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Product Description Dedicated Servers

A dedicated server is a physical server with a pre-configured or custom configuration, all resources of which are available only to you. Servers are housed in server rooms in Selectel data centers. Learn more about the data center in the Selectel blog post Where do servers live? Review of the data center on Tsvetochnaya.

Terms of use for the product are defined in the document Terms of Use for Individual Services: Provision of a Dedicated Server and a Custom-Configured Dedicated Server. By default, dedicated servers of all configurations comply with Federal Law No. 152-FZ for processing personal data of security level 1.

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

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:

  • pre-configured — they are assembled, tested, and installed in racks in advance. The server will be ready to use in as little as two minutes after ordering (excluding OS installation time);
  • custom-configured — the server is assembled to order from components that you select yourself in the configurator. When ordering, you can choose any configuration to suit your tasks. Server preparation takes from one to five business days.

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

Depending on the tasks that the dedicated server will handle, 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 dedicated server metrics using the Metrics service.

Records of operations with dedicated servers are saved in audit logs.

Areas of responsibility

The division of responsibility and the service level agreement (SLA) are described in the Terms of Use for Individual Services document.

Selectel provides

  • uninterrupted power supply to equipment, climate control;
  • service maintenance;
  • connection to a private 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 on your own: install and configure the necessary software and set up backups. Learn more about available solutions in the Dedicated Server Backups guide.

To configure and maintain server software, order service administration services.

Pricing

The dedicated server is paid according to the selected tariff plan and traffic consumption model. The tariff plan determines the duration of the paid period and the payment amount; the traffic consumption model determines the limits of traffic included in the tariff plan. Learn more in the Dedicated server billing model and prices guide.

What is included in the price

The price of a dedicated server includes:

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 apply to both private ports and internet ports. Learn more in the Network limits per dedicated server port guide.

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/s per port for each individual traffic type.