Massively Better Performance.
Fraction of the Cost.
Get Off the Cloud.
We migrate startups off AWS, DigitalOcean, and Vercel to dedicated bare metal. Not marginally better — 4-10x better database performance at 50-80% less cost. We know because we did it ourselves.
6,611
TPS read/write
Matches AWS 16 vCPU at half the hardware
41,848
TPS read-only
Sub-millisecond latency at 64 clients
5.5x
faster index builds
vs Alibaba Cloud at 2x the hardware
$355
/month flat
No egress. No IOPS fees. No surprises.
Full benchmark data: Back to the Bare(Metal) Basics — PostgreSQL 15 + pgvector on NVMe passthrough, Feb 2026
Cloud bills grow. Performance doesn't.
We Migrated Everything. Here's What We Moved.
We consolidated our entire multi-cloud infrastructure — spread across AWS and DigitalOcean — onto a single bare metal server.
Before: scattered across AWS + DO
- 8 droplets, 4 EC2 instances, 2 App Platform services
- 2 managed PG clusters + 2 RDS databases (11 DBs total)
- Shared-disk I/O bottlenecks on managed Postgres
- Multiple billing dashboards, scattered access
- Management nightmare
After: 1 box, room to spare
- 24 cores, 128 GB RAM, 2 TB NVMe — isolated VMs per app + shared dev environment
- NVMe-backed Postgres with pgvector — fast AI workloads
- Consolidated alerts and access control
- Rapid development and experimentation at low cost
What you're paying vs. what you could pay
| Option | vCPU | RAM | Monthly |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS RDS db.r6g.xlarge | 4 | 32 GB | ~$403 |
| AWS RDS db.r6g.2xlarge | 8 | 64 GB | ~$782 |
| Supabase XL | 8 | ~32 GB | ~$400 |
| DigitalOcean (typical startup) | varies | varies | $500-$5,000 |
| Rackdog bare metal (entire server) | 24+ | 128 GB | $355 flat |
Sources: AWS RDS pricing, Supabase docs, Rackdog
Full migration, start to finish
1. Audit
Map your current infrastructure. What moves, what stays, what gets simplified.
2. Provision
Bare metal server, Proxmox VMs, NVMe passthrough, network isolation, automated backups.
3. Migrate
Databases, app servers, static assets. Zero-downtime where possible. DNS cutover when ready.
4. Verify
Performance benchmarks on your data. Monitoring. 30 days of post-migration support.
Two options depending on your scale
Your own box
Dedicated bare metal server
$355/month
Rackdog server: 24+ cores, 128 GB RAM, NVMe. We set it up, migrate your services, hand you the keys.
- Migration: $2K-$8K one-time
- Optional managed services: $500-$2K/month
- No egress fees, no per-IOPS charges, ever
Shared hosting
VM on our infrastructure
$20+/month
Your own VM on our bare metal with NVMe-backed PostgreSQL + pgvector. We also set up Claude Code so you can make changes to your site just by talking to it.
- Free migration for small sites with monthly contract
- Claude Code configured for your project — update your site in plain English
- NVMe Postgres access for fast queries and AI workloads
- Scale up to a dedicated box when you're ready
Already have your own hardware? We also do colocation setup — we'll configure Proxmox, NVMe passthrough, PostgreSQL tuning, and Claude Code for your team on your own box.
We Run Production on Bare Metal. Every Day.
This isn't a side offering. Our entire infrastructure — 18 production databases, 10+ VMs, a dozen live websites and APIs — runs on the same bare metal platform we're offering you. We eat our own cooking.
Full-stack migration team
Django, Node.js, FastAPI, WordPress, React, Next.js — we've migrated all of them. Databases, app servers, static sites, managed services.
Proxmox + NVMe expertise
VM isolation, PCIe passthrough tuning, PostgreSQL performance optimization, pgvector for AI workloads. Not theory — production experience.
Rackdog hardware partner
Direct relationship with Rackdog for dedicated servers. $355/month flat, no surprises, quick provisioning.
Our work
- Back to the Bare(Metal) Basics — Our full benchmark article: PostgreSQL + pgvector on NVMe, Feb 2026
Industry context
- 37signals saves $2M/year leaving cloud — The Register
- Dukaan: $80K/mo AWS to ~$5K on bare metal — Analytics India Mag
- 86% of CIOs moving workloads off cloud — Barclays CIO Survey
- Bare metal market: $11.6B → $67B by 2033 — DataM Intelligence
Frequently asked questions
What is bare-metal migration?
It is moving your application and databases off managed cloud platforms like AWS, DigitalOcean, or Vercel onto a dedicated physical server. You get the full machine — no shared tenants, no per-IOPS or egress fees — which means much higher database performance for a fraction of the monthly cost.
Will I really save money leaving the cloud?
For most teams, yes — typically 50 to 80 percent less than equivalent managed cloud. Savings are largest when you have heavy database workloads, high egress, or are paying for managed services and IOPS. We give you a cost comparison against your current bill before you commit.
Is there downtime during migration?
We aim for zero-downtime migrations wherever possible. We provision and verify the new environment first, sync your data, then cut over DNS only when everything is tested and ready. The exact approach depends on your stack, which we map during the audit step.
What does the migration process look like?
Four steps: audit your current infrastructure, provision the bare-metal server with Proxmox VMs and NVMe storage, migrate databases and app servers, then verify with performance benchmarks on your own data. Every migration includes 30 days of post-migration support.
Can you manage the server for us afterward?
Yes. You can take the keys and run it yourself, or add optional managed services for monitoring, backups, and updates. We also offer smaller shared VMs on our infrastructure with NVMe-backed PostgreSQL if you are not ready for a whole dedicated box.
Why should we trust LinkedTrust with this?
Because we run our entire production stack — many databases, VMs, and live sites and APIs — on the same bare-metal platform we are offering you. This is not a side service; we eat our own cooking, and our benchmark data is published openly.