On-Premise Managed Private Cloud Servers

Private cloud is a Cloud Computing environment dedicated to a single customer, combining many of the benefits of cloud with the security of on-premises IT.

West Quay Offices offer on-premise private cloud.

The public cloud is defined as computing services offered by third-party providers over the public Internet, making them available to anyone who wants to use or purchase them. They may be free or sold on-demand.

West Quay Offices does not offer public cloud.

Private cloud refers to a Cloud Computing environment that is dedicated solely to one organization, providing greater control, privacy, and security over data and resources. The infrastructure is located on-premises, within West Quay Offices. In contrast, a public cloud is a shared computing environment where resources are distributed among publically on internet.

In brief, public clouds utilize shared infrastructure, while private clouds utilize an organization’s own infrastructure.

There are several analogies for public and private cloud, such as:

• Private cloud as a house, public cloud as an apartment
• Private cloud as watching videos you own, public cloud watching streaming video online.

It will be in our server room in West Quay Offices. On our bare metal server with many disk arrays. Your data will not leave outside from our office.

Yes, we will deliver your on-premise private cloud installed with operating system you choose. We will be responsible for managing and maintaining the infrastructure. You will be responsible with softwares in your private cloud and we won't be logging in your cloud after first deployment.

No, we won’t be logging in your cloud after first deployment. You can chnage password to anything you like. We can only hard boot per your request in case you need.

Yes, it is. Your server won’t be accessible over internet and will reside on-premise infastructure behind our firewalls only for your internal network usage. Your servers can be only accessible through your VLAN subnet or a specific computer of your choice in your own network provided by West Quay Offices.

If you want us to install Windows including Windows servers, you will need your own license in your VPS. We do not provide icense but just install system for you.

With our default setup, you cannot. There are a few ways if this what you want:

1. You can install a remote access software or some are built-in like in Windows computers and you can use computer remotely
2. You can use our Business VPN to connect to your network in West Quay Offices
3. You can make your server publicly accessible through internet which is not our advise if security is your goal
4. We can add your static IP of your home to allowed and you can access your server from your home. This won't work if you home IP changes and we need to configure again.

Normally it won't. It is for ony intranet usage, but it can be accessed if you want this way.

Yes, your on-premise private cloud server will be behind our bare metal firewall and can be configured however you like. We can open some ports of your choice or minimum ports for intranet usage. You can also install your software firewall on your server if you want.

You may think why my company needs a private cloud? If securing your files is your goal, this is why:

Every organization’s data is stored separately from other companies when in the public cloud; this is one of the key concepts of multi-tenancy. However, major cloud provider agreements outline a shared responsibility model, where the CSP is responsible for physical security of the data and the subscriber is liable for the logical security (encryption, cybersecurity, authentication, identity and access management). In any case, there are several scenarios where private data might reside in a public cloud.

Data protection is a prime example. There are many cloud-based data protection providers who store a company’s backups and snapshots in the cloud. Some of these providers utilize their own cloud; other rely on inexpensive object storage available from providers like Amazon S3. These backup providers are responsible for ensuring the security of the data entrusted to them.

Yes, we cn import LXD and Docker®, Kata containers to your private cloud. LXD supports OS-level virtualization for Linux®-based operating systems, while Docker® and Kata are ideal for application virtualization purposes.