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Private Cloud Guide
In this dedicated private cloud guide, we answer all of your most commonly asked private cloud questions, including the benefits of private cloud, the difference between public and private cloud, private cloud security myths, and what to consider when choosing a private cloud solution.
What is private cloud?
A private cloud is a cloud environment in which the servers, storage and networking are allocated exclusively to a single organisation for hosting its workloads.
Because the hardware is dedicated, no resources are shared with other customers. This single-tenant design means the environment can be configured around the specific requirements of the applications it supports, and the organisation keeps direct control over how resources are allocated and managed.
Private cloud can host a wide range of workloads, including websites, business applications, databases and development environments, and it can be delivered from a provider’s datacentre as a managed service .
Four use cases for managed Private Cloud
Our managed private cloud provides dedicated cloud resources with greater control over performance, security and configuration, making it well suited to requirements including:
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Performance-critical applications that need dedicated resources and consistent performance
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Modernising legacy or on-premise infrastructure while keeping greater control
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Hosting private workloads as part of a hybrid cloud architecture with other environments
Is private cloud the right fit?
Many organisations come to private cloud because something has changed, whether that is ageing on-premise hardware or a need to move away from VMware. These guides explain how organisations make the move, what alternatives exist and how a migration works in practice, so you can judge whether private cloud fits your workloads.
Maximise performance and security with a dedicated cloud environment
Experience the advantages of cloud technology and enjoy complete security and control on our single-tenant private cloud infrastructure powered by Red Hat OpenShift and KVM.
Ready to plan your private cloud?
Choosing a private cloud involves more than the hardware. These guides cover the decisions that shape your day-to-day experience: managing the platform yourself or having a provider do it, how the environment supports security and compliance, what fully managed support involves and which SLA commitments to look for. When you are ready to talk through your own requirements, our Cloud Consultants can help you design, price and plan an environment around your workloads.
Private cloud in practice
From a learning platform serving NHS organizations to an eCommerce business preparing for Black Friday, customers across industries run demanding workloads on our private cloud. Each environment is designed around the customer’s requirements, then managed day to day by our engineers as an extension of their team.
Scalable dedicated eLearning platform
Think Learning faced an urgent need to scale their platform after a surge in online learning. We built them a bespoke private cloud solution, ensuring seamless service delivery.
High-performance hosting for eCommerce
Remarkable handle fluctuations in web visitors during peak shopping seasons effectively, by allowing Hyve to scale their dedicated platform during periods of increased traffic.
