Server-On-Demand: Announcements
The price is $1800 per 1-CPU virtual server or for $2700 you can get your own virtual server plus a TeraByte of storage.
Engineering Technical Services (ETS) is pleased to offer a fully managed virtual server-on-demand environment for the Engineering School. Available at the low cost of $1800/1-CPU VM/5 yrs, this model is a more cost effective and manageable solution. The model uses virtualization software, with virtual private server hosting features for either a UNIX or Windows server environment.
Storage-On-Demand: the perfect complement to Server-On-Demand
Each 1-CPU Virtual Machine (VM) comes with 50Gb of disk storage. Need more? Storage-on-demand is the perfect compliment to server-on-demand. Storage can be purchased from the Fulton School HPCI at the low cost of $1500/Tb/5yrs.
Attention Fulton Faculty and Staff:
We are phasing out our old legacy distributed servers, and ETS staff priorities will be directed to our server-on-demand model, and in the near-future ETS support will not be available for independent distributed servers.
If you are interested in this new service or would like a 30 day trial run at no cost, please contact Denise Felsenthal at Denise.Felsenthal@asu.edu or 5-7872.
| Common Features | Benefit |
| Low Cost | One-time initial cost of $1800 for use of one virtual server (1-CPU VM) for 5 years. |
| Fast Implementation | We can have you up and running the same day. Sometimes, depending on configuration, within an hour of the request! |
| Dedicated server | Separate dedicated virtual machines offering full security, customization, and control |
| Fault resistant | Automatic VM fail over. A crash or lock-up on one virtual server has no impact on the others |
| Grant Equipment and auditable |
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| Research Network Connectivity |
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| Resource Usage Monitoring | Under Investigation |
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Backup Management |
Disaster recovery and enterprise data backup capabilities.
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Self Service and Customizable |
Add/remove applications and other resources as needed.
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Personalized Support and Service |
Server-on-demand is easy to use. Our responsive systems support staff are experts and are available to answer questions. Just enter a service request on-line www.fulton.asu.edu/sr, and your request with be handled within 24 hours during business days.
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High Performance, scalable |
Your site or application will receive a guaranteed allocation of resources. You are running on an extremely powerful server that is dual core xeon processor blade technology which is highly redundant, available and scalable. (Not intended for computationally intensive parrallel processing tasks- see Fulton School HPCI.) |
UNIX Server-on-demand
| The UNIX server-on-demand system is well suited for researchers requiring rapid web implementation services as well as a dynamic set up to utilize their research applications and tools. It also benefits software developers, who need a sophisticated computing environment, but at a lower cost and without having to own their hardware to achieve total control. The server-on-demand system is an ideal support tools complement to the Fulton School HPCI in its broad capabilities. Each 1-CPU virtual server is provisioned with a base configuration of Apache Red Hat Linux, Apache Web Server, SVN and MediaWiki software. Other software can be added as needed or requested. Below are some of the features and benefits of this new environment. |
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UNIX features
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| Integrated Source Control Software | Subversion (Version Control Software) http://subversion.tigris.org/ |
| Integrated Web Server | You have complete control of one instance of the Apache Web Server (the cost for more instances negociable). |
| Features for Programmers | Benefit |
| Root Access and Local Administration | For complete control, use SSH to securely administer your server. Manage users and access control yourself. |
| Integrated Web Server | You have complete control of an instance of the Apache Web Server. |
| Integrated Database Servers | Control of your own private instance of the MySQL database server, |
| Customized Environment | Deploy your own application servers, database servers, or other Linux approved software components. |