NOWNodes Maintains 99.95% Uptime Across 125+ Blockchains with Cherry Servers

"Cherry Servers' bare metal gives us dedicated NVMe storage, no virtualization overhead, full physical isolation, and transparent monthly costs, translating directly into network reliability. We've seen noticeable traffic growth in the regions we serve, along with improved node stability, fault tolerance, and geographic coverage worldwide."

Mohammad Zahwy, CBDO of NOWNodes

NOWNodes is one of the broadest multi-chain RPC providers, supporting over 125 blockchain networks. Unlike competitors focused mainly on Ethereum or EVM chains, NOWNodes is built for teams working across multiple blockchains at once.

The platform offers shared RPC endpoints for quick integration and dedicated nodes for production use, with archive nodes, backup nodes, public testnets, and support for JSON-RPC, WebSocket, and gRPC. This lets engineering teams rely on a single provider from development through to production. 

Combined with 99.95% API uptime and 24/7 engineering support, NOWNodes targets teams looking for one partner across the entire application lifecycle.

The Challenge

As part of expanding its vendor pool, NOWNodes set out to evaluate additional infrastructure providers with predictability and reliability as the deciding factors. As a multi-chain RPC provider operating at production scale, a new vendor needed to fit into an existing, carefully maintained infrastructure strategy without adding friction.

NOWNodes intentionally spreads its infrastructure across several providers rather than relying on one, since maintaining service stability and operability at this scale requires that kind of redundancy.

The decision to run on bare metal rather than hyperscale cloud was already established as part of that strategy. Blockchain nodes need consistent performance, low latency, and complete isolation, conditions that shared cloud environments struggle to guarantee. 

Neighboring workloads can introduce slowdowns, hypervisors add latency, and cloud pricing is often unpredictable. Bare metal, by contrast, offered dedicated NVMe storage, no virtualization overhead, full physical isolation, and transparent monthly costs, all of which translate directly into the network reliability NOWNodes' customers depend on.

The Solution

Cherry Servers stood out during evaluation not only for competitive pricing, but for seamless communication and a collaborative approach, qualities NOWNodes prioritizes in long-term infrastructure partnerships. The onboarding process was smooth, with no critical roadblocks; Cherry Servers' support team was responsive and direct throughout.

NOWNodes primarily deployed custom server configurations across two tiers:

• Lower-spec dedicated servers such as dedicated bare metal AMD Ryzen 7950X and AMD EPYC 9554P for internal use, including development, testing, and internal tooling.

• High-performance dedicated bare metal servers such as AMD EPYC 7443 for production infrastructure supporting live RPC traffic.

The Result

Since deploying on Cherry Servers, NOWNodes has seen noticeable traffic growth in the regions it serves. Running a larger number of servers has improved node stability, increased overall fault tolerance, and strengthened infrastructure resilience — supporting the 99.95% uptime NOWNodes maintains across its platform.

Cherry Servers' global data center footprint across the US, Europe, and APAC have helped NOWNodes expand their geographic coverage to more regions worldwide and strategically position its infrastructure closer to users.

Working together

NOWNodes continues to run both development and production workloads on Cherry Servers as part of its broader multi-provider infrastructure strategy, with Cherry Servers supporting the reliability and geographic reach that a 125+ chain RPC platform demands.