Krypt Enhances the Cloud with vSphere 5
Just weeks after VMWorld 2011, our team of engineers have finished upgrading our Cloud infrastructure to support the lastest vSphere 5 by VMware. Krypt is excited to bring our customers the latest in cutting edge technology from the industry leaders. All this translates into more features, larger and faster servers, and more reliability for your Krypt Cloud servers and Private Cloud infrastructure.
Some important features for vSphere 5 include:
VMware vSphere 5 Features and BenefitsEnhancements and new features in VMware vSphere 5 will deliver better application performance and availability for all business-critical applications and introduce advanced automation capabilities to free IT from manual processes and be more responsive to the needs of the business, including:
- 4X larger VMs scale to support any application. With VMware vSphere 5, VMware will make it easier for customers to achieve 100 percent virtualization. VMware vSphere 5 will be capable of running virtual machines (VMs) that are four times more powerful than VMware vSphere 4, supporting up to 1 terabyte of memory and up to 32 virtual CPUs. These VMs will be able to process in excess of 1 million I/O operations per second, which will far surpass current requirements of even the most resource-intensive applications. For example, VMware vSphere 5 will be able to support a database that processes more than two billion transactions per day.
- Updates to vSphere High Availability (HA) offer the best protection against unplanned downtime. VMware vSphere 5 will feature a new HA architecture that is not only easier to set up (customers can get their applications set up with HA in minutes), but is more scalable and offers superior availability guarantees.
- Intelligent Policy Management: three new automation advancements will deliver cloud agility. VMware vSphere 5 will introduce three new features that automate datacenter resource management to help IT respond to the business faster while reducing operating expenses. These features will deliver intelligent policy management: a “set it and forget it” approach to datacenter resource management. Customers will define the policy and establish the operating parameters, and VMware vSphere 5 will do the rest. VMware vSphere 5 intelligent policy management features will include:
- Auto-Deploy will enable IT to automatically deploy servers “on the fly” and will be able to reduce the time it takes to deploy a datacenter with 40 servers from 20 hours to 10 minutes. Once the servers are up and running, Auto-Deploy will also automate the patching process, making it possible to instantly apply patches to many servers at once.
- Profile-Driven Storage will reduce the number of steps required to select storage resources by grouping storage according to user-defined policies (i.e. gold, silver, bronze). During the provisioning process, customers will simply click to specify which level of service the VM requires, and VMware vSphere will automatically use the storage resources that best align with that level of service.
- Storage DRS will extend the automated load balancing capabilities VMware first introduced in 2006 with Distributed Resource Scheduler™ to include storage characteristics. Once a customer has set the storage policy of a VM, Storage DRS will automatically manage the placement and balancing of the VM across storage resources.
By automating the ongoing resource allocations, Storage DRS will eliminate the need for IT to monitor or intervene, while ensuring the VM maintains the service level defined by its policy
Cited From: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/press-kit/vmw-vsphere-cloud-infrastructure.pdf
Krypt Cloud new changes! VMware vCloud Powered.
As of today here are the new few changes:
- Linux packages are now updated to have CentOS 6 – 32/64-bit
- Better entry cloud pricing.
Basic - Linux
| CPU | OS | RAM | HD | BW |
| 250MHz | CentOS 6 (32-bit) | 256MB | 20GB | 250GB |
| $20 per month | ||||
Basic - Windows
| CPU | OS | RAM | HD | BW |
| 250MHz | Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Standard Edition (32-bit) | 256MB | 20GB | 250GB |
| $30 per month | ||||
Standard - Linux
| CPU | OS | RAM | HD | BW |
| 500MHz | CentOS 6 (32-bit) | 512MB | 20GB | 250GB |
| $30 per month | ||||
Standard - Windows
| CPU | OS | RAM | HD | BW |
| 500MHz | Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Standard Edition (32-bit) | 512MB | 20GB | 250GB |
| $40 per month | ||||
Business - Linux
| CPU | OS | RAM | HD | BW |
| 1000MHz | CentOS 6 (32-bit) | 1024MB | 40GB | 500GB |
| $60 per month | ||||
Business - Windows
| CPU | OS | RAM | HD | BW |
| 1000MHz | Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Standard Edition (32-bit) | 1024MB | 40GB | 500GB |
| $65 per month | ||||
Extreme - Linux
| CPU | OS | RAM | HD | BW |
| 1500MHz | CentOS 6 (32-bit) | 1536MB | 40GB | 500GB |
| $74 per month | ||||
Extreme - Windows
| CPU | OS | RAM | HD | BW |
| 1500MHz | Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 Standard Edition (32-bit) | 1536MB | 40GB | 500GB |
| $79 per month | ||||
Additional Information:
- See why the cloud is best for you.
- Cloud Upgrades
- Cloud Windows Packages
- Cloud Linux Packages
Krypt Earns VMware vCloud Powered Distinction
Krypt.com was selected by VMware for our innovations in Cloud technology and the promotion and use of VMware products and services such as VMware vSphere, vCloud Director and vShield. Krypt was one of 31 Service Providers out of 5700+ worldwide selected for the this prestigious distinction!
Copy of the Official VMware Press Release:
VMware vCloud® Powered Program Gains Traction with Service Provider Ecosystem, Delivering Customers a Broad Array of Public Clouds Compatible with VMware Platform
More than 30 VMware Service Provider Partners deliver VMware vCloud® Powered Services Based on VMware vSphere®, vCloud DirectorTM and the vCloud API
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 17, 2011 — VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that more than 30 service provider partners offer services that have met VMware criteria as “VMware vCloud® Powered” services. The VMware vCloud Powered program requires VMware Service Provider Program (VSPP) partners to offer services based on VMware vSphere® and vCloud DirectorTM while exposing the vCloud API and supporting the Open Virtualization Format (OVF). VMware vCloud Powered services offer on-demand access to virtual infrastructure from a public cloud, are built on a secure and robust platform, and enable application and API portability between a customer’s internal datacenter and the VMware vCloud Powered service of their choice.
Since its launch in February 2011, the VMware vCloud Powered program has gained more than 30 partners offering these services. Providers of vCloud Powered services are based in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Finland, Japan and Australia, offering Infrastructure as a Service to cater to a variety of use cases ranging from compute resources for pre-production environments to seasonal and transient workloads to disaster recovery in the cloud. The interest by partners suggests that public and hybrid clouds are not only a strategic imperative in organizations today, but also that customers across the globe are increasingly considering, evaluating and consuming compute services in the cloud.
VMware vCloud Powered services enable service provider customers to seamlessly move workloads from their VMware vSphere-based virtualized or private cloud environments to the VMware vCloud Powered service and back again. This application portability is key to providing customers with the agility they are looking for – applications do not need re-writes and the broadest set of legacy and existing applications can be supported.
“We are delighted to see such enthusiasm within our service provider ecosystem to offer VMware vCloud® Powered services,” said Dan Chu, vice president, cloud infrastructure and services, VMware. “Built on the foundation of VMware’s leading virtualization and cloud infrastructure technologies, VMware vCloud Powered services help assure customers that their workloads are secure and easily moved across their hybrid cloud environments – enabling customers to be more efficient and respond better to business demands on IT resources.”
VSPP members with VMware vCloud Powered services include:
| United States: | Bluemile; CDW; CoreVault; Expedient Communications; GNAX; Hosting.com; iLand; Krypt; Lokahi Solutions; MindSHIFT; NTT America, an NTT Communications Company; PeakColo; Secure-24; TekLinks; Tier 3; TierPoint; Venyu; ViaWest; Virtacore Systems; Zumasys |
| Canada: | RackForce, Scalar Decisions |
| EMEA: | Bitbrains Nederland BV, Nxs Internet (Netherlands); Dunkel GmbH, Wusys GmbH (Germany); Elisa (Finland); Thales Group (Austria); Redstone PLC (United Kingdom) |
| APJ: | CTC (Japan); ZettaGrid (Australia |
For more information about VMware vCloud services and partners, please visit http://www.vmware.com/solutions/cloud-computing/public-cloud/products.html.
About VMware
VMware delivers virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable IT organizations to energize businesses of all sizes. With the industry leading virtualization platform – VMware vSphere® – customers rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, improve agility, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2010 revenues of $2.9 billion, more than 250,000 customers and 25,000 partners, VMware is the leader in virtualization which consistently ranks as a top priority among CIOs. VMware is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.
###
VMware, VMware vCloud, vCloud Director and VMware vSphere are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies. The use of the word “ partner” or “partnership” does not imply a legal partnership relationship between VMware and any other company.
New Xeon Hex Cores and Pentium Sandy Bridge Processors
We have some new CPU packages!
Intel Xeon E3-1230 Sandybridge
4GB RAM
500GB HDD
Onboard RAID support
3 HDD Max
IPMI
1500GB Transfer
$189.95 Base Price
http://www.krypt.com/web-hosting/details.html?pid=105
Intel Xeon E5645 6-Cores
4GB RAM
500GB
Onboard RAID support
IPMI
3 HDD Max
1500GB Transfer
$399.95 Base Price
http://www.krypt.com/web-hosting/details.html?pid=119
The E5645 comes in Dual Xeon packages as well as all SAS capable Xeon servers as upgrades to the base E5606.
We're excited to bring a new Intel Sandy Bridge based processor to our line up which is the Pentium G620. The package will include the following:
Pentium G620 2.6GHz
4GB RAM
500GB SATA HDD
Onboard RAID
IPMI
2 HDD Max
1500GB Transfer
Base Price: $119.95 per month
False Krypt Reseller Advertisements
We have had many customers and Resellers inquire about a 15Mbps Unmetered promotion that has been spreading around which is not an available bandwidth option that we offer. Please do not be fooled by this and report the website to kpp@krypt.com
The only unmetered bandwidth plans we offer are listed here:
Krypt Now Offering Parallels Products
Krypt now offers Parallels Server Bare Metal, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, and Parallels Plesk Panel solutions for all dedicated servers. Take a minute to view our Parallel's Licensing feature page to read more about each product and how to get setup with Parallels Server Bare Metal, Parallels Virtuozzo, or Parallels Plesk Panel today.
Monitoring Comes To My.Krypt.com
Something we've been working on for My.Krypt was to design and implement a simple to use and easy to understand dedicated server monitoring system. We've recently pushed out our latest release of My.Krypt with this new feature implemented. Our hope is that it makes keeping tabs on your servers even easier.
You can read the knowledgebase article to learn about how to set this up for your servers.
Please be sure to give us any feedback on the new monitoring feature to help continually improve My.Krypt.
Changes to VPLS.net Language Toggle
Hey everyone,
Just wanted to quickly touch on a change we just deployed for http://vpls.net. In the past to change the language of the site, you had to scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the flag related to the language you wanted. Rather than force users to scroll to the bottom of the page, we now have built the language toggle into the top region of the site.
Simply click on the phone number to dropdown the list of available languages, and select the language desired.
Further more, we've replaced the old language toggle in the footer of the page with links to our Facebook page and Twitter account to keep everyone updated with what we are up too.
VPLS Inc. Re-Certs Cisco Advanced Unified Communications
Effective 08 July 2011
Congratulations to VPLS Inc for meeting all criteria to achieve Advanced Unified Communications.
VPLS Inc has met the resource requirements for a Advanced Unified Communications. Your company has demonstrated that it is qualified to support customers with Advanced Unified Communications in USA.
Please also be sure to visit the Channel Partner Program Welcome Kit at http://www.cisco.com/go/partnerkits. This online partner resource contains tools to help you take full advantage of your partner benefits, as well as a full range of partner enablement assets to help you build and promote your business.
We value the commitment and expertise that VPLS Inc has demonstrated and look forward to a successful partnership. If you have any questions, please contact your Cisco channel account manager at http://www.cisco.com/go/camlocator or open a case with the Partner Relationship Team at http://www.cisco.com/go/prt.
Sincerely,
Cisco Channel Specialization Team
Krypt Now Offering Private Cloud Solutions
We are always working on ways to provide new and useful services to our customers, so we've added Private Clouds to our list of offered solutions. Point your browser over to the Private Clouds solution page, and take a minute to read about how a Private Cloud could benefit you and your company.