Workload sizing
Compute, memory, storage, operating system, network, access, backup, availability, and growth assumptions documented.
Cloud & Hosting Solutions service
Virtual machines sized, secured, and managed for their workload.
Asban provisions virtual servers around application requirements, isolation, access, network, recovery, performance, and the operating model required after deployment.
Scope and deliverables
Virtual Machines: scope and deliverables
A typical engagement includes workload sizing, virtual machine deployment and operations baseline.
Virtual machine deployment
Instance, identity, firewall, encryption, updates, monitoring, and backup configuration completed and verified.
Operations baseline
Patch, alert, capacity, credential, backup, recovery, and escalation responsibilities recorded for support.
Practical value
What Virtual Machines should improve
The intended outcomes are resources matched to use, consistent server controls and clear operating ownership. Success measures are agreed around the organization's objective.
Resources matched to use
Capacity is selected for the workload and can be reviewed as evidence changes.
Consistent server controls
Access, updates, network rules, monitoring, and backup follow a documented baseline.
Clear operating ownership
The organization knows who responds to alerts, approves change, and maintains each layer.
Governance and context
Governance considerations for Virtual Machines
Virtual-machine governance should define tenant ownership, administrator access, Canadian residency where required, encryption keys, patching, images, snapshots, backups, logs, vendors, and decommissioning.
Before you start
Common questions about Virtual Machines
How is a virtual machine different from shared hosting?
A VM provides a defined server environment and greater configuration control, but it also requires explicit operating-system, security, backup, and capacity management.
Can a VM be resized later?
Usually, subject to platform limits and maintenance requirements. Monitoring should inform changes rather than relying only on initial estimates.
Are snapshots the same as backups?
Not necessarily. Snapshots can help short-term recovery, but retention, isolation, restoration, and protection from account-level incidents must be assessed separately.