VMware Virtual Machine & Cloud Server FAQ
Q: What is a VMware Cloud server?
A: vServer Center's VMware Cloud Server is a VMware Virtual Machine ( VM ) or a VMware Virtual Server that is served by a computing resource pool (aka Cloud) consists of network switches, enterprise class data storage systems, high end physical computer servers, and VMware vCloud Enterprise software. A physical dedicated server, a VMware virtual machine or a VMware Virtual Server on a single physical computer lacks redundancy and scalability while each of our VMware cloud servers offers extremely high redundancy and scalability: redundant power sources, redundant network uplinks, redundant data storage systems and data disks, and redundant physical computer servers. If a physical computer fails, vServer Center's VMware cloud server will be automatically switched to other live physical computers, aka High Availability ( HA ). vServer Center's VMware Cloud Server features:
- Dedicated Operating System: Operating System can be changed or upgraded at anytime; Operating Systems supported: CentOS, Ubuntu, openSUSE, Debian, FreeBSD, Window 2008 and 2003 servers, Window 7, and Windows 8;
- VMware vCenter Server Access: With VMware vCenter Control Panel customer can self install OS, reboot VMware Cloud Server, reinstall or upgrade OS, access server console remotely;
- Administrative Access: Root access for Unix Servers. Administrative access for Windows Servers; Customer can install any software or application on his/her server;
- High Availability: If a physical computer fails, your VMware cloud server will be automatically switched to other live physical computers;
- UnMetered Bandwidth: no surprise bandwidth bill each month;
- High performance: Our VMware Performance Benchmarks test scores are even higher than average Dell PowerEdge Xeon Physical Servers;
- Enterprise Class storage systems and high end physical servers; All live data drives are fiber channel or SAS drives. All live data are protected by dual parity disks plus two additional hot spare disks;
- VMware Service Provider vCloud Premier Service Provider bundle enterprise software;
Q: What operating systems do VMware cloud Servers support?
A: vServer Center's VMware cloud servers support many different types of operating systems: Microsoft Window Server 2008, Window Server 2003, Window 7, Linux CentOS, Ubuntu Linux, Linux openSUSE, Debian Linux, Fedora; Max OS X, FreeBSD, and many other operating systems.
Q: Which type of operating systems should I choose: 64-bit or 32-bit?
A: The terms 32-bit and 64-bit refer to the way a computer's processor handles information. The 64-bit version of operating systems handle large amounts of random access memory (RAM) more effectively than a 32-bit system. If you don't have any custom build software application, it is better to choose the 64-bit system. If you have a customer build software application (software that is not from our default install), please check with us , your software vendor or your programmer to see if it is compatible with 64-bit system.
Q: How do I order additional RAM, CPU, Disk Space, ... etc?
A: You can order additional RAM, CPU, Disk Space, ... etc from our product AddOn page.
Q: I have a VMware Virtual Machine image, can I send it to you so I don't have to reinstall anything?
A: Yes, you can send us your VMware Virtual Machine image. We will upload it for you so you can power it up and reconfigure the IP addresses. It will be identical to your old VMware Virtual Machine except it has a new IP address. You don't need to reinstall any applications.
Q: Can you install my VMware Cloud Server via an OVF template ?
A: Yes, we can install your VMware cloud server via an OVF template. All you need to do is to select OVF template when you order and provide us with the OVF template URL or name.
Q: I already have a physical server, can you help us to convert it to a VMware virtual machine image disk?
A: Yes, we can. You can send us your server's Ghost image, Acronis backup image, or a copy of your hard disk, we will convert it to a VMware virtual machine image and power it on as a VMware Cloud Server.
