Deploy virtual machines in your public cloud. PeachNet’s Virtual Data Center service provides an ESX cluster environment using VMware’s Virtual Cloud Director (vCD) for University System of Georgia (USG) institutions and Georgia Department of Education K-12 school districts. The service leverages technical support through a dedicated team of ITS system administrators.

Pricing

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Features and Benefits

High Availability

• Load balancing
• vSphere High Availability (HA) enabled
• Datacenter backed by UPS and generator
• Environment monitored for fail-over and performance

High Performance

• Hardware refresh included
• Storage provided by an EMC fiber channel SAN

Secure

• Network isolation provided
• Full control of virtual private firewall

Flexible

• Full management VM and vApp templates for rapid consistent deployment
• Ability to delegate roles within a VDC organization allowing institutions to resell VMs to departments/schools within the organization, while maintaining control
• Web portal for VM creation/management including console access
• VMs are thin provisioned
• Off-site backups available through our Cloud Backup service
• Common OS install media available without uploading
• Install any OS that vCD supports

Service and Support

• Service Level Guidelines
• ITS Maintenance Schedule

For information on ordering this service contact Andrea Wilson and our PeachNet Cloud Services team at:

• E-mail: cloud@usg.edu
• Telephone: 706-583-2058

For service support contact our Helpdesk at:

• Self Service Support Request: http://www.usg.edu/customer_services/
• E-mail: Helpdesk@usg.edu
• Telephone: 706-583-2001 or 1-888-875-3697 (toll free in Georgia)