Overview
Melbourne IT vCloud Express beta beta was a limited release production beta, which, offered the first true on-demand cloud computing service based in Australia.
It offered elastic compute (CPU and RAM) resources that automatically scale within limits depending on real-time demand.
Melbourne IT vCloud Express beta leveraged the large range of applications supported by software vendors running on VMware, as well as the growing ecosystem of VMware Ready Virtual Appliances. With more than 1000 virtual appliances in the VMware Virtual Appliance Marketplace, and more becoming available every day, deploying new appliances to this service become very simple.
We have closed the Production beta in preparation for a commercial release. Thanks to all participants!
If you have any questions regarding this and other related services, please contact your closest eBusiness Centre:
Features
- Hosted in Australia
Housed in Melbourne IT's data centre – Our servers are based in Australia and connected to telecommunications-grade infrastructure, so your website and email will be delivered fast! - Pay only for what you use
Fees and Charges are based on the actual compute resources used per hour + actual storage and traffic consumed. - Self-allocation of resources
Dynamic resource allocation allows RAM, CPU (Ghz) and storage allocation on the fly, without rebuilding. - Persistent storage
Persistent storage means you can attach your online data to virtual machines, which in turn are only invoked (and billed) based on demand, significantly lowering TCO. - Static IP address
A static IP address allows SSL keys and DBA connections to utilised in your solutions - Self service portal
Self service easy to use GUI portal allows instant access, online ordering and dynamic resource allocation. In addition it provides access to resource reporting including bandwidth usage, CPU/Memory and storage consumption. - Choose your favourite OS
Windows- Windows Server 2008 Standard - 32 bit and 64 bit
- Windows Server 2008 Standard R2 - 64 bit
- Windows Server 2003 Standard - 32 bit and 64 bit
Linux- CentOs 5.3 - 32 bit and 64 bit
Pricing
Melbourne IT vCloud Express beta is billed per instance, per hour and charged monthly. The monthly service charge is determined by:
- Number of virtual CPUs requested
- Amount of memory (RAM) allocated, measured by Megabytes
- Amount of storage used, measured by Gigabytes (high water mark during the month)
- Amount of network bandwidth used, measured by Gigabytes
You will only be billed for compute resources when the allocated VM is deployed and the billing-rate of the instance will be re-configured immediately after the instance is re-configured.
| Memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB | 2 GB | 4 GB |
| 1 CPU | $0.055 | $0.088 | $0.167 | $0.326 |
| 2 CPU | $0.061 | $0.101 | $0.194 | $0.378 |
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All pricing is in AUD and includes GST.
Support
This is a limited release Beta Production service. Self-service support is available via the online self service portal.
- For questions not covered in online FAQ, support@vcloud-express.com
FAQ
- Q. How do I access the service?
- A. Via the online self service portal. http://portal.vcloud-express.com
- Q. How do I change my service?
- A. Via the online self service portal. http://portal.vcloud-express.com
- Q. I am a user - what support is available? service?
- A. This is a beta Production service. Only self-service support via online self service portal is available at this time.
A style of Computing where scalable and elastic IT capabilities are provided as a service to multiple customers using Internet technologies, on a pay per use basis.
