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cloud services
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how does virtual infrastructure work?
Virtual infrastructure is the next generation of server environment, and is designed to address the inefficiencies of the in-house server model and the limitations of dedicated servers. Doing away with the restrictions and hassles associated with having to own, manage and maintain server hardware, dynamic servers instead offer ready-to-use, fully supported server capacity on a simple monthly subscription basis. However, our dynamic servers don't have to act as islands - they can be fully integrated with your existing networks to behave as a seamless extension of your infrastructure.
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Windows or Linux farms
Expand from 1 to 32 CPU cores
Total cloud scalability
99.99% Uptime guarantee
Managed OS and patching
Secure backups/snapshots
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Unlike dedicated servers, ThinkGrid's dynamic servers offer grid computing features, allowing you to expand or shrink your CPU, RAM and storage on the fly - almost like having a super computer! Don't get trapped in a fixed specification - utilize real cloud computing to increase any resources at the touch of a button, as your site or application demands.
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Our virtual infrastructure servers look and feel exactly like traditional dedicated servers but, because they're based on our state-of-the-art cloud computing grid infrastructure, you have instant access to an almost limitless pool of computing resources. As such, changes to your server can be made on the fly, without any of the headaches or cost penalties associated with moving from one server to another. Thus, whilst you're guaranteed a minimum level of resources, you've always got access to more should you need them.
Additional RAM, CPU and disk space can all be added and removed at the click of a button, without any need for rebooting, providing you with a truly agile, scalable server environment. This means you don't have to over-subscribe in order to provide for seasonal peaks or unanticipated demand, you can just expand server resources as and when they're needed.
Intelligence Abstraction
In its basic form, the brains behind creating and delivering services and resources. This layer talks with virtualization and clustering grid service controllers to generate services such as desktops, VOIP systems, Exchange etc. from the right location, for the right customer. This layer also manages the billing of plan/services and gives end-users access to configure these services once provisioned.
Operating System
The operating system which is stretched over the set of resources allocated. Currently Windows and Linux are the two options customers can create, but these can inhabit the same networks for a heterogeneous environment.
Virtualization Layer
Virtualization and clustering are two ways of generating pools of resources from which services can be deployed and launched. Virtualization allows the scaling up and down of elements such as CPU on the fly and, once plugged into the IA layer, allows this to be done via a GUI and billed. This layer also self-heals by moving resources around the grids and data centers to maintain quality of service.
Cloud Compute Pool
At ThinkGrid we are able to create single instances from our hardware platform, offering the same abilities as a single server but made up from dedicated resources assigned from the layers below (i.e. CPU power, memory, storage etc.) We can present this mass of computing power as single or multiple devices, which we call virtual infrastructure. They can straddle this grid using 1,2,4,8 CPUs at a time, as well as memory and other resources.
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