What’s a Private Cloud? 

Our definition of Private Cloud is a  purpose-built cloud infrastructure dedicated to one single entity or organization. In other words, this specific cloud environment exists for the sole purpose of running  workloads, applications or services for the company it was built for. The 3 Key characteristics of our private cloud include: 

•   Virtualization with an hypervisor (Vmware esxi,Citrix xen, HyperV, proxmox, etc)
•   Cluster built on multiple host or hardware 
•   Resource pooling and sharing across all devices 

Using virtualization to create multiple simulated environments or isolated dedicated resources from a single physical server is not a private cloud. A cluster has to exist. Segmenting a public cloud offering via firewall to create a sense of privacy is not a private cloud neither.  

 Cloudfitters ‘ s Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is designed and built from the ground up for single-tenant occupancy on a cluster of dedicated servers. Businesses that cannot compromise on data security choose private cloud solutions. As a multi-cloud solution provider, we’ve expanded our expertise by being  hypervisor agnostic: VMware ESXi, ProxmoxVE, Citrix XenServer and Microsoft Hyper-V are available.

• • Compliance and security requirements are a key reason why an organization would opt for a private cloud solution. In order to meet such requirements, it’s advised to separate your server roles : Dev, web, database, files. When all services are on a single node or server with no virtual or physical separation, companies run the risk of impacting their entire infrastructure and operation when attacked. By creating such segregation, specific issues can be addressed and contained without disrupting the entire production environment.

• • Every compliance comes with a checklist of items that need to be verified: logs, backups, data encryption, data integrity, server security. When it comes time to be audited, companies have to show proof of compliance. The public cloud as we know It, is not a preferred platform to achieve true compliance because it simply lacks the level of granular and specific identity policy for your business. Cutting corners and taking a gamble can turn into an expensive mistake. A good organization should always take the extra step into protecting sensitive data .

• Security and privacy is another reason a private cloud is preferred over a public cloud. While many public cloud providers try so hard to achieve the same architecture as private, we still doubt their ability to give full access control and complete isolation from what was built for everyone. Cloudfitters’ private cloud follows strict guidelines to meet your IT Compliance and security hosting requirements

Private Cloud is for any business (small, medium or large) looking to have more control over various departments while keeping their data secure with increased performance. While public clouds are great a starting point for most businesses, it does not always provide the resources or customization needed. We’ve found that private cloud solutions are well suited for:

• Data and workloads with high security requirements

• Mission-critical business applications

• Compliance regulations : HIPAA

• Large workforce with multiple departments and locations

• Applications that require high performance
• Need to consolidate datacenters & applicationvendors

• If offering Infrastructure as a Service or Software as a Service

• Test & Development environments

• Disaster Recovery Solutions