Server Cloud
All web based businesses need high availability and rapid deployment. Many also need instant scalability for traffic that fluctuates dramatically. Welcome to Z4's Server Cloud.
Server Cloud Benefits
Dedicated ResourcesGuarantee Performance
All resources for Z4 Server Cloud instances are 100% guaranteed. You get completely dedicated CPU, RAM, storage and network capacity, and well ensure your Server Cloud performance will never be negatively affected by another customers server.
Redundant SAN Storage Ensures Your Data Is Safe
All Server Cloud disks are powered by a high-performance, high availability Storage Area Network (SAN). Many Cloud/VPS solutions operate on local disks from the host system, which means any computing or storage failure can result in down time and potential data loss. At Z4, your Server Cloud has higher availability since computing and storage resources are separate, independent and redundant. So even in the event of a complete host server failure, your Server Cloud data is always protected.
Seamless, Rapid CPU, and RAM Upgrades
Buy only what you need to get started and grow your performance seamlessly to accommodate changing customer and business demands. Downtime is limited to a single system reboot for the host to recognize the new resources.
Rapid Provisioning
Once your orders been placed and verified, its all hands off from thereServer Cloud provisioning is completely automated. Your instance can be ready for login in as little as five minutes.
Cutting Edge Virtualization Technology
Server Cloud is is built on a kernel based Virtual Machine (KVM) virtualization platform, directly integrated into the mainline Linux kernel. It offers multiple benefits compared with legacy virtualization technologies like XEN:
- The open-source platform everybody loves: Backed by the Linux Foundation and the top Linux distributions, including Red Hat and Canonical.
- High-performance, feature rich platform: KVM supports the latest in virtualization technologies, including live migration, RAM de duplication, para-virtualized storage and network capabilities.
- Interoperable and portable to physical servers: No operating system guest modifications are required by KVM, which makes it a great platform for a truly portable hybrid hosting infrastructure.
- More up to date technologies: As part of the mainline kernel, KVM offers direct access to all Linux updates and security patches as theyre released.
World Class Support and Managed Services
All Server Cloud virtual servers include access to Z4s unlimited 24x7x365 support at no extra charge, along with a full array of managed service upgrade options. Available in this portfolio are managed server monitoring and remediation, server security management and managed backup services.
Exceptional Pricing
Your web based businesses should bring you joy not dread. Thats why Z4 brings you transparent pricing with for any bandwidth you use.
Only Pay for the Time You Use
Server Cloud is purchased by the month but that doesnt mean youre locked in. You can upgrade, downgrade or even cancel at anytime during the month and youll automatically receive prorated service credits for any unused time. These service credits will be directly applied to your next bill as a discount. An hourly utility billing option will be available in the future.
| Bandwidth | Billing |
|---|---|
| 1 TB | Included |
| Over 1 TB | 10¢/GB |
| Get access to one of the industrys lowest latency networks at a price thats unmatched by the competition | |
How It Works
Rapid deployment and hosting critical applications drove the creation of Z4 Server Cloud.
All Server Cloud virtual machines are hosted on dual processor Intel Xeon Nehalem servers running the Ubuntu Server Linux distribution and using KVM hypervisor for server virtualization. All Server Cloud instances are allocated dedicated CPU and dedicated RAM resources. This ensures the performance of your Server Cloud. No other customer can negatively impact your Server Clouds performance.
The CPU resources are allocated in vCPUs. A vCPU is the processing equivalent of of a Intel Xeon E5520 core.
Your image resides on Server Clouds highly available SAN storage platform and is completely independent of the host server providing the computing resources. This is where the high availability of Z4s Server Cloud come in. If the hardware on the host server providing the computing resources were to fail, your virtual server can be instantly booted from any other host server reducing potential downtime from a hardware failure.
And if you want to increase computing resources on your Server Cloud virtual server, its as simple as selecting RAM and CPU resources from a drop down list and your server is automatically rebooted with the additional resources.
