Bare-metal cloud servers are a best-of-both-worlds alternative to dedicated hosting and VM-based cloud infrastructure services in some cases, but they do complicate data center capacity management for the service provider.
CenturyLink rolled out its bare-metal cloud service this morning, but the IT capacity planning strategy for it will have to be devised over time, as the company gets a clearer picture of demand. The best it could do initially is create a capacity buffer to absorb a potential spike in demand, Richard Seroter, vice president of cloud product management at CenturyLink, said.
