The project
The engagement covered the design, build, and ongoing operation of a private cloud platform. Its requirements included compute capacity, storage, network redundancy, segmentation, and backups held independently of the primary site.
What Novaguard built
Compute and storage
Ten Hyper-V hosts support approximately 100 virtual machines, with 100TB of SSD storage. Capacity was planned to accommodate a host failure.
Network and security
Redundant WAN links and dual uplinks reduce dependence on a single network connection. Virtual and physical firewalls provide segmentation at the perimeter and between workloads.
Off-site backups
Backups use object storage independent of the primary site. This provides a recovery source separate from production infrastructure.
Ongoing operation
Novaguard continues to manage patching, monitoring, capacity, and backup verification. Operational responsibility remained part of the engagement after the build.
Results and verification
The delivered platform runs approximately 100 VMs and remains under our management. The specifications describe the deployed environment; they are not a published uptime benchmark or a guarantee of uninterrupted failover.
Network redundancy, spare compute capacity, and off-site backups address different failure scenarios. This case does not present measured recovery times or a like-for-like public-cloud cost comparison.
When this approach is relevant
Private infrastructure can be considered where workload predictability, data volume, latency, or licensing makes it worth evaluating. Compare hardware, support, facilities, connectivity, recovery, and ongoing operation against the public-cloud alternative for the actual workload.
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