San Francisco Dedicated Server - Edge Server

Get an Dedicated Server in San Francisco, California with 1 Gbps to 30 Gbps bandwidth. Configure CPU, RAM, SATA HDD, or an SSD. All HC's bare metal servers in San Francisco are Semi-Managed and feature high bandwidth, thus saving your business thousands of dollars on data transfer and technical support, compared to the major cloud providers. Click on the 'Configure' button to choose an OS or a virtualization platform, bandwidth quota, IP settings, and control panel, and create a custom, application hosting environment.
Dedicated Server New York - Intel Xeon D-1548

8 CPU Cores

32 GB RAM, 240 GB SSD
Intel Xeon D-1548
8 Cores / 16 Threads @ 2.00GHz
1 Gbps Port Speed
1 Gbps Bandwidth
$149/mo*
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San Francisco Edge Server, 16 Cores, 32 GB RAM, 1 Gbps

16 CPU Cores

32 GB RAM, 480 GB SSD
Intel Xeon D-1587
16 Cores / 32 Threads @ 1.70GHz
1 Gbps physical port
1 Gbps Bandwidth (Scale up to 20 Gbps)
$169/mo*
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San Francisco Edge Server, 24 Cores, 32 GB RAM, 1 Gbps

24 CPU Cores

32 GB RAM, 2x 240 GB SSD
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650Lv3
24 Cores / 48 Threads @ 1.80GHz
1 Gbps physical port
1 Gbps Bandwidth (Scale up to 20 Gbps)
$179/mo*
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San Francisco Edge Server, 24 Cores, 32 GB RAM, 1 Gbps

28 CPU Cores

32 GB RAM, 2x 480 GB SSD
2 x Intel Xeon E5-2650Lv4
28 Cores / 56 Threads @ 1.70GHz
1 Gbps physical port
1 Gbps Bandwidth (Scale up to 20 Gbps)
$199/mo*
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San Francisco Edge Dedicated Server, 32 Cores, 768 GB RAM, 10 Gbps

20 CPU Cores

64 GB RAM, 2x 960 GB SSD
2 x Intel Xeon Silver 4114
20 Cores / 40 Threads @ 2.20GHz
1 Gbps physical port
1 Gbps Bandwidth (Scale up to 20 Gbps)
$249/mo*
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SF Edge Servers - 20 Gbps & 30 Gbps Bandwidth Ports

Edge Servers hosted at 3045 Raymond St, Santa Clara data center with 20 Gbps and 30 Gbps bandwidth rates for real-time data processing and storage.
San Francisco Bare Metal, 10 Cores, 128 GB RAM, 5 Gbps

10 CPU Cores

128 GB RAM, 480 GB SSD
Intel Xeon Silver 4210
10 Cores / 20 Threads @ 2.20GHz
5 Gbps Bandwidth Port
Unlimited Data Transfer
$499/mo*
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San Francisco Bare Metal, 10 Cores, 128 GB RAM, 10 Gbps

10 CPU Cores

128 GB RAM, 480 GB SSD
Intel Xeon Silver 4210
10 Cores / 20 Threads @ 2.20GHz
10 Gbps Bandwidth Port
Unlimited Data Transfer
$599/mo*
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San Francisco Edge Server, 10 Cores, 128 GB RAM, 20 Gbps

10 CPU Cores

128 GB RAM, 480 GB SSD
Intel Xeon Silver 4210
10 Cores / 20 Threads @ 2.20GHz
20 Gbps Bandwidth Port
Unlimited Data Transfer
$699/mo*
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San Francisco Bare Metal, 32 Cores, 256 GB RAM, 5 Gbps

32 CPU Cores

256 GB RAM, 2.4 TB SSD
Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
32 Cores / 64 Threads @ 2.90GHz
5 Gbps physical port
Unlimited Data Transfer
$899/mo*
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San Francisco Server, 32 Cores, 256 GB RAM, 10 Gbps

32 CPU Cores

256 GB RAM, 2.4 TB SSD
Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
32 Cores / 64 Threads @ 2.90GHz
10 Gbps physical port
Unlimited Data Transfer
$999/mo*
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Edge Server in San Francisco, 32 Cores, 256 GB RAM, 20 Gbps

32 CPU Cores

256 GB RAM, 2.4 TB SSD
Dual Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
32 Cores / 64 Threads @ 2.90GHz
20 Gbps physical port
Unlimited Data Transfer
$1099/mo*
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Edge Server San Francisco, 32 Cores, 368 GB RAM, 5 Gbps

32 CPU Cores

384 GB RAM, 10 TB SSD
Dual Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
32 Cores / 64 Threads @ 2.30GHz
5 Gbps physical port
Unlimited Data Transfer
$1399/mo*
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Bare Metal Server San Francisco, 32 Cores, 368 GB RAM, 10 Gbps

32 CPU Cores

384 GB RAM, 10 TB SSD
Dual Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
32 Cores / 64 Threads @ 2.30GHz
10 Gbps physical port
Unlimited Data Transfer
$1499/mo*
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San Francisco Edge Bare Metal, 32 Cores, 368 GB RAM, 20 Gbps

32 CPU Cores

384 GB RAM, 10 TB SSD
Dual Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
32 Cores / 64 Threads @ 2.30GHz
20 Gbps physical port
Unlimited Data Transfer
$1599/mo*
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San Francisco Bare Metal, 32 Cores, 368 GB RAM, 30 Gbps

32 CPU Cores

384 GB RAM, 10 TB SSD
Dual Intel Xeon Gold 5218N
32 Cores / 64 Threads @ 2.30GHz
30 Gbps physical port
Unlimited Data Transfer
$1699/mo*
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* The price is on a 12-month term. To change the term and configure the service, click the button "Configure".

Customizable Semi-Managed Edge Server

All dedicated servers in San Francisco are semi-managed. Our administrators will install your server, reinstall the operating system (OS) upon request, and help server owners troubleshoot any operating system, network, or software configuration issues. Use custom IPv4 and IPv6 network settings and scale your bandwidth from 1 Gbps to 30 Gbps. Install Ubuntu, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, Debian, FreeBSD, Fedora, or any other Linux server operating system distribution. Windows Server 2019 and 2022 editions are also available on the Edge Server configuration page. Those who need a graphical dashboard (GUI) to manage their server can choose CentOS Web Panel (CWP), Froxlor, Vesta, another open source control panel, or cPanel or DirectAdmin. For those who want to use a Linux-based Cloud PC, we recommend Peppermint OS, which is based on the Debian/Devuan repositories.

San Francisco Dedicated Servers - FAQ

What is a San Francisco Dedicated Server?
A "Miami Dedicated Server" is a physical (bare metal) or virtual computing instance housed in a data center located in the San Francisco Bay Area that is used by a single tenant.

Both San Francisco physical and virtual dedicated servers should be able to run any Linux operating system (OS) distribution or Microsoft Windows-based OS. Dedicated servers by default should offer secure and private access to the computing OS environment, have on-demand configured firewalls. Standard security practices include, but are not limited to, using strong passwords, SSH keys, and two-factor authentication.
What is a San Francisco Dedicated Hosting Provider?
A "San Francisco Dedicated Hosting Provider" is a company that offers dedicated hosting services from data centers located in San Francisco Bay Area.

The Bay Area is home to many large Tier 3 and Tier 4 facilities owned by Digital Realty, DataBank, Fortress Data Centers, CoreSite, Centersquare, Lumen, Data Center 365, Nova, and others. They enable cloud infrastructure providers to deliver application services to the entire Miami metro area with an average round-trip latency of 1 ms to 3 ms.
Are there unlimited bandwidth dedicated servers in SF?
Yes, if by "unlimited bandwidth" you mean no restrictions on incoming and outgoing Internet traffic and no charges for data transfer used. Each dedicated server in San Francisco comes with a certain virtual or physical capacity of the Internet connection port, chosen by the server user. It varies from 250 Mbps to 30 Gbps. There are no limitations or restrictions on the used bandwidth used or data transfer quotas, up to the capacity of the Internet connection port, selected by our clients. Unless otherwise specified, all dedicated servers in SF offered by HostColor feature "unlimited bandwidth up to the capacity of the Internet connection port". This is also called "unmetered bandwidth", which is actually a more appropriate term to use.
"Unmetered Bandwidth" or "dedicated server with unmetered bandwidth" means that the hosting provider does not measure the bandwidth used by the server. In San Francisco, Oakland and most of its other Edge data center locations HostColor allows its customers to use the full capacity of the physical Internet bandwidth port of their dedicated servers.
What defines the improved performance of an SF server?
The performance of a San Francisco dedicated server is influenced by several variables, including the physical location of the application users, the bandwidth rate of the internet connection port, the computing resources necessary for the installed software applications to run properly, and how the apps are installed and configured.

An important trend in cloud computing, particularly in dedicated server infrastructure delivery, is "edge hosting." With edge hosting, dedicated servers are physically close to users of the configured software applications. From a networking perspective, the improved performance of a San Francisco dedicated server means that it is an edge server with latency between application users and the hosted apps lower than 5 milliseconds.
What is the security level of my San Francisco Dedicated Server?
Bare Metal Servers and Dedicated Cloud Hosting infrastructure providers in general, and those in San Francisco in particular, offer the following levels of security with their dedicated hosting services:

1. Physical Environment Security
Physical environment security refers to all physical aspects of the San Francisco data center facilities used to house bare metal servers. This includes the resilience against natural disasters, the physical design of the data center and the way the server rooms and cabinets are organized, as well as power redundancy, Internet network redundancy, and overall business continuity.

2. Network Security
Network security is an integral part of the data center's overall communications architecture. It includes redundant fiber connectivity routes, a wide selection of Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and interconnection options, as well as hardware- or software-defined firewalls.

3. Physical Server Security
This can also be referred to as "Bare Metal Server Security". It refers to the specific hardware components and configurations of the server that increase its uptime. These include the number of power supplies (PSUs) used, the number and capacity of network interface cards (NICs), the number and specification of hard drives used (SATA, SAS, SSD, NMVe, etc.), the use of RAID controllers, the Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI, also known as ILO and iDrac by server vendors) for remote network access to the San Francisco-based server, etc.

As a provider of Bare Metal Servers in San Francisco, HC automatically covers the highest possible industry standards regarding "Physical Environment Security" and "Network Security". Physical Server Security is a customizable element of the dedicated hosting server that is selected by the user of the physical server (i.e. the customer).
Most of our dedicated servers in San Francisco include the following "Physical Server Security" by default:
  • Redundant Power Supplies (PSUs)
  • At least 2 x 1 Gbps physical Network Interface Cards (NICs)
  • Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) and IPMI capabilities, except for the Edge servers, which are provided with SSH management access only and are not recoverable in the event of an operating system (OS) failure that renders the server inoperable
Do HC's San Francisco dedicated servers come with a firewall?
The type of firewall depends on the operating system used on your San Francisco dedicated server. If your server uses a Linux operating system, one of the most popular firewall choices is Iptables.

Iptables is a user-space utility in Linux used to configure and manage the Netfilter firewall. Netfilter itself is a packet filter and firewall implemented in the standard Linux kernel. It allows administrators to control network traffic by defining rules for filtering, translating, and altering packets.

Other popular software firewall choices include Firewalld, IPFire, OPNsense, and pfSense, as well as underlying tools such as Iptables, Nftables, and UFW. IPFire, OPNsense, and pfSense are open-source firewall distributions.

Firewalld is a firewall management tool used by Red Hat Linux operating systems, including AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux. It provides firewall features by acting as a front end for the Linux kernel's Netfilter framework. The current default backend for Firewalld is Nftables.

If your server is installed with Ubuntu OS, you can use UFW firewall. One of the UFW's benefits is that it offers a command-line interface and a graphical interface (Gufw) that are much easier to understand and use than directly interacting with Iptables.

The Windows Defender Firewall is the most popular firewall for the Microsoft Windows operating system. Other widely used software firewalls for the Windows OS include ZoneAlarm Free Firewall, GlassWire, TinyWall, and Comodo Firewall. Many other software firewalls are also sold under commercial licenses on a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) basis.
Is my San Francisco dedicated server safe from DDoS attacks?
Denial of Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks typically result in service unavailability and thousands of dollars in data transfer service fees, especially if you host your IT infrastructure with one of the major hyperscale cloud providers.
HostColor's DDoS-protected dedicated servers in San Francisco minimize the risk of service unavailability and virtually eliminate the risk of you incurring data transfer costs as a result of artificial, bot-generated traffic to your server instances.
When you use our San Francisco dedicated servers, your applications run behind sophisticated DDoS protection firewalls, maximizing application availability. Our natural, enterprise-grade, DDoS-protected networks safeguard your Dallas dedicated server from unexpected network downtime, preventing loss of business and revenue. Our DDoS-protected network services filter out malicious traffic and ensure that legitimate traffic requests reach your servers and applications. Specifically, our DDoS protection includes the following capabilities:
  • Real-time mitigation of malicious attacks
  • Human-generated traffic that reaches your San Francisco dedicated server
  • Native protection against network attacks of any size
  • No additional fees or charges for DoS and DDoS protected servers and infrastructure
  • No fees for bot-generated and malicious traffic on all unmetered dedicated servers and dedicated clouds in San Francisco
  • No increased latency and long round-trip delays in application delivery in the event of a network attack
  • All IPv4 and IPv6 settings are protected from DDoS attacks
Is my San Francisco Edge Server protected against failure?
Yes! Each Dedicated server hosted in our edge data center at 3045 Raymond St in Santa Clara has four (4x) 25-gigabit network interfaces configured for redundancy on 2 separate NIC cards. All four interfaces are placed into a single link access group (LAG) and utilize LACP (Link Aggregation Control Protocol ) for individual link monitoring. Your Edge Dedicated Server is connected to two network switches with two (2x) 25-gigabit connection links to the first switch and two (2x) 25-gigabit to the second switch. Each network switch has multiple 100-gigabit fiber connections to the data center's network architecture that feature failover protection. The overall networking architecture sustains full data transfer capacity with the failure of any single networking appliance or link. The data transfer from the Edge data centers to either the public Internet or the MPLS IP VPN network is secured by two diverse routers for each network. The routers are connected to a pair of network switches. The data transfer can be forwarded through both routers and will switch over automatically upon failure of any networking device.
Is business continuity possible on my SF Dedicated Server?
Yes, you can do this using virtualization technology such as Proxmox VE. Proxmox provides a software stack called the HA Manager that automatically detects failures and provides automatic failover.

The Proxmox VE HA Manager acts as an "automated" administrator. After resources (VMs, containers, etc.) are configured, the HA Manager monitors them for proper functionality and handles service failover to a redundant San Francisco-based server in case of failure or downtime. The HA manager can also handle normal user requests to start, stop, move, and migrate a service.

But it's not just Proxmox VE. There are many other technologies that enable the use of two or more physical servers to provide business continuity for IT infrastructure and hosted applications. Microsoft Windows Hyper V also allows server owners to create a high availability cluster.
Can I have a dedicated cloud infrastructure in San Francisco?
You can use your preferred cloud computing virtualization technology to create and deploy a dedicated cloud infrastructure on a single bare metal server or a cluster of servers. If you want to use two dedicated bare metal servers, they can be directly interconnected using 1GE or 10GE NIC cards. If you need HostColor's help to create a cloud computing architecture, we can help you design one, deploy it, and manage it as needed.
Our clients who have dedicated servers in our data center at 720 2nd Street in Oakland can choose between Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi, Linux Containers, VirtualBox, OpenVZ, Microsoft Hyper-V, Kubernetes, Docker, and host of other other virtualization platforms.
Customers who use Edge bare-metal servers with Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, can use the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) virtualization technology in Ubuntu 20 (or Ubuntu 22) OS.
Can I host Docker and Kubernetes containers in San Francisco?
Yes. You can create and host dedicated cloud infrastructure based on Docker and Kubernetes in San Francisco data centers and host containerized applications on it.

HostColor's San Francisco-based bare metal and cloud infrastructure allows organizations to deploy, run, scale up or down, and quickly move Docker containers and containerized applications from one virtual environment to another without interruption. Docker containers are executable software packages that contain all the necessary components to run an application, including code, runtime, system tools, system libraries, and settings.

HC also enables enterprises to deploy a fully isolated, dedicated cloud infrastructure for hosting and orchestrating containerized applications, based on the Kubernetes open source platform for managing containerized workloads and services.
What does a Semi-Managed Dedicated Server mean?
While most dedicated hosting providers offer "Unmanaged" or "Managed" hosting services, HostColor does "Semi-Managed" and "Managed" Dedicated Servers.
"Unmanaged" means that the client is solely responsible for the management of the bare-metal dedicated server they have. The provider's responsibility is to make sure that the server network connection works properly and in case of a hardware failure, to fix the failed components, or to replace the whole physical server.
"Managed" means that the provider is responsible for managing the network, the physical server, the installed operating system, and the software environment. The provider does operating system updates, software updates, and other management and configuration tasks on the physical server. In other words unmanaged dedicated servers do not feature server-side support and therefore the clients pay for the base infrastructure service. The 'Managed Dedicated Servers' feature full server-side infrastructure, OS, and software environment support and therefore are more expensive, as the provider's experts commit time and work hours to deliver technical and system administration.
HostColor fills the gap by offering "Semi-Managed" Dedicated Servers in San Francisco. "Semi-Managed" means that our administrators install your preferred OS on the physical server or your preferred virtualization platform to transform the physical server into a Cloud infrastructure. We create a custom technology environment per your requirements and keep on record a description with the 'base desired state' of your SF server. As a part of the "Semi-Managed" support contract, HostColor reinstalls the server OS per the request and helps the client fix issues and troubleshoot in case of any operating system, networking, or software configuration issues. All "Semi-Managed" San Francisco dedicated servers feature up to 30 minutes per month of technical and system administration. Any time spent by HC experts on managing the server OS, software environments, or troubleshooting will be charged at HostColor's standard managed service rates.
Is there technical support available for my San Francisco server?
All HostColor dedicated servers in San Francisco come with "Free Infrastructure Support". HostColor never charges you for access to infrastructure technical support. Unlike the large hyperscale clouds like AWS, Azure and others, that charge their customers for access to technical support for their bare-metal or cloud infrastructure.
Our infrastructure technical support covers everything related to network interfaces and the core functionality of the physical components of your bare-metal dedicated server in San Francisco such as CPU, RAM, and storage drives. With our free infrastructure support, you can save money and have access to the technical support you need for the core components and network functions of your NY server.
Please note that the "Free Infrastructure Support" does not include support for the operating system (OS), any custom configurations created and maintained by the customer, and the installed software applications.
In addition to the "Free Infrastructure Support" HostColor takes the dedicated hosting services it provides to a new level of reliability with its "Semi-Managed Dedicated Servers" support.
How do I get technical support for my SF Dedicated Server?
The best way to get quality support is to login to your account and Open a Support Ticket. New customers, please use contacts us here). This allows us to track quality and response time and ensure that customer requests are answered promptly.

Live chat and phone support are also available. The support team also communicates with Managed Services customers via instant messaging on Telegram. However, all of these support channels are in addition to support ticket communication.
In which SF data centers can I have a dedicated server?
HostColor's most used data center facilities in San Francisco and in the state of California are for the delivery of bare metal dedicated servers:
  • Digital Realty: 720 2nd Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Equinix: 1 Lagoon Dr, Redwood City, CA 94065
  • Lumen: 3045 Raymond St, Santa Clara, CA 95054
What certifications do the San Francisco data centers have?
HostColor (HC) provides dedicated server and cloud hosting services in the San Francisco Bay Area from Tier 3 and Tier 4 data center facilities that meet the highest possible standards set by the IT telecommunications industry. The data centers we use have various certifications depending on the type of facility. In general, all of our San Francisco data centers are ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 27001, and SSAE16 SOC I, SOC II, or SOC III certified. All are HIPAA compliant and PCI-DSS compliant.
How long will it take to provision my San Francisco server?
This depends on the specific San Francisco data center you choose and the specific server configuration you require. For our most frequently used SF data center locations, it takes up to 4 hours to install your dedicated server and send the login credentials as a welcome email in your account and to the email address registered in your account. More specifically:
  • During business hours (9:00 am - 5:00 pm local time) 4 minutes - up to 8 hours server delivery time
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  • Outside the business hours (5:00 pm - 9:00 am local time): 8 hours - 24 hours server delivery time (with an average delivery time of 4 hours)
  • Weekends: 24 hours - 48 hours server delivery time (with an average delivery time of 8 hours)
The lowest average delivery time applies to dedicated servers in San Francisco that use a standard Linux operating system (OS) such as Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, or virtualization platforms such as ProxMox or VMware, and the CPU, RAM, and storage disks listed in the server plan, as well as the default IPv4 and IPv4 IP address settings.
Can I have an AMD dedicated server in San Francisco?
Yes, we offer AMD-powered dedicated servers in San Francisco. We have both AMD Ryzen and AMD EPYC processor based servers in the following telecommunication facilities:
  • Digital Realty: 720 2nd Street, Oakland, CA 94607
  • Equinix: 1 Lagoon Dr, Redwood City, CA 94065
If you need a server with AMD CPUs in an Francisco, please either select a server from the configurations listed above, or go to our AMD Dedicated Servers section and select one.
Do San Fran dedicated servers feature resource redundancy?
Not necessarily. The level of redundancy offered by a hardware-defined dedicated server (also known as a Bare Metal server) depends on the user's custom requirements. Physical-level redundancy may include two or more power supply units, two or more processors, and various storage redundancy options through Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID). It may also include the use of multiple network interface cards (NICs), among other features.

Providers deliver dedicated servers with the hardware redundancy level chosen and customized by users, who have full control over it.
Are San Francisco dedicated server resources scalable?
The computing resources provided as part of the San Francisco Dedicated Hosting service - processing power (CPU), random access memory (RAM), storage capacity used by the IT environment and applications configured on the bare metal server, the amount of data transferred, and the overall network bandwidth rate - can be scaled up to the physical limits of the physical processor, RAM, storage drive(s), and network interface cards (NICs) of the selected hardware configuration.

Depending on the selected physical server system, RAM can be upgraded to the maximum amount supported by the server motherboard. For some San Francisco Dedicated Servers, storage drives (HDD, SATA, SAS, SSD, or NMVe) can be upgraded without powering down the physical machine. Increasing network bandwidth quotas may require powering down the server and adding additional NIC cards.
Can I upgrade the RAM on my San Francisco Dedicated Server?
Yes, RAM upgrades vary depending on the processor model, motherboard, and hardware configuration selected.

San Fran Dedicated Server configurations listed with 16GB or 32GB of RAM are typically upgradeable to 64GB of RAM.

All servers listed with 32 GB of RAM or 64 GB of RAM are typically upgradeable to 128 GB of RAM, and in some cases to 256 GB of RAM.

Servers listed with 128 GB RAM can be upgraded to 512 GB RAM or even 1024 GB RAM.
Can I upgrade the data storage capacity of my SF Server?
This depends on the hardware configuration of your dedicated server in San Francisco. If you feel that you need to increase the amount of storage you are using, we suggest that you speak to the HC team about the possibility of leasing a server that has spare HDD bays that can be upgraded with the storage of your choice.

In general, all dedicated servers in San Francisco that are provisioned with one (1x) storage drive - either NMVe, SSD or HDD - can be upgraded.
Which OS can I use on my Dedicated Server in San Francisco?
The San Francisco Dedicated Servers hosted in the data centers located at 720 2nd Street in Oakland can use any Linux OS distribution or a Windows OS. You can also install Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi, Linux Containers, or any other virtualization platform.
If you decide to use a Dedicated Server with unlimited data transfer, hosted in our Edge data center located at 3045 Raymond St in Santa Clara you can choose between our "officially supported operating systems". They are Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Rocky Linux 9, Rocky Linux 8, Debian 12, RHEL (BYOL) 9.3, RHEL (BYOL) 9.0, RHEL (BYOL) 8.5, and RHEL (BYOL) 7.9. If you need to use virtual server environments on your San Francisco Edge server, you can install the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) virtualization technology in Ubuntu 20 (or Ubuntu 22) OS. VMM provides a graphical user interface (GUI) to create and run virtual machines with Linux or Windows operating systems.
Can I run Virtual Machines on my SF Dedicated Server?
Yes. If you have an Edge bare metal server hosted in our data center at 3045 Raymond St in Santa Clara you can use the Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) virtualization technology in Ubuntu 20 (or Ubuntu 22) operating system (OS) to create, run, and manage virtual machines with Linux or Windows operating systems.
If you have a dedicated server hosted in HostColor's other data centers in San Francisco, Oakland and Redwood City you can run any Linux or Windows OS, or use Proxmox VE, VMware ESXi, Linux Containers, VirtualBox, OpenVZ, Kubernetes, Docker, or any other virtualization platform.
Can I have a Cloud PC on HC servers in San Francisco?
If you need a Cloud PC in San Francisco with a Microsoft Windows operating system, we will provide you with a bare-metal server with Proxmox VE virtualization platform. It will allow you to have multiple San Francisco-based Cloud PCs (aka Remote Desktops), each running Microsoft Windows 10 or Windows 11. They can be accessed securely via Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).
If you want to use a Linux-based Cloud PC, we recommend Peppermint OS. It is based on the Debian/Devuan repositories.
How does HC assign IP addresses on my San Francisco server?
Each Edge Dedicated server, hosted at the data center at 3045 Raymond St in Santa Clara is assigned its own IPv4 subnet ranging from /29 (8 IP addresses) to /24 (256 IPs). The first three IP addresses are used for the networking service of your server as follows: 1st IP address is for the router default gateway; 2nd IP address is reserved for router1; 3rd IP is reserved for router2. The 4th IP address is the main IP of your Edge Dedicated Server. Any additional IP addresses can be ordered from Accounts.HostColor.com and can be used for various services on your server.
All other dedicated servers hosted in our San Francisco, Oakland and Redwood City data centers are assigned 1 usable IP address and can add additional IPs at any time.
How does HostColor bill my San Francisco Dedicated Server?
Once payment is made, the billing month for your Semi-Managed San Francisco Dedicated Server starts from the moment we send you the login credentials. By default, all San Francisco dedicated hosting services are set to month-to-month contracts to provide maximum flexibility.
You can choose between month-to-month, 3-month, 6-month, and annual contracts. If you opt for an annual contract, you will receive a lower monthly service fee. However, you will need to prepay the full contract (all 12 service fees). Please note that your San Francisco Server on a month-to-month contract must be canceled properly and terminated before we stop billing you. The San Francisco-based Edge servers, like other dedicated hosting services, require a 30-day cancellation notice. In some cases, we may allow early cancellations. To qualify for an early cancellation, you must submit a cancellation request from your Account 5 business days before the beginning of the new billing cycle
Is HostColor an experienced and trustworthy provider?
HostColor's core team has been managing servers and IT infrastructures since 2000. As an organization, Host Color LLC has over 20 years of experience in the hosting industry. To illustrate HostColor's experience, consider these two facts: HostColor started hosting content management systems three years before WordPress was launched, and had already been providing virtual server hosting services for seven years when Amazon launched its AWS with the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). HostColor's team members have extensive experience with major operating systems, virtualization technologies, Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and hundreds of open-source applications at any stage of their development and business lifecycles. You can rely on HostColor to install and maintain a secure, productive, and cost-effective technology environment on your San Francisco dedicated server.

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