Burst headroom and high-volume delivery
40 Gbps Servers
Dedicated 40 Gbps server configurations for serious content delivery, large VOD origins, IPTV clusters, and high-volume media platforms that need burst headroom.
Port
40 Gbps
Traffic terms
Unmetered port
Plan count
4 configs
Best for
Origins / clusters
Review
Before invoice
From
€349/mo
Configurations
Compute
AMD EPYC 7443P
Memory
128 GB DDR4
Storage
4x2 TB NVMe
Network
40 Gbps · Unmetered port
Compute
AMD EPYC 7443P
Memory
256 GB DDR4
Storage
4x4 TB NVMe
Network
40 Gbps · Unmetered port
Compute
Dual AMD EPYC 7443
Memory
512 GB DDR4
Storage
8x4 TB NVMe
Network
40 Gbps · Unmetered port
Compute
Dual AMD EPYC 7443
Memory
768 GB DDR4
Storage
8x8 TB NVMe
Network
40 Gbps · Unmetered port
A 40 Gbps server is usually part of an architecture: a CDN origin, a large relay, a transcode-output node, or a high-volume cache. It gives space for traffic bursts while the rest of the system catches up.
It should still be sized honestly. Disk reads, codec choices, cache misses, middleware behavior, viewer ISP paths, and failover design can all become bottlenecks before the port itself.
Use cases
Workload: A high-read origin serving edge nodes or viewers directly.
Sizing: Disk read patterns, hot-title placement, and cache strategy affect real throughput.
Fit: 40 Gbps gives a larger safety margin for bursty catalog demand.
Limit: If a single node becomes operationally risky, split origin and cache roles.
Workload: Live-channel delivery with multiple downstream relays or load-balanced frontends.
Sizing: The platform should model stream bitrate, concurrency, and failover capacity.
Fit: 40 Gbps is a strong cluster building block before moving to 100 Gbps.
Limit: Do not size on viewer count alone; codec, bitrate, and middleware overhead matter.
Workload: Workers that transcode media and push outputs to storage, viewers, or cache.
Sizing: CPU/GPU throughput must match the outbound network target.
Fit: 40 Gbps keeps the port from bottlenecking multi-worker output.
Limit: Compute limits often arrive before network limits in transcode-heavy systems.
40 Gbps is suited to high-volume distribution: CDN origin nodes, large IPTV relays, regional caches, and platforms with busy peak windows.
No provider can promise that. Buffering can come from player settings, upstream ingest, disk, CPU, ISP congestion, or viewer networks. 40 Gbps helps remove server egress as the limiting factor when the rest of the system is sized correctly.
Yes. Bandwidth Pool is intended for mixed fleets, including 10, 20, 40, and 100 Gbps servers. Exact allocation and billing rules are confirmed before order.
Related paths
Compare adjacent bandwidth, media, and pooled-capacity routes before choosing a configuration.
