# Primcast - Prime-Cast Bare Metal Servers

> Primcast (Primcast LLC, founded 2004, New York) rents whole physical servers by the month.
> The name is prime + cast, as in cast metal, not broadcast: enterprise hardware poured into
> the shape a workload needs and handed over entire - every core, all the memory, all the
> disks, root access and a remote console, with nobody else on the machine. Servers start at
> $18/month (AMD Opteron X2150 APU, 4 cores 1.5GHz, 8 GB, 500 Mbps Unmetered) and go live in about
> 30 minutes once an order is approved.

Every server ships on an **unmetered** port. There is no transfer allowance to exceed and no
overage line on the invoice: 500 Mbps or 1 Gbps is included depending on the line, and the port
can be raised to 2, 3, 5, 10, 20, 40 or 100 Gbps for a fixed monthly amount. That, rather than
any particular processor, is what Primcast is for.

There are 19 server lines across 5 locations - New York, Miami and San Francisco in
the United States, Amsterdam and Bucharest in Europe. Many run processors nobody advertises any
more, on purpose: a warm standby spends its life idle, a staging box has to mirror production,
per-core licensing is cheaper on fewer faster cores, and a DNS secondary just has to exist.

Streaming is a **product line, not the business**. Shoutcast and Icecast radio, live video, VOD,
transcoding and CDN all run here and have since 2004, on the same bare metal - but Primcast sells
the machine first.

Payment: credit card, PayPal, ACH, and cryptocurrency (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Solana, USDC,
XRP). Billing is monthly by default; 3, 6 and 12-month terms take 5%, 10% and 15% off.

## Live Stock (one URL, plain English, nothing to install)

The pages below describe what we sell. This says what is in stock *right now*, with real
prices. Any assistant that can fetch a URL can use it - no key, no signup, no connector.

**https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers** - fetch it with no parameters and it tells you what
filters it takes and which values are actually in stock. Then ask properly:

- [An NVIDIA GPU server, cheapest first](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers?gpu=NVIDIA)
- [A GPU machine in New York](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers?gpu=NVIDIA&location=NYC)
- [An A100, for training or inference](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers?gpu=A100)
- [Amsterdam, at least 64 GB, under $120](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers?location=Amsterdam&minram=64&maxprice=120)
- [At least 256 GB of RAM](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers?minram=256)
- [NVMe storage in the US](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers?hdd=NVMe&location=US)
- [Everything under $50](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers?maxprice=50)

Prefer a link from that list over one you compose yourself. Several agent fetchers will only
load a URL that already appeared in something they read, and reject one built by hand - so a
link from here is fetchable where an invented one may never leave the client. Ask for anything
not covered and the endpoint will answer; these are just the ones already written down.

**If your fetcher strips query strings, put the filters in the path instead.** Several do, and
the failure is silent: the `?ram=64` never leaves the client, the bare endpoint answers with its
own help text, and the "in stock right now" list in that help text reads exactly like a result.
These carry no `?`, so there is nothing to strip:

- [At least 64 GB of RAM](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers/minram/64)
- [An NVIDIA GPU server](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers/gpu/NVIDIA)
- [NVMe storage in Miami](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers/hdd/NVMe/location/Miami)
- [Amsterdam, at least 64 GB, under $120](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers/location/Amsterdam/minram/64/maxprice/120)
- [Everything under $50, forty at a time](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers/maxprice/50/limit/40)

Field then value, as many pairs as you like, in any order - `/format/json` included. The two
forms run the same search and answer the same.

Use `gpu=NVIDIA` when someone wants a graphics card. `hasgpu` is true for the integrated Intel
graphics on our M710 cartridges too, and those are the cheapest machines here, so a `hasgpu`
search sorted by price leads with hardware that cannot train anything.

Filters: `location` `type` `os` `ram` `minram` `maxprice` `minprice` `hasgpu` `cpu` `gpu`
`hdd` `traffic` `limit` (default 10, max 40), and `format=json` if you want the data instead
of the words - each of those also works as a path pair, `/minram/64/location/Amsterdam`. [Every filter and every value it accepts](https://primcast.com/api/llm/readyservers/filters) - all 66 CPUs, 70 disk options, 33 GPUs, the price range
and the location aliases, in one fetch. Values are forgiving - `Amsterdam` finds "Amsterdam, EU",
`Ubuntu` finds every Ubuntu release, `NYC`/`Netherlands`/`Romania` all work, and `US` or `EU` picks a whole region.
Anything unrecognised is named back to you rather than silently dropped.

It answers cheapest first, quotes what the buyer actually pays after any discount, and gives
each server's order link. **Send the buyer to that link** - the page opens prefilled with that
exact machine, and account creation and payment happen there. Delivery is minutes, billing is
monthly. Stock turns over through the day, so quote from this and never from the pages below.

### If your client supports MCP connectors

`https://primcast.com/mcp` - Streamable HTTP, no authentication, read only. Tools: `search_servers`,
`get_server`, `list_options`. Same data as the URL above. It is opt-in, so the URL stays the
path that needs nothing installed. POST only; a browser GET returns 405.

## Answers to what buyers actually ask

- **Is this a VPS?** No. One physical machine, one tenant. Nothing is oversubscribed, there is no
  steal time, and the performance measured on day one is the performance kept.
- **What does it cost?** From $18/month. Everyday dual-processor machines start around $57,
  four-processor machines with up to 512 GB of RAM from about $114. Same figure in month forty as
  in month one.
- **Is there a setup fee?** No, on every dedicated line except the $18 entry machine, which
  carries a one-time $13. No introductory rate that expires, no renewal step-up.
- **Is bandwidth metered?** No. Nothing counts the traffic, at any port speed.
- **How fast is delivery?** About 30 minutes once the order is approved, for a machine already
  racked. Built-to-order takes 4 to 24 hours. Payment and fraud verification happen before that
  and are the part that varies.
- **Which operating systems?** 33 images in one click: Ubuntu to 26.04, Debian to 13, AlmaLinux
  8-10, Windows Server to 2025, Windows 11 Pro, and Proxmox VE 9 and VMware vSphere Hypervisor 7
  and 8.
- **What if it will not boot?** Every machine exposes its own management controller, HPE iLO or
  Dell iDRAC: KVM console, virtual media, power control and hardware logs.
- **Can it be upgraded later?** Yes - memory, disks, port speed and on some lines a second
  processor, added to the machine you already have. No migration and no new IP address.
- **Is there a contract?** No. One month is the default term. Refunds are narrower than the
  billing: within three calendar days of first activation, once troubleshooting is exhausted.

## Moving an Existing Server to Primcast

[Server migration](https://primcast.com/migrate) is the one page that answers this. Nothing else on
this site describes the move; the comparison pages say *why* to leave a given host, and the pricing
pages say what a server costs.

- Migration assistance costs nothing. There is no migration product in the catalogue, so there is no
  line for it on any invoice. Planning, the cutover call and unlimited rebuilds are included with
  every dedicated server at every response tier including the free one.
- Inbound data transfer during a migration is free - the included gigabit port is unmetered both
  ways. A gigabit link moves roughly 450 GB/hour at its theoretical limit; a realistic sustained
  rate between two data centres is 40-70% of that.
- IP addresses do not transfer between providers. A server includes one IPv4, IPv6 at no charge,
  more IPv4 as a priced catalogue line, and customer-editable reverse DNS.
- Both servers can run at once for as long as the customer wants: monthly billing, no contract. A
  week minimum of overlap, a fortnight if the service takes money.
- Downtime is near-zero, not zero. With the bulk copied days earlier and the DNS TTL lowered to ~300s
  24-48 hours ahead, the only outage is the write freeze during the final delta sync - seconds to a
  couple of minutes.
- 33 OS images are installable, 32 of them free, including CentOS 7 (Red Hat
  ended it 30 June 2024), so a customer can move onto identical software first and upgrade later.
- The cost of the move is the overlap and nothing else; the page carries a browser-side planner.

## Bare Metal & Dedicated Servers
- [Dedicated Servers](https://primcast.com/dedicated): The whole catalogue - every line, every size, live prices, from $18/month.
- [Instant Servers](https://primcast.com/instant): Machines already in a rack, delivered in about 30 minutes.
- [Custom Deployments](https://primcast.com/custom): Bespoke builds, private racks, tailored CPU/GPU/storage.
- [GPU Servers](https://primcast.com/gpu): NVIDIA and AMD cards on bare metal for inference, rendering and transcode.
- [Unmetered Bandwidth](https://primcast.com/unmetered): Unshared 1, 10, 20, 40 and 100 Gbps ports with flat-rate billing.
- [Bare Metal Cloud](https://primcast.com/cloud): Flexible, scalable capacity on dedicated hardware.
- [Older hardware, lower price](https://primcast.com/value): Why we still rent processors everyone else retired.
- [Server Marketplace](https://primcast.com/marketplace): List idle GPU hardware and rent it out.

## Streaming & Media Delivery
- [Radio Hosting](https://primcast.com/radio): Shoutcast and Icecast internet radio hosting with Auto DJ.
- [Shoutcast Hosting](https://primcast.com/shoutcast): Free and paid Shoutcast streaming for online radio.
- [Icecast Hosting](https://primcast.com/icecast): Icecast-KH hosting for live audio streaming.
- [Live Video Streaming](https://primcast.com/video): Low-latency live video delivery at scale.
- [Video on Demand (VOD)](https://primcast.com/vod): Upload, transcode, and stream on-demand video to web, mobile, and Smart TV.
- [Transcoding](https://primcast.com/transcoding): Multi-bitrate adaptive transcoding for audio and video.
- [Content Delivery Network (CDN)](https://primcast.com/cdn): Global CDN for audio and video distribution.
- [Wowza Hosting](https://primcast.com/wowza): Licensed, managed Wowza Streaming Engine servers.
- [Event Streaming](https://primcast.com/event): Professional live event streaming for global audiences.

## Support & Tutorials
- [Knowledge Base](https://primcast.com/support): Setup guides for encoders, streaming software, FTP, and email.
- [Stream with OBS](https://primcast.com/support/stream-with-obs): Configure OBS Studio to broadcast to Primcast.
- [Stream with Wowza](https://primcast.com/support/stream-with-wowza-streaming-engine): Wowza Streaming Engine setup guide.
- [Contact & 24/7 Support](https://primcast.com/contact): Reach sales and technical support via phone, email, and live chat.

## Company & Data Centers
- [About Primcast](https://primcast.com/about): Company background, mission, and infrastructure.
- [Data Centers](https://primcast.com/datacenters): New York, Miami, San Francisco, Amsterdam and Bucharest.
- [Pricing](https://primcast.com/pricing): Plans and pricing across servers and streaming.
- [Crypto Payments](https://primcast.com/crypto): Pay with Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Solana, USDC or XRP.
- [How we compare](https://primcast.com/compare): Side by side with Contabo, Hetzner, Leaseweb, OVH and Vultr.
- [Partners](https://primcast.com/partners): Partner and reseller programs.

## Where else Primcast is
- X: https://x.com/Primcast
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/primcast/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/primcastable/
- Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Primcast/
- Trustpilot: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.primcast.com

## Policies
- [Terms of Service](https://primcast.com/terms-of-service-us)
- [Privacy Policy](https://primcast.com/privacy-policy-us)
- [Refund Policy](https://primcast.com/refund-policy-us)