Benefits of selecting infrastructure as a service

CloudKleyer offers infrastructure in the cloud (IaaS) rental service. We retain control and management of the underlying physical and virtual infrastructure, providing layered security for the data center, global fault tolerance, and cloud protection.

The client receives the entire computing infrastructure from servers to operating systems needed to implement his own software solutions. He manages the resources himself: controls the operating systems, installs the software, customizes the platform and is responsible for the security of the used environment.

Who is suitable for IaaS services

It is quite difficult to ensure the availability of a powerful infrastructure based on a server room in the office. Full-fledged operation requires not only servers, but also additional switches, data storage systems, a high level of redundancy in power supply and Internet availability. It is more practical, convenient and safe to place the infrastructure in the cloud.

IaaS capabilities are no less than those of physical servers. The client receives fault-tolerant cloud resources and a virtual performance system, while avoiding unnecessary expenses on hardware.

Infrastructure as a service is most often needed by companies that:

• experience significant fluctuations in the load on the IT infrastructure;
• do not have free funds to purchase hardware (but demand high speed of development or project closure);
• want to solve the issue of scaling in a matter of hours, without long waiting times;
• interested in reducing operating costs, so they place part of their systems in the cloud;
• want to improve the performance of highly loaded applications;
• involved in setting up experiments or testing hypotheses that require isolated capacity.

In what situations IaaS is needed

The main scenarios of using infrastructure as a service concern the development and testing environments for new products, backup, website hosting, high-performance computing, creation of backup sites for infrastructure duplication, and optimization of work under peak loads.

IaaS allows virtualizing physical servers and storage, creating virtual machines, LAN network between them, increasing security settings when creating a terminal server, transforming virtual machines into clusters, etc.

IaaS is a good solution for businesses when they need to move all or almost their entire infrastructure to the cloud. For example, a company already has a physical server, but as the business grows, its resources become insufficient. The easiest scaling option is to select virtual resources that will suffice for different departments: from developers to sales.

• Easy scalability: Cloud environments can easily scale up resources or services at peak times and scale down when activity declines. This agility helps optimize the cost of running business applications, change testing and development environments, and deploy web applications and network resources that are demanding on infrastructure changes.
• Rapid application migration without refactoring the architecture. Allows you to efficiently and quickly replicate your existing environment to the cloud without redesign.
• Reliable tool for planning and managing data systems, the way they are stored, recovered and archived (especially during load spikes).
• Running high-performance computations with millions of variables (required, for example, in financial modeling).
• Maximum security standards, using cryptocurrencies and encryption systems to prevent data leakage or unauthorized access. The client rents hardware while continuing to work within the existing corporate threat model, i.e. installing their own virtualization, monitoring, software, and ERP systems.
• Mobility of employees’ work from anywhere in the world without installing additional software and physical hardware.
• Continuous provisioning of resources for clients in the company’s web applications.

Cloud service is 2-3 times cheaper than in-house infrastructure, while it is suitable for deploying and launching IT solutions of any complexity. Renting a virtual server infrastructure allows you to optimize costs and reduce capital investments.

• By selecting IaaS, there is no need to purchase and host hardware in a server room, maintain it, modernize it, solve security and disposal issues.
• Costs for engineers responsible for the hardware component of the infrastructure are reduced.
• Virtual infrastructure is included in the company’s cost of services and ultimately passes through operating expenses, reducing taxation.

IaaS facilitates optimization and migration of isolated infrastructure. The solution is relevant in case of a complete hardware upgrade, unification of the management system using a single control and monitoring interface, as well as when creating a startup (IT infrastructure) from scratch.

What IaaS models are there

When connecting to CloudKleyer, IaaS service does not necessarily mean a complete relocation to the cloud. At the request of the client, highly loaded services can be dynamically migrated and individual elements of the IT infrastructure or business applications can be installed on the hardware.

There are three basic deployment models.

• Public cloud. Resources are designed to be shared, the cloud is hosted in a data center, and the physical infrastructure is wholly owned and managed by the provider.
• Private cloud. Suitable for a company with a multi-level hierarchy (several structural divisions). It can be organized both in the data center and on the client’s premises. In any case, the data center will act as the physical infrastructure on top of which the private IaaS is created.
• Hybrid. It is a combination of two or more physical and cloud infrastructures linked by applications, software, and information transfer technology. It is often used when resources are scarce or required for a short period of time.

Benefits of IaaS from CloudKleyer company

CloudKleyer entered the market in 2013. We are located in the largest telecommunications hub in Germany – Frankfurt am Main, where almost all European telecom operators, Internet providers, and connection to DE-CIX is provided.

The choice of location is supported by a reliable and affordable power supply system, redundant fiber optic lines, broadband communication channel for reliable and fast data exchange (network latency within Europe is no more than 8 milliseconds).

IaaS service from our company means high-speed communication, network stability, secure and high-performance pool of IT resources.

• Guarantee of fault tolerance and reliable operation. Our data center is the only one in Frankfurt that not only has autonomous UPS and emergency generators, but also cooperates with two independent power suppliers. We place all services in such a way that there is no downtime and no financial loss. This means that outages are resolved as quickly as possible without affecting our clients.
• Service Level Agreement (SLA). CloudKleyer guarantees an uptime of 99.99%. Requests related to client IT infrastructure are handled 24/7/365. The contract specifies all compensation options if the terms of service do not correspond to those stated.
• Only high-end hardware is used, which means that the cloud platform has no common point of failure, so failure of any component does not affect performance.
• Client-oriented technical support. Operators are ready to communicate in English, German, Spanish, Russian and Ukrainian, regardless of the country in which our data center branch is located. You can contact a technical specialist through various communication channels, including messengers. Responsive staff is always ready to help the client without imposing additional services and offering truly valuable solutions.
• Personal manager, competent in solving engineering issues. When contacting the support service, redirection from specialist to specialist and the ticket system are excluded. Client doesn’t have to explain recurring problems from scratch to the personal manager. He is familiar with the client’s business, typical requests and specifics of the IT infrastructure. In fact, a personal manager is a representative of the project team and capable of solving issues quickly.
• Test period for familiarization with the cloud infrastructure. We provide an opportunity to test resource-intensive applications at different times of the day to evaluate the service performance.
• Social responsibility. Taking care of clients and the environment means implementing energy-efficient, environmentally friendly technologies, including “green” technologies, using electricity from renewable sources, and participating in charitable activities.
• We are interested in long-term cooperation, so we offer discounts on the IaaS service connection with a fixed cost when concluding contracts for a period of 1 to 3 years.

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