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VMware VDS Specs

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A VMware Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS) is a virtual machine instance hosted on the Qube VMware cloud platform.
The product is delivered as a Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) virtual machine.

Available Options: Cloud Server Instances in London

	Bronze VMware Instance	Silver VMware Instance	Gold VMware Instance
Hardware	HP ProLiant	HP ProLiant	HP ProLiant
Virtualisation	VMware vSphere 4 (Clustered)	VMware vSphere 4 (Clustered)	VMware vSphere 4 (Clustered)
CPU	1.0GHz (Guaranteed)	1.5GHz (Guaranteed)	2.0GHz (Guaranteed)⁺⁺⁺
Memory	1GB (Dedicated)	2GB (Dedicated)	4GB (Dedicated)
Disks	50GB SAN Storage ⁺	50GB SAN Storage ⁺	50GB SAN Storage ⁺
RAID	vRAID 5	vRAID 5	vRAID 5
Connectivity	100 Mbps	100 Mbps	100 Mbps ⁺⁺
Data Transfer	1 Mbps (approx 325GB)	2 Mbps (approx 650GB)	3 Mbps (approx 1000GB)
Firewall	Cisco ASA or pfSense VM	Cisco ASA or pfSense VM	Cisco ASA or pfSense VM
Loadbalancing	VM appliance available	VM appliance available	VM appliance available
IP's	As required	As required	As required
Monitoring	Inclusive	Inclusive	Inclusive
Anycast DNS	Inclusive	Inclusive	Inclusive
Additional Services	Backups available	Backups available	Backups available
Operating System	Windows, Linux or FreeBSD	Windows, Linux or FreeBSD	Windows, Linux or FreeBSD
Software	Your choice	Your choice	Your choice
Management	vSphere Client	vSphere Client	vSphere Client
	REQUEST A QUOTE	REQUEST A QUOTE	REQUEST A QUOTE

+	Upgradeable storage blocks
++	Upgradeable to Gbps
+++	Additional vCPU available

Advantages of VMware VDS Hosting:

• No upfront infrastructure or skills investment
• Selection of popular Microsoft and Linux operating system images
• Fully managed and monitored OS support available
• No management of virtualization platform required
• Easy access to advanced VMware cloud features (DRS, HA, vMotion)
• Easily scale up resources (CPU, RAM, Disk) as required

What is a VMware Virtual Dedicated Server?

Qube deploys the virtual machine from a catalogue of standard Microsoft Windows and Linux operating system images and hosts the instance on our public cloud VMware platform.

This service is ideal for customers who want to leverage the flexibility of VMware cloud services but don't want to spend large amounts of capital and time on deploying a dedicated Private Cloud infrastructure for their business.

Additional benefits of VMware Cloud Servers:

Hosting on Qube's VMware Cloud platform gives you access to high-end cloud servers, premium data centre facilities and low-latency bandwidth, without the high running costs. Our team of highly skilled engineers manage and monitor the cloud platform 24/7, allowing you to concentrate on your applications and customers. You have secure management access to your cloud servers using the VMware vSphere Client software.

Qube VMware Cloud Servers - VS - Amazon EC2

Some compelling reasons to choose Qube VMware Cloud over Amazon EC2 when making a choice about cloud server hosting:

Managed operating system support for your cloud servers:
Qube VMware Cloud Servers: We can provide you with a fully managed server - we keep the OS running, patched and monitored 24/7.		Amazon EC2: No managed operating system or managed network options available, you need to look after your servers and network.
Cloud server solution costs:
Qube VMware Cloud Servers: Transparency and certainty on your monthly billing – these are clearly defined and easy to understand so no hidden extras.		Amazon EC2: Even though upfront costs may appear low, you are billed on many different aspects of your environment which all add up. Knowing your monthly costs can be difficult. Costs could become unpredictable if you have a sudden spike in usage or require additional options.
Cloud server persistence:
Qube VMware Cloud Servers: Qube VMware cloud instances are persistent by default and your data is safe between reboots, server crashes or host server hardware failures.		Amazon EC2: Amazon instances are not persistent between host failures. Amazon EBS can add data persistence (but not server persistence), this costs extra and adds complexity to your environment.
Hybrid cloud options:
Qube VMware Cloud Servers: We can build you a hybrid cloud solution which allows you to take advantage both cloud servers and colocation or dedicated servers by interconnecting your environments.		Amazon EC2: Amazon does not offer hybrid cloud solutions, so you could be stuck with a solution that isn’t flexible to your needs.
Cloud server performance:
Qube VMware Cloud Servers: We guarantee your cloud servers have access to the RAM & CPU you pay for. Those customers who independently compared us to Amazon found that our servers were faster and had better disk I/O. We don’t charge you extra for the amount of disk data transfer.		Amazon EC2: Optional faster block storage has additional costs. You are billed for data storage AND disk data transfer.
Qube staff know your cloud server environment and your business:
Qube VMware Cloud Servers: We know and understand your environment in-depth. Our technical staff understand your business and it’s requirements. You will generally speak to the same primary tech every time you call us.		Amazon EC2: If you need support, it is highly unlikely they will know your environment or your business and you will probably always speak to a different person.
Data lock-in & ease of migration:
Qube VMware Cloud Servers: We can assist you with migration to and from our cloud platform. We use standard VMware formats and you can easily migrate your server instances away if you need to.		Amazon EC2: Proprietary server images. Not transparent and not easy to get your data back out once moved onto the EC2 platform.
Networking & IP Addresses:
Qube VMware Cloud Servers: Qube provides you with a static, public IP address for every cloud server if necessary (we can also do NAT and VPN's).		Amazon EC2: Amazon instances get a non-persistent, private IP that is NATed to a public IP. This adds complexity and means mapping multiple machines to an IP.

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