Updated September 28, 2026

What is Server types?

In short

The infrastructure categories a provider sells, such as virtual private servers and bare metal machines.

Server types tell you what a provider actually sells. Virtual private servers run several tenants on shared physical hardware with dedicated resources carved out in software, so they are cheap and flexible. Bare metal gives you a whole machine to yourself, with more control and steadier performance for heavy or steady workloads. 1Gbits and 3v-Hosting cover both bases, offering vps and bare metal and vps and bare metal. 45Drives is the dedicated specialist, listing bare metal only. 21Vianet and A1 Digital are virtual-only, with vps and vps.

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