# Virtual instances

## Description

Virtual Instance is a fully managed product offered by cegedim.cloud, designed to simplify and enhance your hosting experience. With Virtual Instances, you no longer need to worry about the complexities of managing your hosting infrastructure – our expert team takes care of it all.

Our product supports a variety of operating systems such as Linux, Windows, and AIX, giving you the freedom to choose the environment that best suits your needs. It can be effortlessly deployed through our user-friendly cloud platform management tool called ITCare.

This empowers you with the flexibility to spin up your desired instance, select your preferred operating system and customize resources to meet your specific needs with a few clicks, ensuring that your instances are tailored to match your business requirements precisely.

We understand the importance of performance and reliability, which is why Virtual Instances come equipped with tailored monitoring systems, backup services and data replication. This ensures real-time visibility into the health of your instances and added security.

In summary, whether you need a Linux, Windows, or AIX operating system, and regardless of your resource requirements, Virtual Instances provide the flexibility and scalability you need.

## Virtual instances as a Service

Resource configuration can vary based on the target operating system.

|                                     | Instance                                            |
| ----------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Supported operating systems         | <ul><li>Linux</li><li>Windows</li><li>AIX</li></ul> |
| CPU (per instance)                  | 2 - 16                                              |
| RAM (per instance)                  | 4 - 384 GB                                          |
| Storage (per instance)              | 35 - 4096 GB                                        |
| Backup                              | :white\_check\_mark: Option                         |
| Monitoring                          | :white\_check\_mark: Option                         |
| 24x7 monitoring                     | :white\_check\_mark: Option                         |
| Data replication (DRP)              | :white\_check\_mark: Option                         |
| Availability                        | 99.8%                                               |
| Custom region and availability zone | :white\_check\_mark:                                |
| Self-service                        | :white\_check\_mark:                                |

## Billing

Billing is processed monthly and based on the number of instances and additional costs for storage, backup, 24x7 monitoring.

Cost estimation for a Virtual Instance is available via your Service Delivery Manager.


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