoenixNAP Bare Metal Cloud to see how it works. Disclosure: PhoenixNAP helped offset the costs of having us fly to Phoenix and use their service. We also got special access to the data center. They did not get to see this before publishing or get any editorial control. STH Main Site Article: STH Top 5 Weekly Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dryM09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Become a STH YT Member and Support Us ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Join STH YouTube membership to support the channel: null STH Merch on Spring: null ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find STH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STH Forums: https://forums.servethehome.com/ Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ServeTheHome Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/servethehome-com/ Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ServeTheHome/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/servethehome/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 01:38 Inside the PhoenixNAP data center where part of the Bare Metal Cloud lives 03:12 Installing a custom 256GB DDR5 dual Intel Xeon Platinum 8452Y node 05:37 Using BMC to test drive new 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Sapphire Rapids 06:22 Dual 25GbE, Cross-Connect, Providers, and Direct Connections to AWS, Google Cloud, and More 07:48 Saving on your cloud computing bill 08:15 What is the difference between Bare Metal Cloud and Colocation 12:21 Wrap-up ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Touring the PhoenixNAP data center: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUmLnSEVVDw - Building a $1 5-node Proxmox VE cluster: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qknaskiab_Q - 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIWlXjxyIuM - Supermicro 2U Server review: https://www.servethehome.com/supermicro-sys-221h-tnr-2u-4th-gen-intel-xeon-scalable-server-review/