Dedicated Email Server Hosting: Enterprise and Budget Hardware
When virtualization is not enough -- dedicated hardware for your business email.
A VPS is the right answer for most multi-domain MSPs and growing businesses. There are cases where it is not: regulatory environments that require physical isolation, large reseller deployments that need clustered high-availability, custom RAID configurations, or workloads that need every cycle of a physical machine without any hypervisor overhead. StrataMail Hosting Dedicated Email is built for those cases.
Who StrataMail Hosting Dedicated is for
- Large MSPs hosting hundreds to thousands of mailboxes across many client domains
- Regulated industries requiring physical hardware isolation (financial services, healthcare, legal)
- Organizations that need clustered high-availability and custom RAID layouts
- Deployments that need every CPU cycle of physical hardware -- no hypervisor overhead
- Customers who want to fund the hardware once and amortize the cost over years of service
Two hardware tiers: Enterprise or Budget
Dedicated email comes in two hardware configurations. Both run the same StrataMail platform; the difference is the underlying server build.
Enterprise Hardware
For: Mission-critical deployments with no-compromise redundancy.
- Dual CPU configuration
- ECC RAM (error-correcting memory)
- Dual redundant power supplies
- Enterprise-grade RAID storage
- Redundant network connectivity
- Enterprise SSD or HDD storage tiers
Setup fee: $249.95 one-time. Monthly pricing from configurator.
Budget Hardware (Storage Appliance)
For: Cost-effective dedicated hardware with flexible storage choices.
- Single CPU configuration
- ECC RAM
- Single power supply
- Flexible storage: RAID or non-RAID
- HDD, SSD, or NVMe drive options
- Storage capacity scales to deployment size
Setup fee: $199.95 one-time. Monthly pricing from configurator.
Same add-ons as VPS, plus consultation included
Every dedicated deployment includes the same configurable add-ons available on VPS: SpamWeeder Premium, VIPRE, or Proofpoint filtering, Backup MX email continuity, and Hybrid Email Routing Gateway. Dedicated also includes a deployment consultation -- we work through your sizing, RAID layout, IP planning, and cutover strategy before hardware is provisioned.
- Setup consultation call within 24 hours of order
- Hardware provisioned within 3 to 5 business days
- Server credentials and Proxmox / mail platform access delivered via email
- Email ticketing system support for ongoing infrastructure management
Honest sizing first
Dedicated hardware is more expensive than VPS and overkill for most teams. If you have fewer than ~200 mailboxes and no specific regulatory requirement, the VPS tier is almost certainly the better fit. We will tell you if dedicated is wrong for your size before you order.
See dedicated hardware tiers and pricing
Dedicated deployments are scoped to your requirements. Review tier details and pricing on the configurator, or contact us directly to discuss your deployment.
