Run containerised workloads on bare-metal hardware - no virtualisation overhead between Docker and the CPU. NVMe storage, full root access, from £49/mo.
The Problem
These are the issues that consistently come up when DevOps teams, platform engineers, and businesses running production container workloads try to scale on the wrong infrastructure.
Docker on VPS adds KVM virtualisation overhead - container I/O and CPU performance is measurably worse than bare metal
Shared VPS storage schedulers cause I/O latency spikes that cascade through containerised microservices as timeout errors
VPS CPU steal during peak hours causes container health checks to fail, triggering unnecessary restarts and service disruption
How We Help
Docker on a VPS adds a layer of virtualisation between your containers and the hardware - KVM overhead, shared I/O schedulers, and CPU steal all degrade container performance. Docker on bare metal eliminates this entirely. Your containers talk directly to the physical CPU, RAM, and NVMe drives. For production microservices, Docker Swarm clusters, or Kubernetes nodes, dedicated hardware delivers the consistent performance that containerised workloads require.
A Glitch Servers dedicated server runs Docker directly on the kernel - zero virtualisation overhead. NVMe storage delivers consistent I/O for container image pulls, volume mounts, and database containers. 32-64GB RAM supports dozens of concurrent containers. Deploy with Docker Compose for simple stacks, Docker Swarm for clustering, or install a full Kubernetes distribution (K3s, MicroK8s, or kubeadm) for orchestration. Full root access and 10Gbps networking.
What You Get
The features that matter most for your workload, included as standard.
Docker runs directly on the host kernel - no KVM, no hypervisor, no CPU steal. Container performance is identical to native application performance.
Container images, volumes, and overlay filesystems run on NVMe Gen4 SSD. Image pulls are near-instant from local cache. Database containers get consistent sub-millisecond I/O.
Install K3s, MicroK8s, or full kubeadm. Run a single-node Kubernetes cluster or use multiple dedicated servers as cluster nodes with Calico or Flannel networking.
The optional 10Gbps burst port means container-to-container networking across nodes has massive headroom. Critical for distributed microservices communicating over the network.
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FAQ
Docker on Bare Metal from £49/mo
Zero VM overhead · NVMe storage · K8s ready · 10Gbps burst · Full root access
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