GIG Cloud as a Service

The most important aspects of the GIG Cloud as a Service

Cloud Locations

GIG automatically deploys, manages and maintains full cloud services in the cloud location you select. We refer to each of these locations as G8 (because it Gener8s local cloud capacity). We do the heavy-lifting, you just select the location and provide the rack, power and networking.

Central Location Management

The GIG Meneja service allows owners of G8's to add new G8's in new locations, monitor health, manage network connectivity, manage access rights and determine which images get provided where and are usable by whom. One simple control panel to manage all locations you own.

High Performance Cloud

We pride ourselves to have created one of the most performant cloud solutions. Benchmarks have shown that we beat major public cloud performance consistently - both for IO, networking and compute.

Agile By Design

The GIG Cloud can be easily integrated in your agile development process and your CI/CD pipeline. We provide open API's, a maintained Terraform plug-in, a maintained Apache LibCloud plug-in, a CSI plug in for Kubernetes and a bunch of playbooks to deploy multi-site Kubernetes clusters.

Easy Migration, Backup & Disaster Recovery

We provide extensive tools to support migration from any virtualisation platfom or any cloud solutions towards GIG - and back. Our partnership with Rackware provides you with an option to do mass-migrations and deliver Disaster Recovery services.

Ready to Deliver Public Cloud Services

Each G8 can deliver public cloud services. Our Cloud-as-a-Service is fully multi-tenant and has the tools to meter and rate services per account, per VDC and per VM. This means service providers can deliver detailed bills to their customers and deliver pay-as-you-use pricing.

A private cloud with 200% TCO reduction

One of our clients doubted to refurbish their existing in-house IT, move to AWS Outposts or move all IT to an AWS cloud.  This is how the 3 year TCO compared.

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Capabilities in a nutshell

The GIG Cloud-as-a-Service delivers a highly competitive feature set.  It allows you to start delivering complex cloud services instantaneously anywhere and anytime you want

Compute Storage Networking Integration Options Cloud Capacity Audit and Security Public cloud Kubernetes
  • Create KVM based virtual machines up to 128 GB RAM / 64 vCores
  • Best UnixBench and IO Bench scores versus major clouds
  • > 99,99% reliability due to self-healing logic, hitless upgrades, live migration, highly available block storage
  • GIG provided and maintained images, possibility to delivery your own image and templates, automated multi-location image management through GIG Meneja
  • Migration from any cloud to GIG and vice versa through import / export OVA, migration scripting through CLI or automated mass migration via Rackware
  • Anti PICNIC (problem in chair not in computer) features - trash-bin for all user initiated deletes and automated snapshotting
  • High performance SSD-like block storage - create virtual disks ranging from 10 GB / 400 IOPS to 2 TB / 20 000 IOPS
  • > 99,99% availability and reliability
  • Manage QoS per virtual disk: IOPS, throughput, bursting, separate read/write QoS or combined
  • Automated and user initiated snapshotting
  • Very efficient usage of backend due to erasure coding and transaction log based storage
  • High reliability through self-healing capabilities, anti-bit-rot protection, full redundancy
  • High performance internal networking - up to 10/25/... Gbps (Depends on HW choices)
  • Fully redundant connections to external networks
  • Option to connect several private and public external networks - effectively slicing the location
  • Our Cloudspace service allows users to build complex, multi-layer routed networks, with support for DHCP
  • Our Cloudspaces each have a fully private OSI level 2 network, creating a VLAN-like network environment for virtual machines inside.
  • Our Cloudspace service offers virtual networking fire-walled from external networks through a fully configurable virtual router
  • Multi-location networking- automatically set up an IPSeC based routed and encrypted overlay network between VDCs in different locations
  • You can bring you own firewall appliance rather than using the VDC provided virtual router
  • Services deployed in cloudspaces can be exposed via the builtin reverse proxy or load balancer in the virtual firewall or by making port forwards (NAT) from the virtual firewall to the deployment inside the cloudspace.
  • Infrastructure-as-Code with a maintained and free to use Terraform provider
  • Plug-in for Apache CloudLib
  • Full and documented API
  • Maintained and tested playbooks to set up multi-location Kubernetes clusters
  • Integrated with mist.io for multi-cloud management
  • Detailed metering and rating reports available via API for integration with any billing and cloud management portal
Cloud Units

We use cloud units to dimension and calculate the net-usable cloud capacity available to users.    Cloud units are also used to measure the amount of cloud capacity used and are an easy way to bill your customers.

Compute Unit

  • 4 GB RAM
  • 2 vCPU

Storage Unit

  • 1 TB of vDISK space

Transaction Unit

  • 400 IOPS - 80/20 random r/w 4k
Capacity Predefined Configurations

We have predefined hardware configurations to make it easy to install, manage and maintain the infrastructure.  There are currently 6 different configurations. The *-C configs have twice the amount of physical CPU cores per Compute Unit and are hence more compute optimized.


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  • Option to deploy without connection to internet - can be deployed in full private and firewalled network
  • User authentication via itsyou.online - supports multi-factor authentication
  • Full searchable audit trace of all actions taken by all users
  • Automated SSH key management
  • Management connection without RDP or SSH - avoiding brute force attacks on management interfaces
  • Data encryption options - at rest and at move
  • Full audit trace of all management actions performed
  • Full multi-tenant implementation
  • Fine grained usage metering and rating supports pay as you use billing mechanisms
  • Billing interface to easily integrate in any billing software available
  • Manage your Microsoft SPLA licenses to avoid high costs
  • Public, private and hybrid white labeling options
  • Fully managed kubernetes environments as a service, available to the network of your choice.
  • Thightly integrated with the underlying GIG Cloud Platform for persistent storage, load balancing and ingress
  • Serviced and supported by GIG.Tech
  • Monitored 24x7
  • Scaled up on demand
  • Upgraded when you want it
  • Using OCI compliant container runtime
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Predefined hardware configurations

We have predefined and pre-tested our hardware configurations.  This allows us to take away the burden of infrastructure management away from you and to deliver a fully tested and secured performance and user experience.

REGUlAR InSTANCES

Regular instances are optimized for normal enterprise workloads - ranging from dev/test, ERP, workspace and collaboration tools, ...

Estimated Cloud Capacity
G8 Starter G8 Mid G8 Medium
  • 746 Compute Units
  • 324 Storage Units
  • 1600 Transaction Units
  • 1492 Compute Units
  • 768 Storage Units
  • 3200 Transaction Units
  • 3732 Compute Units
  • 1152 Storage Units
  • 8000 Transaction Units
Raw Available Capacity
G8 Starter G8 Mid G8 Medium
  • 233 physical cores / each operating at 2,2 Ghz
    3318 GB of RAM
  • 180 TB of net usable storage backplane
  • 160 000 IOPS (80/20 R/W Random 4k blocks)
  • 467 physical cores / each operating at 2,2 Ghz
    6638 GB of RAM
  • 427 TB of net usable storage backplane
  • 320 000 IOPS (80/20 R/W Random 4k blocks)
  • 1166 physical cores / each operating at 2,2 Ghz
    16589 GB of RAM
  • 640 TB of net usable storage backplane
  • 800 000 IOPS (80/20 R/W Random 4k blocks)

COMPUTE OPTIMIZED INSTANCES

For workloads that need much more CPU power - on a consistent basis - VDI, datacrunching and data-governance, CCTV management, ...

Estimated Cloud Capacity
G8 Starter-C G8 Mid-C G8 Medium-C
  • 373 Compute Units
  • 324 Storage Units
  • 1600 Transaction Units
  • 746 Compute Units
  • 768 Storage Units
  • 3200 Transaction Units
  • 1866 Compute Units
  • 1152 Storage Units
  • 8000 Transaction Units
Raw Available Capacity
G8 Starter-C G8 Mid-C G8 Medium-C
  • 233 physical cores / each operating at 2,2 Ghz
    1659 GB of RAM
  • 180 TB of net usable storage backplane
  • 160 000 IOPS (80/20 R/W Random 4k blocks)
  • 467 physical cores / each operating at 2,2 Ghz
    3318 GB of RAM
  • 427 TB of net usable storage backplane
  • 320 000 IOPS (80/20 R/W Random 4k blocks)
  • 1166 physical cores / each operating at 2,2 Ghz
    8294 GB of RAM
  • 640 TB of net usable storage backplane
  • 800 000 IOPS (80/20 R/W Random 4k blocks)
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