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key features
key points about virtual server infrastructure
Our virtual infrastructure allows you to grow, and is able to provide you with sufficient processing power at all times. One key advantage is that the 'burst-able' nature of ThinkGrid resources gives you access to significantly higher processor and memory levels than your plan allocations - the grid system works constantly in the background to make processing power available wherever it's required. Just like with a dedicated server, your resources are guaranteed but, unlike a dedicated server, you have much more power at your fingertips and can expand at any time.
Buy as a service
Purchase just like you would dedicated or managed hosting, but buy your resources as a service rather than a commodity.
Reliability
Clouds are composed of multiple redundant sites, which makes them perfect for business continuity and disaster recovery.
Managed, patched and backed up
All virtual infrastructure includes management of the OS, including patching. You'll have responsibility for the configuration and the ability to easily manage this, but the core OS itself will be patched for you. We also ensure regular backups are taken, with snapshot technology allowing you point in time recovery. We don't charge extra for this, nor do we add on extra storage charges for the space required to store the backups - it's all included.
Scale resources up and down
Utilizing our grid system, you can increase resources like RAM and CPU when you need them, on the fly, and then reduce them when you don't. Dynamic servers offer truly flexible computing that lets you take what you need and pay only for what you use - all controlled by you via a simple control panel.
No migrations
Avoid the trap of buying hardware you quickly outgrow and having to continually migrate from server to server - just scale resources as you need them.
Highly available
Unlike stand-alone dedicated servers, or managed servers which use local storage (servers with hard drives) and have a single point of failure, ThinkGrid uses pooled grid resources and fibre storage, which means your virtual server won't fail you. Because of the grid computing model, our dynamic servers don't suffer hard drive errors, broken fans or corrupted disks. Our platform consists of highly available services usually found in the most expensive enterprise deployments. We even back our promises with SLAs guaranteeing 99.99% availability.
Detailed features
| Features |
Details |
| Operating system ? |
Windows or Linux |
| Elastic CPU/ CPU |
2 Intel® Xeon® cores - 32 Intel® Xeon® cores |
| RAM / memory |
2 GB - 256 GB |
| Fibre channel storage (partitionable) |
100 GB - 10 TB |
| Modify CPU, RAM and storage |
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| Bandwidth |
Unlimited |
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| Grid Details ? |
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| Dynamic server grid ready? |
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| Instantly scalable |
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| Fibre channel SAN storage |
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| 99.99% SLA guarantee |
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| Management ? |
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| Grid control panel |
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| Patching and OS management |
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| Remote KVM |
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| Plesk control panel |
Optional |
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| Hardware ? |
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| Blade manufacturer |
HP |
| CPU family |
Intel Xeon 7300 Series |
| Maximum memory per engine |
128 GB |
| SAN connectivity |
Emulex fibre channel |
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| Security & Backup ? |
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| Daily backup & self-restore |
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| Backup space |
100 GB |
| Managed firewall |
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| DOS attack protection |
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| IDS protection |
Optional |
| Dedicated firewall |
Optional |
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| Network ? |
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| IP addresses |
2 |
| Bandwidth |
Unlimited |
| 1 GBit network connection |
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| BGP4 network routing |
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| Support ? |
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| 24x7 support |
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| 99.99% SLA guarantee |
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