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Public VCF as-a-Service - Technical Overview
Explore the technical capabilities of OVHcloud Public VMware Cloud Foundation as-a-Service. This overview provides in-depth insights into the architecture, features, and benefits, helping you understand how to efficiently deploy and manage your cloud infrastructure.
Key features
Your cloud, ready in minutes
Deploy quickly your own cloud with a scalable, secure, and flexible environment to run your workloads.
Optimized for cost and performance
Benefit from the best performance-to-price ratio with a scalable and cost-efficient infrastructure adapted to your business needs.
Simplified VMware management
Enjoy a fully managed VMware environment by OVHcloud, streamlining operations and ensuring high availability.
OVHcloud Public VCF as-a-Service Architecture
The diagram depicts the architecture of OVHcloud Public VMware Cloud Foundation as-a-Service, highlighting its core components and their integration.
Discover OVHcloud Public VCF as-a-Service: Demo Video
Watch our demo video to discover the key features of OVHcloud Public VMware Cloud Foundation as-a-Service. Follow the steps to quickly set up and launch your first environment.
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Compare Standard and Advanced pack for Public VCF as-a-Service
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| Compute resource | 16 vCPU & 64 GB RAM included | 16 vCPU & 64 GB RAM included |
| Standard & Performance storage | 1 TB Standard storage included | 1 TB Standard storage included |
| Public IP address | 16 IPv4 addresses | 16 IPv4 addresses |
| Public Network | Up to 5 Gbps & unmetered | Up to 5 Gbps & unmetered |
| Advanced Network & Security features | - | VMware Microsegmentation |
| Options | Managed Veeam Windows licences Additional resources | Managed Veeam Windows licences Additional resources |
| More details | More details |
Important : If you need network and security features available with Advanced plan, please start with Advanced starter pack. It won't be possible to be migrated automatically from Standard to Advanced plan.
Features, options, and additional services
VMware Cloud Director (VCD)
The VCD interface simplifies the complex processes of orchestration, workload deployment, and network configuration, improving cloud operational efficiency.
High availability
Public VCF as-a-Service comes equipped with high availability features. Minimise downtime and provide reliable access to applications and data at all times.
Multi-tenant
Provide your organisations with a shared infrastructure, deploy new virtual datacentre (vDC) environments in under 10 minutes.
Billing
Control costs and manage your budget efficiently with predictable monthly billing. Adjust resources to your usage.
Elastic resource allocation
Start with 16 vCPU/64 GB RAM, then scale resources as needed, adjusting capacity based on your needs while maximising cost savings.
Storage capacity
Begin with 1 TB of Standard storage and add capacity as needed with Standard and Performance storage. This way, you can balance cost and performance to match your use case.
User and group access
Securely manage user/group access within your organisation by defining roles, permissions, and organisational boundaries, for efficient role-based access control and resource management.
Anti-DDoS
Public VCF as-a-Service, like all OVHcloud products, comes with anti-DDoS protection enabled. You can customise protection rules via the Control Panel.
Network security
Advanced Packs offer additional network security features, such as VMware Firewall and Microsegmentation.
Whitelist access
Whitelist authorised IP addresses. Restrict access to your services to minimise vulnerabilities and block cyber threats.
Public IPs
The configuration uses 16 IPv4 addresses (/28), by default, for public network access.
Additional public IPs
Additional Public IPs v4 available in blocks, ranging from 16 to 256 IP addresses, for flexible scalability.
Public network
Get high-speed public connectivity for your applications and services, with guaranteed unmetered bandwidth up to 5 Gbps.
Internal Private Network
Deploy and connect your VMs using Internal Private Networks available with Public VCF as-a-Service. Leveraging VMware’s distributed architecture, these isolated VMware Cloud Director segments provide a highly secure and efficient networking model.
Private network (vRack)
Connect your VMware Cloud Director to other OVHcloud services via vRack for blazing-fast, secure, and seamless 5 Gbps connection with unlimited bandwidth.
OVHcloud Connect
A private connection between your network and your OVHcloud services, compatible with all our cloud solutions.
Protection and DR
Disaster Recovery for Public VCF as-a-Service. Protect your VM with a low recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO).
Catalogues and templates
Simplify VMware deployments using OVHcloud’s centralised repository of prebuilt Linux and Windows images, plus storage for VM templates and ISOs.
Microsoft licences
Microsoft offers flexible and cost-effective VM licensing, with options to suit various needs and budgets.
Lifecycle management
OVHcloud manages the lifecycle of VMware environments (provisioning, updates, scaling, and security patching) for optimised performance and minimal operational overhead.
Resources and documentation
The basics - OVHcloud Public VCF-as-a-Service
This guide explains the basics of OVHcloud Public VCF as-a-Service.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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All documentation
Guides, tutorials, and reference materials for the use of Public VCF as-a-Service.
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(1) Monthly subscription at the introductory price of $334 /month applicable for the Starter Pack Standard until 31 December 2025 subscribed to by 30 November 2025 at the latest. After this introductory offer, the monthly subscription will be a minimum of $425 /month from 1 January 2026. This offer is non-binding with no minimum subscription period and cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. Subscription is subject to prior acceptance of OVHcloud’s contractual conditions.
(2) Monthly subscription at the introductory price of $419 /month applicable for the Starter Pack Advanced until 31 December 2025 subscribed to by 30 November 2025 at the latest. After this introductory offer, the monthly subscription will be a minimum of $509 /month from 1 January 2026. This offer is non-binding with no minimum subscription period and cannot be combined with other offers or discounts. Subscription is subject to prior acceptance of OVHcloud’s contractual conditions.