SkyServer by BluePoint Data
Without a doubt, all hosted virtual servers are not created equal. First there’s the hardware itself: many virtual server farms are literally built on a house of cards, using techniques developed years ago when Windows servers were used for non-mission critical functions. Servers, networks, and storage, built to these antiquated and obsolete specifications have no place in cloud computing.
Today, the demands of cloud computing require, dare we say, a mainframe-like approach to systems management. To put this in more general terms, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link and therefore cloud computing infrastructure must be built, and more importantly maintained in a way that it is absolutely reliable.
Oddly, many of the current cloud providers claim to have built a highly redundant, highly available system, but still offer no service level agreements. Many of them that do offer service level agreements, offer them at an additional charge. This leads one to wonder: what exactly you are buying without the additional service level agreement?
While SkyServer by BluePoint Data offers several different variations of virtualized cloud servers (See the table below for details), the following attributes are the foundation on which all of our SkyServer cloud servers are built.
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All of our SkyServer servers are built on enterprise class SAN.
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All of our storage is backed up using best-of-breed data protection software and hardware.
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All of our virtual servers are fully redundant, in that automated failover is provided for every operating system image.
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We use only industry standard virtualization such that you are not subjected to any experiments or toed to a proprietary or closed system.
SkyServer: Four Variations of Virtualized Cloud Services
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Sky SERVER |
tier 1 |
tier 2 |
tier 3 |
tier 4 |
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I |
II |
III |
IV |
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VCPU* |
1Ghz |
2Ghz |
3Ghz |
CUS |
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Memory |
2 GB |
4 GB |
8 GB |
CUS |
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Boot Storage |
30 GB |
60 GB |
60 GB |
CUS |
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Data Storage |
100 GB |
200 GB |
500 GB |
CUS |
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Internet Bandwidth |
1 Mbps |
2 Mbps |
3 Mbps |
CUS |
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Encrypted Bandwidth |
1 Mbps |
1 Mbps |
1 Mbps |
CUS |
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Windows Operating System** |
OPT |
OPT |
OPT |
OPT |
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Linux** Operating System |
OPT |
OPT |
OPT |
OPT |
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McAfee Virus Protection |
INCL |
INCL |
INCL |
INCL |
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Data Backup |
INCL |
INCL |
INCL |
INCL |
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OS Patching |
INCL |
INCL |
INCL |
INCL |
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Hardware Failover |
INCL |
INCL |
INCL |
INCL |
OPT = Optional CUS = Custom INCL = Included
* CPU “bandwidth” may be distributed across one or more cores. Greatest efficiency is achieved on a single core, but applications that can benefit from multiple cores can be accommodated.
** Operating system licenses and associated CALs may be supplied by the customer or supplied by BluePoint.