Virtual Hosting Services
ITS offers managed virtual servers as an alternative to physical hosting. In addition to not having to purchase physical server, the benefits includes faster provisioning, using less power, cooling and space
This centrally-managed service provides economies of scale. Server Virtualization also contributes to the campus’ efforts to reduce costs and represents a technology solution consistent with the campus aspirations to champion green computing solutions.
There are two options:
- On-Premise Virtual Private Cloud (Enterprise or Academic)
- Public Cloud Computing Amazon Web Services
Not sure which one? Comparison Chart
On-premise Private Cloud (Enterprise Grade) | On-Premise Private Cloud (Academic Grade) | Public Cloud (AWS) | |
Cost and availability | Dependent on size and storage. Cost Calculator | Subsidized with approval from Faculty Available for grad students and staff for academic workloads. |
Dependent on compute and storage size |
Server limits | 8 vCPU max | 4 vCPU | Unlimited |
Backups | Recommended | Available with charge | Available with charge |