Product Description Dedicated Servers

A dedicated server is a physical server of ready-made or custom configuration, whose resources are available to you only. Servers are located in server rooms in Selectel data centers. Read more about the data center in the Selectel blog article Where Do Servers Live? Overview of the data center on Tsvetochnaya.

Product terms of use are defined by the document Terms of use for individual services: provision of a dedicated server and a dedicated server of custom configuration. Dedicated servers of all configurations are by default compliant with 152-FZ requirements for processing personal data of security level 1.

If mandatory certification of an information system, the use of only certified security tools, or processing of personal data at security levels 1 and 2 is required — place the server in a certified segment of the data center.

To work with the product, the access control model in Selectel products is supported: user types, roles, projects.

To get started, order a dedicated server.

Use cases

hosting large websites, online stores, and SaaS services with constant traffic;
hosting databases;
environment for development and testing;
backup and archiving systems, media storages;
streaming platforms, game servers;
monitoring services;
analytics and stream data processing systems;
graphics and video rendering;
hosting machine learning models;
virtualization clusters (KVM, VMware, Proxmox);
microservices and API gateways with many concurrent requests;
hosting corporate infrastructure, CRM, accounting systems, and more.

How it works

You can order a server:

When ordering a server from the control panel, you can choose a server:

ready-made configuration – they are assembled, tested, and installed in racks in advance. The server will be ready for work in two minutes after ordering (excluding the OS installation time);
custom configuration – the server is assembled on request from components you select in the configurator. When ordering, you can choose any configuration to suit your tasks. Server preparation takes from two to five working days.

When ordering a server via Terraform, you can only order servers of a ready-made configuration.

Depending on the tasks the dedicated server will be solving, you can connect additional services.

How to work with a dedicated server

After the server is handed over, you can manage it:

For remote server management, you need to connect to the dedicated server.

You can track metrics for dedicated servers using the Metrics service.

Operations records for dedicated servers are saved in audit logs.

Areas of responsibility

Division of responsibility and the service level agreement (SLA) are described in the document Terms of use for individual services.

Selectel provides

uninterrupted power supply to equipment, climate control;
service maintenance;
connection to the local network and the Internet.

Selectel is not responsible

for the configuration and maintenance of server software;
creation and storage of backups.

You administer the dedicated server yourself: you install and configure the necessary software and set up backups. Read more about the available solutions in the Dedicated server backups instruction.

For configuration and maintenance of server software, order service administration services.

Pricing

A dedicated server is paid for according to the selected billing plan and traffic consumption model. The billing plan determines the duration of the paid period and the payment amount, the traffic consumption model determines the traffic limits included in the billing plan. Read more in the Dedicated server payment model and pricing.

What is included in the price

The price of a dedicated server includes:

server resources;
internet connection with a speed-based or traffic-based accounting scheme;
public IPv4 address;
connection to a private network (except for some servers of the Chipcore line);
KVM console for remote server management. For Chipcore Line servers, the KVM console is available when ordering the additional service Hardware IP KVM connection for 3 hours;
a system for automated OS installation and booting the server in recovery mode;
DDoS protection at the L3—L4 level;
replacement of failed components and entire servers;
24/7 technical support.

Limits and restrictions

Access to BIOS settings is not provided. Servers are commissioned with optimal settings and maximum performance. Any interference may lead to instability and accelerated wear, and will disable automatic OS installation and disk clearing.

When ordering a dedicated server, limits are automatically applied to the network equipment. These limits work for both local ports and internet ports. Read more in the Network limits for a dedicated server port.

By default, any dedicated server is assigned a limit of 25 MAC addresses per switch port.

For a dedicated server, there are broadcast traffic limits (broadcast, unknown-unicast, and multicast) of 10 MB/sec per port for each individual traffic type.