IDC Frontier's IaaS Cloud service allows you to use IT resources on demand. It employs CloudStack, which is an open source cloud platform. It enables users to create and manage virtual machines and others all by themselves. CloudStack has been employed by big carriers all around the world as a platform for commercial cloud. It makes management feasible by APIs, and linkage achievable with other major cloud services outside Japan as well as inside.
IDCF Cloud allows customers to choose which data center group their cloud services are provided from: East Japan(Tokyo Metropolitan area) or West Japan (Kita-kyushu). You can strengthen business continuity by using IDCF Cloud with other IDCF services: connecting IDCF Cloud with servers on a rack in IDCF data centers, keeping daily backups in a data center in the other region, and using Managed GSLB services for load dispersion within a larger area. The combination of these cloud and housing services enables you to minimize downtime in case your primary site fails because of a massive disaster or incident, by having the site automatically switch to the backup.
IDCF Cloud started in June 2009 as the first domestic service of its kind in Japan. Since then, IDCF Cloud has been providing Hyper-V of Microsoft and VMwareESX of VMware for hypervisors, Windows and Linux for OS, which are mainly used for corporate core systems and Web applications respectively, with flexible scalability for both of the platforms.
IDCF Cloud Self Type allows you to purchase the services through the Web. You can create and stop virtual machines, check the status of the purchased services, and communicate with the IDCF Cloud support staff using support tickets, all on the Portal screens. IDCF Cloud Managed Type is provided with detailed support of IDC Frontier's skilled engineers, who have substantial experience of system development and operation, from purpose-oriented system sizing to operational arrangement. Both IDCF Cloud Self Type and IDCF Cloud Managed Type are operated within IDC Frontier's data centers in Japan, which are monitored by our staff.
We provide the cloud services with years of accumulated knowledge of data center operation. We offer high reliability and detailed installation and operation support. We apply SLAs (Service Level Agreement) for virtual machines and internet connection. If service equality such as operation or network availability falls below the guaranteed values, we reduce charge for customers.
