Cloud: Private

Overview

Texas A&M University’s Private Cloud provides infrastructure to host servers and services in a virtual server environment. This service is a part of the Enterprise Compute Environment.

Getting Started

New customers should contact our team at cloudops@tamu.edu to quickly schedule a consultation.

Request

If you are an existing Private Cloud customer and would like to provision additional services, please complete the Cloud Access Request Form. For help or questions, please contact cloudops@tamu.edu.

Cost

Texas A&M University (Part 02) rates are displayed below. See General Computing Rates for TAMUS, Non-TAMUS, and Auxiliary Rates.

Service Details

Private Cloud offers 24/7 virtual server hosting using VMware for Texas A&M University colleges, departments, and approved affiliates. The services offered include:

• Virtual machine creation: Tailored virtual machines (VMs) with specified memory, CPU reservation, disk space, and supported OS.
• Backups: Free nightly backups of entire VMs. Application-specific backups (e.g., SQL, Active Directory) are available for an additional fee.
• Infrastructure monitoring: 24/7/365 monitoring with on-call service and event response

Features

• Automation allowing self-service provisioning
• NSX, VMWare’s software-defined networking, includes integration with Infoblox
• Load balancing and firewalls at the virtual layer
• Workflow automation, with approvals if needed
• Auto-provisioning of virtual servers based on templates
• Support for vendor-supplied OVA deployments is available upon request
• Support for migration your department’s VMware infrastructure

Resources

• Cloud Access Request Form