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by bkeroack 3124 days ago
Wait, so even the "bare metal" i3.metal sits under a hypervisor? It would seem inaccurate to call it "bare metal" in that case.
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gregdunn 3124 days ago
No, Nitro refers to the whole technology stack as well as the hypervisor. *.metal instances utilize most of the Nitro technology stack, but not the Nitro hypervisor.
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bkeroack 3124 days ago
Ah, ok. That makes sense. Thank you for the clarification.
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gregdunn 3124 days ago
You're welcome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9_4uGvbvnk might be of interest - Matt Wilson talks a lot about the underlying magic of the bare metal instances.

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