FAQ:
1.What is RP Helix IAAS (short version)?
2.How does that work (Part 1: your current infrastructure)?
3.How does that work (Part 2: Virtualization)?
4.How does that work (Part 3: Off Site)?
5.How does that benefit my company?
6.What are the risks?
7.So what do you guys do?
8.Is there a long term commitment?
9.Ok, so what next?
1. What is RP Helix IAAS (short version)?
a. Red Paladin Infrastructure as a Service is a way for organizations to access their information (which will likely be on servers and storage devices) without having to purchase/own the hardware on which this information resides.
2. How does that work (Part 1: your current infrastructure)?
a. Right now, your companys current IT infrastructure may be a model where you have :
i. Internet Service provider (ISP): These are the people that bring the internet to your facility. There are lots of them, and they will charge you based on how fast you want your access to the internet to be (Bandwidth).
ii. Networking Hardware: Your ISP will hand-off access to the internet to your facility. Now you must have a device which receives it and regulates/manages (or routes) traffic between your organization and the rest of the world out there on the internet (including other offices in your company). These devices are generally routers, firewalls, and switches.
iii. Servers and Storage: These are the large machines that actually do the things you need for your business to work including:
1. Send and receive email
2. Host your website
3. Store Files common to users in the company
4. Decide which users have (and do not have) access to those files
5. Run your companys software
6. Allow give users who are not physically in the facility access to the same information (with the same access and permissions) as those that are physically in the facility
iv. Workstations and Laptops: These are the computers on which people actually do their work. They communicate with servers, routers, switches, and firewalls(inside your facility) to allow individual users to do their job: 1. Send and receive email
2. Access files on the network
3. Access the internet
3. How does that work (Part 2: Virtualization)?
a. Have fewer physical servers (these are the rack-mounted or tower type machines such as Dell, HP or IBM) by virtualizing them:
i. This means you can take each piece of server Hardware and turn it in to software while still allowing it to function exactly as it did when it was a physical piece of hardware.
ii. In simple terms, if you have a server that handles the email in your company, and another that runs the website, and yet another that stores files, by virtualizing them, you can now do all of those things exactly as before, except on one server. The other servers could be used to do other things.
iii. Now, you can use those extra servers as backup servers in case the machine that is running everything breaks.
4. How does that work (Part 3: Off Site)?
a.
After all the servers in your company have been virtualized, you could take them toa place that guarantees their safety (as opposed to leaving them in that leaky, smelly,old broom closet). These places, referred to as Data Centers, will hold all yourmachines, in a location which guarantees internet, power, and security. As this is their primary business function, they are likely to do it much better than you could.
b. Upon moving your servers to the Data Center, you access them via your ISP.
5. How does that benefit my company?
a. Reduced Cost of Hardware, and maintaining that hardware
b. Disaster Recovery: When the next power outage or leak happens, your hardware wont be affected
c. Automated Back-up: If you lose data it can be restored
d. Lowered cost of electricity: the most energy efficient servers are those that are turned off. If you use our Infrastructure to host virtual copies of your servers, you do not need to leave your physical servers turned on, nor do you require as much electricity to cool the same hardware.
e. Scalability (Increased and Decreased): IF you want more disk space, processing power, Memory, or bandwidth, we can provide it to you instantly (as opposed to buying more hardware), and we can provide it for less cost. If you do not need as much memory, bandwidth, processing power, or disk space, you can scale it down, and we will charge you less.
f. The parts cost less: bandwidth, RAM, Processing Power, Disk space is less expensive.
g. Your data is now centralized and can be accessed at greater speeds from multiple locations at less of a cost.
6. What are the risks? a. You need to make sure you have a reliable internet connection. If the Internet goes down, you do not have access to your data. However, we can create a custom solution where your office network is setup in a way that some info is stored there. So in case of internet outage, your company can continue to do work that doesnt involve internet access.
7. So what do you guys do?
a. We already have a network of fast, reliable, and redundant hardware that can hold virtual machines at our data center. We rent space on them to companies like yours.
b. We provide support for and manage virtual and physical networks in your office and outside.
c. We work with you to understand how you do things now, how you would like to do things, and provide technical solutions that bridge the gap.
8. Is there a long term commitment? a. No. This is a month to month commitment. But if you are interested in doing this long term, please contact us for more info.
9. Ok, so what next?
a. Call us at 732-545-7090 to get started
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