Moving to the cloud is an important decision for any business, and a strong web presence pays off across plenty of business applications. Since business technology today covers far more than a company website (CRM, email servers, and more), it pays to be as efficient as possible with the resources your organization already has or plans to acquire. That is where the private cloud benefits really show up.
Virtualize to Do More With Less Hardware
Because businesses need so many different applications to stay effective and competitive today, it is easy to assume you need an entire rack of server infrastructure, and depending on your organization, you might. Many companies work more effectively, though, by using virtualization software from vendors like VMware and Citrix to split a single machine to handle the load of several. So instead of running 5 servers for different pieces of your company’s web presence, you can split a single server to act as all 5. That makes your company more cost effective, and it is worth considering virtualization whenever you look at procuring hardware for a colocation facility or turning to dedicated servers to build a private cloud.
Build Elastic Capacity Into Your Private Cloud
You can also take an alternate approach to private clouds: instead of running the cloud at maximum capacity, you can build in the flexibility to handle whatever demand your organization might see. This gives a private cloud the same elasticity and demand handling typically seen in public clouds such as vnCloud. In this setup, you might run your hardware at 30% during standard operation, which leaves room to handle 3 times the traffic during a holiday spike, or to launch applications that are not needed year round. With Vault Networks dedicated servers behind your private cloud, you can request additional hardware, such as RAM or hard drives, exactly when you need it, so you only pay for the resources you actually use.
Skip the Maintenance With Dedicated Servers
A benefit unique to building a private cloud on our dedicated servers, rather than your own infrastructure, is that you no longer pay for maintenance or upgrade costs. You are simply renting the hardware from us, and our IT staff handles any maintenance, freeing you to focus on your customers and your business instead of installing new components or refreshing aging hardware. Even repurposing existing hardware for a new role still takes time to maintain, time you will not spend with a dedicated server.
Security Built Into Your Private Cloud
Finally, there is the security a private cloud provides, which matters just as much for colocation as it does for dedicated servers. Since only your company’s authorized users get access to the server, you control who can reach the machine and when. We also offer multiple firewall options for customers who want an added layer of protection. The physical hardware sits in our data center, protected by 24×7 security staff along with multiple layers of physical security beyond the security team.
To learn more about how your company can put the private cloud benefits to work, whether it is built with your infrastructure in our data center or on our dedicated servers, reach out to us at (305) 735-8098 option 2 or by emailing sales@vaultnetworks.com.