High Bandwidth Servers
High Bandwidth Servers for Data-Intensive Applications
Stop allowing bandwidth limitations to throttle your critical applications and degrade the user experience. iCloud’s high bandwidth servers provide the robust hardware and dedicated network capacity needed to reliably power your most data-intensive operations without compromise.
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Maximize application speed and ensure rapid transfer globally.
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Confidently handle peak traffic surges without degradation.
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Deliver seamless, uninterrupted service for your most demanding workloads.
Why Choose a High-Bandwidth Server?
A high bandwidth server is critical for any business that needs to handle large amounts of data swiftly and reliably. High-bandwidth servers are specifically engineered to overcome the limitations of standard hosting, featuring top GHz AMD and Intel processors, offering superior data transfer capabilities through NVMe SSDS, more RAM for enhanced application performance, and cost-effective scalability.
Seamless Data Transfer for High-Traffic Needs
Eliminate bottlenecks and ensure uninterrupted flows, even during peak usage periods. Standard servers often struggle when faced with high volumes of traffic or large file transfers, resulting in slow load times and frustrated users.
High-speed servers offer significantly larger network capacity, enabling your website, application, or service to simultaneously serve more users and transfer large datasets quickly and smoothly – ensuring a consistently positive user experience.
Enhanced Performance for Resource-Heavy Workloads
Unleash the full potential of your server hardware by removing network and port constraints. Even powerful processors and ample RAM can be hampered by insufficient bandwidth, creating a bottleneck that slows down data delivery.
High-bandwidth connectivity ensures that your server's resources aren't waiting on the network, leading to faster application response times, quicker database queries, and overall improved speeds for demanding tasks, such as big data. SSD NVMe storage helps, too, and so do high GHz Intel and AMD CPUs.
Cost-Efficient Hosting with Scalable Options
Achieve predictable operational costs and avoid expensive traffic overage charges common with standard hosting plans. Our high bandwidth solutions often include generous traffic allowances or unmetered options, providing better value for data-intensive needs.
Furthermore, at OVHcloud, we offer effortlessly scalable configurations, enabling you to start with the resources you need today and easily upgrade your bandwidth and server specifications as your business grows, ensuring long-term cost efficiency.
Key Features of OVHcloud’s High Bandwidth Servers
OVHcloud engineers design high-speed servers with a focus on performance, flexibility, and security – ensuring your data-intensive applications run efficiently and remain protected within our robust infrastructure.
High-Speed Connectivity with Low Latency
Experience premium network speed powered by OVHcloud's extensive global infrastructure. Our high-bandwidth servers come equipped with high-speed ports (ranging from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps and beyond on select ranges) connected to a high-capacity backbone.
It’s a network optimised for minimal delay, ensuring low latency and rapid transfer speeds for users and services worldwide, which is critical for real-time applications and superior user experiences.
Customisable Solutions for Unique Business Needs
Tailor your hosting environment to meet your exact requirements. OVHcloud offers a diverse range of bare metal servers, allowing you to select the ideal combination of CPU, RAM, and storage, including fast NVMe SSDS.
Choose from various bandwidth profiles, including options with generous live traffic quotas or unmetered bandwidth, to precisely match your throughput demands and budget, ensuring you only pay for the resources you need.
Built-In DDoS Protection for Secure Hosting
Safeguard your applications and infrastructure with OVHcloud's industry-leading DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) protection, included as standard with each dedicated server.
Our robust, always-on mitigation platform automatically detects and neutralises attacks without impacting performance, ensuring your services remain available even during large-scale volumetric attacks.
Use Cases for High Bandwidth Servers
If your operations involve transferring large volumes of information or serving a high number of concurrent users, high-bandwidth machines are a must-have when power and throughput matter.
Hosting High-Traffic E-Commerce Websites
A high-bandwidth server, NVMe SSD, and ample RAM will ensure your online store remains fast, responsive, and available, even during peak sales events like Black Friday.
High-bandwidth and high-GHz Intel and AMD CPUS prevent slow loading times for product pages rich in images and videos, handle traffic surges gracefully, and contribute to a seamless checkout process. This directly impacts customer satisfaction, improves conversion rates, and supports business growth by reliably managing high transaction volumes.
Supporting Video Streaming and Media Distribution
Host a media server with high-quality video content (HD, 4K) smoothly and without buffering to viewers worldwide.
High-speed machines provide the sustained throughput required for live-streaming events, video-on-demand (VOD) platforms, online learning portals, and distributing large media files, such as software or game assets. Ensure a professional viewing experience and efficient content delivery for your audience thanks to SSD storage and top GHz AMD and Intel CPU options.
Managing Big Data and Machine Learning Workloads
Accelerate your data processing and analytics pipelines on Windows Server and Linux Server by eliminating network bottlenecks. High and even unlimited bandwidth is crucial for rapidly ingesting large datasets and facilitating communication between distributed computing nodes.
It helps to quickly deliver results for big data analysis, AI model training, and complex simulations as well. Improve the efficiency and reduce the time-to-insight for your most compute-intensive and data-heavy tasks.
Comparing High Bandwidth Servers to Other Hosting Solutions
Selecting the optimal hosting solution depends heavily on your specific requirements, particularly concerning data transfer volumes and speed needs. Understanding how high bandwidth servers differ from standard machines and cloud hosting options is crucial for making an informed decision.
High Bandwidth Servers vs. Standard Servers
Depending on the hosting provider, a primary difference lies in network capacity and cost structure for data transfer. Standard hosting solutions, including shared hosting, VPS, and entry-level dedicated servers, often come with limited bandwidth allocations, slower network ports (e.g., 100 Mbps or shared 1 Gbps), and potentially high fees for exceeding traffic quotas.
While suitable for websites or applications with low-to-moderate traffic, they can quickly become bottlenecks for intensive tasks. High bandwidth servers, conversely, are equipped with high-speed, dedicated network interfaces (1 Gbps and higher) and offer significantly larger traffic quotas or unmetered plans.
Dedicated Servers vs. Cloud Hosting for Bandwidth Needs
Both dedicated machines and cloud platforms can offer high bandwidth, but their models differ significantly in cost predictability and performance consistency. Cloud solutions provide elasticity, allowing bandwidth to be scaled quickly; however, they can come with complex pricing structures, where data egress (outbound traffic) can become prohibitively expensive, leading to unpredictable monthly bills for high-usage scenarios.
High-bandwidth dedicated servers from OVHcloud provide guaranteed resources and predictable costs through generous or unmetered bandwidth plans. This makes them highly cost-effective and performant for applications with consistent, high-volume information transfer needs.
OVHcloud’s Expertise in High Bandwidth Hosting
With decades of proven expertise in managing large-scale infrastructure, we combine our extensive global network with dedicated support systems to provide reliable, powerful, and cost-effective high-speed servers tailored to your demanding needs.
Global Infrastructure for Reliable Performance
Benefit from OVHcloud's extensive global presence across North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region, supported by our proprietary, high-capacity fibre-optic backbone network that can carry virtually unlimited traffic and features extensive peering agreements worldwide.
Our backbone is so fast that we can offer dedicated servers with speeds of 10 Gbps and 50 Gbps, while supporting a dedicated server with 256 IPS. This robust infrastructure ensures optimised routing that limits latency and supports availability for consistent performance of your applications.
24/7 Support and Monitoring Services
Rest assured, knowing your infrastructure is backed by continuous oversight and expert assistance.
OVHcloud's technical teams proactively monitor our network and data center operations around the clock to detect and address potential issues swiftly.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
What are high bandwidth servers used for?
High-bandwidth servers are specifically designed for online services and applications where transferring large volumes of information quickly and reliably is crucial.
They are commonly employed for hosting high-traffic websites, especially e-commerce platforms that handle rich media and fluctuating visitor numbers, as well as powering video streaming (both live and on-demand) and content delivery networks (CDNS) that require sustained throughput.
Other key uses include distributing large software packages or game assets, running backend systems for big data processing and AI workloads, and supporting infrastructure for popular, data-intensive online applications.
How much bandwidth do I need for my applications?
Determining the precise amount of bandwidth required is critical and depends heavily on several factors unique to your application and audience, including those specific to the Ubuntu server.
You need to consider the average and peak number of concurrent users, the size and type of data being transferred (e.g., text versus high-resolution video), and the overall daily and monthly traffic volume generated by your application.
Accurately estimating these requirements helps avoid performance issues caused by under-provisioning or unnecessary costs from over-provisioning. Utilising traffic analytics and consulting with OVHcloud's experts can help you select the most suitable allocation for optimal performance and cost efficiency.
Are high-bandwidth servers suitable for gaming?
Yes, high-bandwidth servers are exceptionally well-suited for gaming servers, providing the necessary resources such as bandwidth and NVMe memory for a smooth and engaging player experience, particularly in multiplayer environments.
The data throughput ensures that game assets, map information, and player updates are transmitted quickly and efficiently, reducing load times and supporting large numbers of concurrent players without performance dips.
Furthermore, when combined with a low-latency network like OVHcloud's global infrastructure, this bandwidth capacity is crucial for minimising lag in fast-paced, real-time games such as FPS or racing simulators, directly impacting competitiveness and player satisfaction.
Why Choose OVHcloud for High-Bandwidth Hosting?
OVHcloud stands out due to our vertical integration, designing and managing our cloud computing servers and global fibre-optic network, which translates into significant advantages for high bandwidth hosting.
This control allows us to offer powerful, reliable, dedicated machines with high-speed connectivity and optimise network routes to ensure low latency and excellent performance worldwide.
We pair this robust infrastructure with highly competitive pricing structures, often featuring generous traffic allowances or truly unmetered options for predictable costs. We also include vital features like industry-leading DDoS mitigation and expert 24/7 technical support as standard, delivering exceptional value and protection through peace of mind.