Public Cloud

The Public Cloud by Infomaniak is an Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution designed to provide high-performance cloud infrastructure for businesses and organizations. According to the vendor, it caters to the needs of IT professionals, software developers, e-commerce companies, media and entertainment firms, and research institutions. Public Cloud offers a scalable and reliable platform to build, manage, and deploy applications and services seamlessly.

Key Features

Instance: Nova: According to the vendor, this feature includes next-generation AMD CPUs, optimized IOPS, GPU, and memory instances. It supports Linux, Windows, or custom images and is available in 3 availability areas.

Block storage: Ceph / Cinder: The vendor claims that this feature offers up to 4000 IOPS and 800 MB/s guaranteed. It supports up to 10 TB per volume and includes an encrypted Ceph cluster with 3 replicas using LUKS encryption. It also provides SSD PCIe NVMe PCIe-Gen4 storage.

Object storage: Swift: According to the vendor, this feature provides a full Swift implementation, S3-compatible API, and OpenStack Swift. It also enables object encryption for enhanced security.

Network: Neutron: The vendor states that this feature includes redundant physical infrastructure with 2x 25 Gbps BGP-2-host. It utilizes Octavia load balancers for efficient load distribution and offers floating IPs, public subnet, and direct attach capabilities. Additionally, it provides DDos protection to safeguard against malicious attacks.

Orchestration / Scalability: Heat: The vendor claims that this feature offers AWS-compatible Heat templates for easy migration. It supports vertical and horizontal autoscaling for flexible resource allocation and automatic adjustment of instances, volumes, floating IPs, etc. However, it is important to note that this feature is currently in beta.

DNS as a Service: According to the vendor, this feature allows configuration of zones and reverses, delegation of zones or sub-zones, and supports all top-level domains (TLDs). It is also mentioned that this feature is offered for free.

GPU instances: The vendor states that this feature provides the latest generation NVIDIA L4 GPUs. It allows access from small to large instances and offers full and unrestricted access to the GPU for AI and video processing.

An interoperable and scalable OpenStack ecosystem: According to the vendor, this feature allows the unification of local, hybrid, and multi-cloud infrastructure with an API and open technology. It aims to avoid vendor lock-in and maintain control over long-term evolution. The vendor also mentions that this technology is trusted by organizations such as NASA, CERN, Tencent, Nike, ATT, and VW.

D3 Data Center in Geneva: The vendor claims that this feature includes cloud infrastructure managed for 10 years. It is powered by top-of-the-range equipment, including next-generation AMD CPUs, ECC RAM, NVIDIA GPUs, 4th generation NVMe storage, and a 25 Gbit/s network. The data centers comply with ISO 14001, ISO 50001, and ISO 27001 standards for energy efficiency and safety.

Local, accessible support: According to the vendor, this feature offers trained support operatives in direct contact with cloud experts and engineers. Support is available via email, chat, and phone, and the support team is staffed by highly qualified professionals from CERN, Debian community, and OpenStack project.