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A look at an exciting new

cloud architecture service
offered by OneNeck IT Services

Presented by:
Hunter Bennett
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Rhat is VPS?
VPS, or virtual private servers are one of today¶s hot cloud computing topics. VPS
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solution that bridges the gap between traditional shared
hosting(i.e. low cost $10-20/mo. virtual web sites) and dedicated physical server
hosting by allowing you to have a virtual server instance in OneNeck¶s cloud
infrastructure hosted in its data centers. The virtual server instances behave like a
dedicated physical server to the end user, however is presented in a highly
resilient framework at a lower cost than deploying physical, dedicated servers.
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OneNeck is leveraging VMRare vSphere 4.0 to
provide server instances running for customers in
their logical environment off of our centralized VPS
farm hosting in our data centers. All infrastructure is
provided including server infrastructure, network
infrastructure, and disk (SAN) system.
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©esign Overview:

The OneNeck VPS farm is divided into clusters, which are groups of physical servers
working together to present VPS instances. Essentially, we have 8 physical servers per
cluster with an extra µstand by¶ server in the cluster to absorb runaway VMs or
compensate for a server failure in the cluster leveraging VMRare © S/HA.
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How is it presented?
You can choose the number of virtual processors, amount of allocated AM, and
amount of allocated disk (in 100 gig increments) via our shared SAN environment
for each VM container a la carte.
Rhat is included in our VPS offering?
á Physical server hardware
á VMRare vSphere 4 licensing
á Network switching infrastructure
á SAN/disk infrastructure
á 99.99% SLA uptime guarantee
 

Rhat are the advantages to VPS over traditional

physical servers or customer owned virtualized
infrastructure?

á No hardware/cap. ex. needed to be purchased

á No hardware support contracts, spare parts or hardware life cycles
to manage
á Leverages industry leading VMRare virtualization technology
á Highly reliable disk storage leveraging redundant SAN
infrastructure
á Built in redundancy and survivability (even with the entry level VPS
offering)
á Quick turn up (no waiting for rack/stack or equipment shipments)
á Lower costs for deployment and management
á Can integrate into existing hosted environments even if existing
environment is delivered on physical server hardware today
á Flexible server configurations (pick your processor count, AM
allocation and disk space allocation)
á eal time and near real time © solutions available with VPS
á Considered an energy efficient technology ± greener for our future
á 99.99% uptime guarantee of VPS environment
 

ºOneNeck¶s VPS environment is different than others

because the VMs are fully managed´

á VPS is fully managed thru the OS layer (unlimited administration

with no additional T&M costs)
á ©efinable backup jobs to our centralized backup system (disk -> disk
-> tape -> offsite)
á ©edicated firewall rules and VLAN segmentation
á Intrusion detection and security management services
á Lumension® Hotfix management
á Virus control and remediation
á Monitoring and SLA reporting thru our Customer Management
System (CMS)
á Expert-to-expert Technical Helpdesk (24 x always)
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Two flavors of VPS available:

High Availability (HA) VPS
High Fault Tolerance (HFT) VPS
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VPS Offering Notes:

á VMRare vSphere is only offering currently - Microsoft
Hyper-V and Oracle Virtualization being planned
á Some physical interface limitations exist (i.e.: expansion
cards)
á HFT offering limited to one processor and may have some
application limitations yet to be discovered
á VPS server must be located in a OneNeck data center
á VPS not always recommended for applications requiring
real time CPU, high IO/transaction volume, and some CPU
intensive uses (in other words, µyour mileage may vary¶)

Hybrid offering:
á Allows mixed infrastructure ± physical and virtual
á Allows mixed OS/applications
á Allows CPU and IO intensive applications to reside on
physical servers in the same logical network as VPS VMs
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esources:
á VPS Press elease:
http://www.oneneck.com/news_news_press_new.cfm?task
=detail&id=P _ONENK_090911132242_TYOI5
á VPS on our Reb Site:
http://www.oneneck.com/solutions_out_vps.cfm
á VPS Reb Seminar:
http://www.oneneck.com/news_events.cfm/task/activity.det
ail/id/AT_ONENK_090902111838_P3SS /year/2009