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Introduction AirVM Coud is a fully customizable IaaS cloud platform designed for SMBs and IT professionals who want to move existing legacy, custom and high performance applications to the cloud. Combined with ultra fast deployment capabilities and a rich set of self-service management tools, AirVM Cloud has the power to dramatically transform your IT environment and drive efficiencies throughout your organization. This whitepaper details the infrastructure and service level components that comprise Air- VM Cloud. It also outlines key use cases and total cost of ownership elements to consider when evaluating a cloud service for your IT environment. CONTENT 1. AirVM Cloud...2 2. High availability architecture...2 3. Creating a virtual server...3 4. On-demand, penalty-free scaling...4 5. Backup and storage...4 6. Security...4 7. Management and monitoring...5 8. Industry-leading performance guarantee...7 9. Consumption-based pricing...7 10. Use cases...7 11. Total cost of ownership...8 1 5
AirVM Cloud AirVM Cloud is a fully customizable IaaS cloud platform designed for SMBs and their existing legacy, custom and mission critical applications. AirVM Cloud enables you to have your cloud, your way, right away. MIGRATE existing applications or deploy pre-configured OS and application templates quickly & easily. USE current VMs by easily uploading existing virtual machines. MANAGE monitor and make payments with a rich set of self-service management tools. CUSTOMIZE your virtual server to meet your exact requirements. No pre-set bundles. DEDICATE compute resources for your mission-critical applications. FLEXIBLE consumption models such as Pay-As-You-Go or fixed monthly fees. BRING your own Windows licenses and OS. ADJUST your compute resources up or down on-demand & on the fly at standard compute rates. GUARANTEE performance with dedicated resources, High Availability, security and credit-backed SLA. High Availability Architecture AirVM Cloud uses VMware virtualization technology to ensure the highest levels of flexibility and reliability. Virtual server capacity is configured using High Availability (HA) and DRS clustering. AirVM Cloud data center facilities run in active-active configurations to ensure that any failure behind the scenes does not impact your virtual server environment. Combined, these architecture strategies enable AirVM Cloud to provide an industry-leading, credit-backed performance SLA. 2 8
Creating a Virtual Server AirVM Cloud is the industry s fastest and easiest to deploy IaaS cloud platform. Build, order and start using your virtual server in under 10 minutes. The AirVM Cloud secure, self-service storefront presents you with an extremely intuitive set of prompts and one-click buttons to configure, obtain quotes, and order one or many virtual servers. Especially, you can: CHOOSE YOUR OS Microsoft, Windows, Linux or install your own Custom OS. CONFIGURE VIRTUAL SERVERS According to: RAM, CPU cores, Processor Speed, and Storage. GET PRICE QUOTES For single or multiple virtual servers. ORDER Virtual Servers. OBTAIN Quotes by the hour or by the month. CONFIGURE YOUR PRICE Quotes for virtual servers in turned on or off modes. 3 8
On-demand, Penalty-free Scaling The elasticity benefit of cloud computing is among the top reasons cited for choosing a cloud service over an on-premise solution. AirVM Cloud extends you the capability to flex your compute resources on demand. Changes take effect immediately. Because AirVM Cloud is a consumption-based service, pricing reflects your actual usage and not peak capacity or reserved resources. You pay for what you use. Backup and Storage AirVM Cloud offers two tiers of storage. Tier 1, SSD Storage, is persistent RAID 10 SAN storage for maximum performance (IOPS) and high quality storage. Tier 2, HDD Storage, is comprised of 10K and 7.2K drives. Storage is charged per GB/hr. There is no separate or additional charge for disk I/O. All storage is persistent. Security Security is important for any business or IT professional to consider when evaluating a move to cloud. The AirVM Cloud provides multiple tiers of security for your data and virtual servers. Here is how: Virtual servers reside in our SOC 2 Certified TYPE ll compliant and US DOC Safe Harbor Certified data center facility providing the ability to support compliance requirements for HIPPA, Sarbanes-Oxley and PCI DSS. Network level security is provided through isolated tenant networks, site-to-site VPN (SSL or IPSEC), site-to-site MPLS, and integrated firewall. We also support hybrid cloud environments through virtual LAN and WAN extensions. 4 8
Management and Monitoring With AirVM Cloud you are 100% in control of your cloud environment. AirVM Cloud includes a full-featured and intuitive self-service portal with optional command line access to all of your virtual machines as a baseline level of service. Once logged into your secure customer account, it presents you with the following views and tools to monitor and manage your virtual environment: Cloud Control Panel The Cloud Control Panel gives you a view of all your virtual servers with key information such as: 1. Creation dates 2. Hourly billing rate 3. Virtual server resources as allocated by customer 4. Login credentials for each virtual server and for the VMware vcenter console 5. Virtual Network Interface Card (NIC) details 6. Assigned IPs 7. Management capability to turn the VM on or off and to reconfigure, clone or delete each virtual server 8. Manage networks and IP allocations 9. View, manage and monitor bandwidth 5 8
Account Management Panel 1. View all customer notifications 2. View saved quotes 3. Review order history Billing Management Panel 1. Add funds to your account 2. View monthly usage details 3. Download usage detail reports User Management Portal 1. Staff / User management (add and delete users) 2. User profile management 6 8
Industry-leading Performance Guarantee AirVM Cloud offers an industry-leading 99.99% availability guarantee with credit commitment so you can trust our cloud to run your critical business applications. Consumption-based Pricing AirVM Cloud is a pay-as-you-go, consumption-based service. You pay only for the resources you consume. Your metered service charge can be viewed at any time by logging into your secure customer account. Your monthly invoice is a single, all-in, expense. Prices are rounded up to the nearest hour. Use Cases AirVM Cloud is ideal for a number of business use cases. Whether you are launching your business, growing your business, migrating end of life servers, managing seasonal or unpredictable workloads, hosting mission critical applications, running database and hardware intensive applications, needing offsite backup, or generally looking to make things simpler, optimized, flexible and economical, AirVM Cloud is a proven platform choice. END-OF-LIFE Server Migrations VOICE Video, UC & CLIENT Server Apps GENERAL PURPOSE WIndows & Linux MICROSOFT Exchange & Sharepoint VERTICAL SPECIFIC SMB & SME Apps DATABASE And Microsoft SQL TERMINAL And RDS...AND MANY MORE. 7 8
Total Cost of Ownership AirVM Cloud enables you to eliminate IT CapEx in favor of a single, demand-driven utility expense. AirVM Cloud Single monthly operating expense VS On-Premise Solution Server acquisition Server installation and deployment Rack space/ server room real estate Infrastructure management Server maintenance, power and cooling OS licensing and maintenance Internet access including redundancy Backup power EOL server disposal cost IT training Beyond economic efficiencies, a move to cloud with AirVM Cloud also supports strategic-level business goals such as: Outsourcing non-core competencies, Freeing up cash for investment in business core competencies, Speeding up deployment time for new services and test environments, Reducing costs associated with operating, supporting and managing IT infrastructure, Avoiding reinvestment in IT assets with no salvage value, and Business predictability 8 8