Virtual Locations

A Virtual Location consists of one or more Dedicated Nodes and can be created as easily as a server. Once created you will have your own Dedicated Node, capable of running gridscale Compute.

Our Virtual Location offering is designed with a few use cases in mind:

• Maximum compute and utilization, allowing you to get maximum usage out of your physical resources through optimised configurations
• Physical Server Licensing
• Organisations with strict compliance regulations can use Virtual Locations to make sure Servers are physically separate
• Workloads requiring hardware, but you do not want to maintain them

As a user, you have the option to easily navigate to the Cloud Panel and provision a Virtual Location with the following options:

• Dedicated Node Configuration
• Physical Location of the Virtual Location

Products #

With Virtual Locations, you can reserve different dedicated hardware configurations, called Dedicated Nodes, with or without Rocket Storage attached to them.

Dedicated Node Options #

Products currently unavailable #

Some products are currently not available, we plan to allow all products inside a Virtual Location at a later stage.

• PaaS
• GSK - gridscale Managed Kubernetes

Pricing #

The price of a Virtual Location is based on the amount of Dedicated Nodes and their configuration. For example a Virtual Location with one Dedicated Node along with another Dedicated Node will be billed at the price of 96 Cores, 1536 GB RAM and 6.99 TB Rocket Storage (5.99 TB is made available for pure Rocket Storage, and 1 TB is reserved for operations such as snapshots)

Products Included in the Price #

• Cores
• RAM
• Rocket Storage (when you have booked a node with Rocket Storage)
• IPv6

Products Not Included in the Price #

• IPv4
• Distributed Storage
• ISO Images
• Templates
• Exporting to Object Storage
• Snapshots
• Backups
• Licences (Windows VMs)
• Marketplace Apps (only Storage is billed)

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Partners #

As a Partner, you have the option to toggle Virtual Locations for an account via the Feature Flags. You can set individual prices for each type of Dedicated Node (with or without Rocket Storage) as well as set limits on the amount of Dedicated Nodes that a account can request.

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FAQ #

How do I use a Virtual Location? #

After you have requested a Virtual Location, you can create a new project and assign your Virtual Location to it. Upon switching to this project you can follow the usual approach to create resources which only run on the Dedicated Nodes assigned to your Virtual Location.

Can I connect servers between a Virtual Location and other Physical Locations? #

Yes. Load balancing works globally and you can contact us to integrate Virtual Switches to enable networking between projects. The projects have to reside in the same location, meaning that you will need to book a Virtual Location in the same physical location that your other servers reside in.

Can I use Rocket Storages as part of the Virtual Location offering? #

Yes. You can do so only if you have opted for a Dedicated Node with Rocket Storage attached while booking the Virtual Location. If not, the product is unavailable within the Virtual Location project.

Can I migrate servers between my projects and a Virtual Location? #

No. Virtual Location are a completely segregated environment, and due to licencing restrictions you are not able to move servers outside or into a Virtual Location, even if they reside in the same physical location (eg. FRA1).