VMware Solutions Features
Features
High Avaibility Infrastructure
247rack’s Infrastructure is redundant at every level. Our Network is a fully redundant architecture with no single points of failure. Also our storage systems are clustered NetApp High Availability systems with no single point of failure.
Upload Your Virtual Machine
Upload pre-configured VMware virtual machines to your VMware hosting solution. Reduce deployment time by using existing virtual machines and avoid installing the OS and applications all over again by transferring existing virtual machines to 247rack’s VMware infrastructure.
Virtual Machine Snapshots
Snapshots can be taken for each Virtual Machine for point in time restoration should something happen to the customers virtual server such as a miss-configuration or server update that renders the server inoperable and the customer wants to restore the server to a previous state.
Virtual Machine Console (KVM/IP) Access
247rack provides access to the VMware virtual machine console through a secure VPN tunnel on a secured private network. The Console enables you to install, repair, or modify your virtual machine Operating System without any network connection operational.
Compatible with Your Existing Apps
247rack’s VMware-based platform doesn?t lock you in to specific programming languages or APIs. Your existing Windows and Linux applications will run on your system without any modification. With VMware, running your choice of operating systems and applications are no different than running directly on a physical server.
Consolidate Physical Servers
Reduce capital outlay for under utilized physical servers by consolidating using 247rack’s VMware solutions. Convert your company?s existing physical servers to VMware and easily balance server workload as needed.
Mutiple Upgrade Paths
247rack’s VMware solutions provides many upgrade paths with little to no downtime. Need more performance, increase CPU, Memory, and Storage resources available without downtime.
Flexible, Simple and Easy Configurable Virtual Server
Need more RAM, more storage or additional processors on your server? With 247rack you can add and remove resources to any of your virtual servers on the fly.
Clone your Virtual Machines
Server cloning gives you the ability to make a copy of any server without having to shut it down, providing a powerful tool for backups, new server deployment, or development version control.
Integrated Firewalls
247rack includes templates for multiple versions of Windows 2003 and Windows 2008, and Linux distributions . Need something we don?t have? Mount your custom ISO, then install as you would on any other server.
Choice of Operating Systems
247rack includes templates for multiple versions of Windows 2003 and Windows 2008, and Linux distributions . Need something we don?t have? Mount your custom ISO, then install as you would on any other server.
vMotion your Virtual Machine
VMotion option is available to any customer who orders multiple VMware hosting solutions. This will allows you to move your Virtual Machine from one VMware system to another without any downtime helping you managing the resources available on your infrastructure.
VMware Appliances/OVF Templates
247rack’s VMware solutions provides the customer the ability to run preconfigured VMware Appliances and OVF Templates. Run production ready or evaluation Appliances and Templates from many 3rd Party companies directly on our VMware hosting solutions.
