Understanding Galaxy Metal & Infrastructure Migration

Galaxy operates on a hybrid infrastructure designed to maximize performance and build speeds. As of late 2025, Galaxy defaults to Galaxy Metal, our state-of-the-art bare metal infrastructure.

What is Galaxy Metal?

Galaxy Metal is our proprietary infrastructure layer that replaces traditional virtualization overhead with direct hardware access. This architecture provides:

• Faster Pipelines: Builds and deploys occur up to 3x faster.
• Performance: No virtualization "noise," ensuring your app gets the raw compute power it needs.
• Security: Orchestrated with enterprise-grade security protocols.

Migration & Maintenance

We continuously upgrade our infrastructure to ensure reliability.

• Automatic Updates: Migrations to newer infrastructure generations (like Galaxy Metal) are automatic.
• Zero Downtime: Our orchestration ensures that your application remains available during these backend transitions.

AWS & Compliance Requirements

While Galaxy Metal is the standard for all plans (Free, Essentials, and Professional), we understand that certain enterprise compliance frameworks or technical dependencies may strictly require AWS hosting.

If your application requires remaining on AWS infrastructure:

1. Contact Support via the chat inside the Galaxy dashboard.
2. Email us at support@galaxycloud.app.

You can find more details in our Data Processing Agreement (DPA).

Updated on: 08/12/2025