Swift2CloudCloud • Servers • GPU
Technical Architecture Guide

Cloud vs VPS vs Dedicated vs Bare Metal

Evaluate isolation levels, storage latency, hardware registers, scaling velocity, and management models across Swift2Cloud compute tiers.

Cloud Server vs VPS vs Dedicated Server vs Bare Metal

Understand the core architecture, isolation, performance, and scaling differences between infrastructure models.

Architecture FeatureCloud ServerCloud VPSDedicated ServerBare Metal
Hardware Isolation
Architecture		Virtual Isolated TenantKVM Virtual Container100% Physical Dedicated100% Raw Unshared Hardware
Storage Technology
Storage		Distributed NVMe BlockLocal PCIe 4.0 NVMeHardware RAID NVMe/SATADirect Host NVMe Array
Vertical Scaling
Scalability		Instant (Zero Downtime)Quick Reboot ResizeHardware Upgrade RequiredHardware Upgrade Required
Hypervisor Overhead
Performance		< 2% Overhead< 3% OverheadNone (Direct OS)0% (Raw Direct Execution)
Root & Kernel Control
Management		Full Root AccessFull Root AccessIPMI / BIOS / Full RootFull Kernel & BIOS Access
Automated Snapshots
Backup		Included & InstantAvailable via APIOptional Backup AgentCustom Backup Solution
Typical Workload
Use Cases		Scalable Web & APIsDevelopment & AppsHeavy Databases & ERPHigh-Throughput Computing & AI

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