Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), is an operational model for providing compute, storage and networking resources on demand via convenient access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.

By using OCSL -MS IaaS platform, your business will benefit from the best elements of ‘cloud’ technology whilst removing the risks through integration with OCSL-MS traditional data centre services delivering your organisation a risk free hybrid IT delivery function that is designed, deployed and operated in line with your business requirements.

• Agility improves with OCSL-MS ability to re-provision technological infrastructure resources to meet your business need at any given time.
• Cost is reduced as capital expenditure is converted to operational expenditure. This will lower barriers to entry, as infrastructure is provided by OCSL-MS and does not need to be purchased for one-time or infrequent intensive computing tasks. Pricing on the IaaS platform is usage based on the number of virtuals required at any given time and fewer IT skills are required for implementatio

• Your business will be able to calculate increases and decreases easily due to the monthly unit prices that have be devised by OCSL-MS. For example:

• Per virtual cost (based on CPU, Memory, Monitoring and Management
• Per TB cost for centralised storage
• Per GB cost for centralised backup
• Monitoring cost per physical devices that may be needed

• Device and location independence will enable your business users to access systems using a web browser regardless of their location or what device they are using (e.g., PC, mobile phone). As infrastructure is off-site and accessed via the Internet, users can connect from anywhere.

• Multi-tenancy enables sharing of resources and costs across a large pool of users thus allowing for:

• Centralisation of infrastructure in locations with lower costs i.e. OCSL-MS data centres
• Peak-load capacity increases
• Utilisation and efficiency improvements for systems that are often only 10–20% utilised.

• Reliability is improved as the IaaS platform will be spread across redundant sites, which makes it suitable for business continuity and disaster recovery.

• Scalability and elasticity via dynamic ("on-demand") provisioning of resources on a near real-time basis, without your business having to engineer for peak loads.

• Performance is monitored constantly to ensure a correct spread of resources across the IaaS solution at any given time.

• Security is improved due to centralisation of data and increased security-focused resources.

• Maintenance of your business applications will be easier, because they do not need to be installed on each user's computer.

OCSL-MS IaaS solution will provide your business with almost unlimited instances of servers to enable it to quickly deploy new applications or user environments without having to order new hardware then wait for it to arrive and be deployed / configured.

Internal IT resources will also be better utilised by concentrating on what’s important in driving your business forward rather than expending time on managing the utility IT.

As our platform is also spread across our redundant data centre sites this also makes it ideal in satisfying an organisations need for business continuity and disaster recovery.

OCSL-MS IaaS platform is based on the following technologies:

Software/OS:

• VMware ESXi (5), Microsoft Hyper-V
• Windows 2008 64 bit virtual machines Various Linux including Red Hat, Centos (RH derivative)
• Other Operating systems as required and supported by the hypervisor
• HP Data Protector

Hardware:

• Enterprise class infrastructure for servers, storage and networking

Download the IaaS Service Guide here