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Over the last few years, the number of infrastructure hosting options available to companies has multiplied. Once upon a time, the only real option was to build an onsite server room or data center.
Today, companies can choose from bare metal servers, cloud servers, platform-as-a-service products, and private clouds, among others. Today, I’d like to have a look at the last of these, focusing on what a private cloud is and when a business should consider using a custom private cloud.
Each private cloud is a single-tenant server or cluster of servers running virtualization software. The virtualization layer provides virtual machines that, from the perspective of the user, are identical to ordinary cloud servers. A single organization has access to the physical hardware of a private cloud and only that organization can launch virtual servers on their private cloud.
A private cloud combines the benefits of bare metal dedicated servers and a public cloud platform. Like a bare metal server, the underlying resources are entirely at the disposal of a single client. Like a cloud platform, organizations can quickly launch and scale virtual servers.
At heart, the main advantages of a private cloud are similar to those of a public cloud platform, with the additional capabilities that accompany total control over the resources of the physical hardware layer.
At this point, you should have a good idea whether a private cloud is the right infrastructure solution for your company. If performance, privacy, and control are the most important factors for your project, a private cloud is a strong contender.
Private clouds can be used to run any application or service, including websites, web application backends, virtual desktop infrastructure, big data and machine learning applications, and databases. They are particularly suited for organizations that have diverse infrastructure needs that they would prefer to run on single-tenant hardware.
If you’d like to talk about how a custom private cloud would benefit your business, don’t hesitate to get in touch for a free consultation.
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