Indiana University

Virtual Systems

When you rent an IUII virtual system, you get more than just virtual hardware – you get UITS enterprise-level services.

Features of the base system:

  • 1 CPU, 1GB memory, 35GB SAN disk
  • Provisioned to match your configuration request
  • Hosted on a high-end HP enterprise-class x86 Opteron server

[* Note: Currently supported operating systems are listed under "Table 1"; Supported Guest   Operating Systems at:  http://www.vmware.com/pdf/GuestOS_guide.pdf]

System options:

  • Additional Fibre Channel disk space, in 10GB increments
  • Additional CPUs, in whole increments
  • Additional system memory, in 1GB increments

Included UITS services:

  • Provisioning of your virtual system, at the most current supported levels, with the industry’s leading virtualization software (VMWARE)
  • The flexibility to add system resources, including identical, special development, or test environments
  • Life Cycle Replacement (LCR) of hardware, no less frequently than every four years
  • Application of equipment microcode patches as required
  • Rapid response to critical hardware and production issues
  • Vendor warranty and maintenance contracts, including 24 X 7 X 365 hardware maintenance and support, with a four-hour response time
  • Coordinated support with other UITS units in the event of a performance issue
Virtual System Rental Pricing
  • Standard Virtual System, VMWare, 1 CPU, 1 GB memory, 35 GB disk
  • Additional CPU
  • Additional Memory
 
  • $500.00/system/year
  • $150.00/CPU/year
  • $45.00/GB/year
Additional Disk Storage
  • Available to Virtual System Rentals only
  • Fibre Channel Attached disk (SAN)
 

    $1.50/GB/year

For detailed UITS pricing, see:
http://uits.iu.edu/scripts/ose.cgi?apjw.ose.help

To request a virtual system, go to:

TSM backup services for Virtual Systems can also be requested on this form.