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Self Managed Cloud Servers

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Cartika Self Managed Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Cloud Computing Offering

can-us Cartika has data centers in both the United States and Canada. Choose which country to deploy your Cloud server in, or deploy Cloud servers in both countries as required. 
cloud All Cloud solutions are not created equal. Utilizing Citrix Xenserver Enterprise version, in combination with Cartika's unique 3 layer approach to Cloud Computing, Cartika delivers an Enterprise grade Cloud Solution that can be delivered as a fluid, elastic and complete Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offering. The Cartika Cloud offers real fluidity of instances, utility billing, elasticity and real high availability. See the Cartika Cloud Network DiagramCompare our Cloud Servers vs Utility VPS Servers or solutions our competitors are marketing and selling as "cloud" based solutions.
zfs Cartika's ZFS Cloud Storage Backbone is simply the most advanced and highly available storage platform available with any public or private cloud offering. SSD Read and Write volumes that are infinitely and instantly scalable results in superior, consistent and predictable performance - even under the heaviest workloads. Using ZFS zpool's, Cartika is able to infinitely and seamlessly scale volumes to multiple petabytes and beyound. Automatic daily backups of all data and volumes both locally to alternate ZFS dump SAN's as well as off site and out of country for the ultimate in disaster recovery planning (customers wishing to opt out of out of country replication are able to do so).
support Cartika has been setting the standard for Support in the hosting industry for more then 10 years. Real 24x7 Phone, eMail and Live Chat support. Response times in minutes for all inquiries. Resolutions for even the most Complex issues are handled appropriately with updates and escalations until tickets can be properly closed off. In Self Managed environments, receive best effort, reactive support on all issues in real time or near real time. Escalation paths to our engineering teams for even the most complex issues. Upgrade to a Fully Managed environment to take advantage of our proactive management and support policies. No heroic or fanatic gimmicks, Cartika simply provides rock solid, industry leading support.
managed-iaas Add Cartika proactive Managed Services to your Cloud server. Cartika offers the most complete definition of Managed Services available in the industry. A true proactive approach to managing your servers. Cartika proactively monitors all hardware and services in a manner which predicts failure. Our technicians are notified of issues, typically before it becomes service affecting and are resolving potential issues and problems before they are service affecting. Managed backups, Managed firewalls, proactive and real time intrusion detection, virus protection, detection, action and resolution are all included as standard in our Managed Cloud offerings.
high-availability The Cartika Cloud offers a high availability solution without the requirement for complex Load Balancing. Redundant at absolutely every level, Your Cloud Server will automatically be served off of different hardware in case of failure. With Citrix Enterprise live migration technology, no manual intervention is required and no more waiting for admins to manually restart instances on alternate hardware. Cartika Cloud Servers are automatically, and in real time, migrated to alternate hardware when required. 
elasticity Achieve a complete and automated elastic computing model. Upgrade or downgrade your hard server resources (CPU and RAM) in real time. Do not be limited with the resources available on your particular node, and avoid downtime and problems associated with migrations. Need more resources then are available on your particular node? With the Cartika Cloud, simply select the amount of resources you require, and if enough resources are not available on your particular node, the Cartika Cloud will find a physical node with enough available resources and will seamlessly move your instance to that node. 
fluidity Complete Fluidity within our Cloud computing model. Your Cartika Cloud Server is not bound to any physical node. Your instance will seamlessly move around amongst physical nodes in our cloud to accommodate for resources requirements, hardware failure, maintenance windows, etc. Achieve the highest possible uptime available in a Cloud Computing Model by removing many typical Reasons For Outages (RFO) found in other cloud solutions.
utility-upgrade

Utility Upgrades

Additional CPU = $1.33/Day or $40/month

Additional GB RAM = $1.00/Day or $30/month

Additional GB NetApp Enterprise Grade Disk = $0.50/month 

cloud-linux CloudLinux OS Free - CloudLinux is a commercially supported Linux Operating System.  It installs seamlessly onto RedHat and CentOS.  Create LVE (Lightweight Virtual Environment) within your CartikaVPS server.  Set resources limits for each account within your Cartika Cloud server and control all resource utilization in a granular manner, both within your Cloud Server and for your Cloud Server on the whole.
ksplice KSplice Free - Ksplice is a tool used which can automatically update your Linux Kernel without requiring a reboot.  Achieve better uptime and up to date and automatic Linux Kernel updates.  Fully compliant with the CloudLinux Operating System.

windows

Cartika offers the latest Windows Technology with 64bit Windows 2008 R2 and MS SQL 2008 Support within our Cloud Infrastructure. Choose multiple combinations of supported Windows Operating System versions along with multiple Microsoft SQL versions available.

ms-forefront Microsoft Forefront Free - Microsoft Forefront AntiVirus and Intrusion Detection System.  Free for all Microsoft Cloud Server customers. Forefront will perform real time scanning of your Windows Cloud Server, will automatically remove infections and will ensure your registry entries are clean and/or can clean and restore any registry changes if required.
r1soft R1Soft CDP Licenses Free - Cartika includes an unlimited R1Soft CDP license for all of our customers.  Add as many Cloud servers as you desire, backup as many web servers (Apache, IIS, etc) or DB servers (MySQL, pgSQL, MSSQL) as you desire.  No more licensing fees to worry about - only pay a small per GB fee for the backup space you require.
cloud-ms-exchange MS Exchange 2010 Reseller Account Free - Cartika includes a cloud based Microsoft Exchange 2010 Reseller Account based on WebSitePanel for free with our Cloud offerings.  Right from your Cloud portal, create a WebSitePanel Exchange 2010 Reseller Account at no charge.  Single point for login and billing.  Resell Cloud based Microsoft Exchange 2010 for $7/month including 20GB mailboxes for each user.  Offering includes Outlook licenses, Forefront AV/AS and much much more...
citrix-net-scaler Add in optional Load Balancing between your Cloud servers utilizing our Citrix Netscaler Load Balancer farms. Best in industry, redundant Netscaler load balancing available for $150/month/Public IP
vpn For advanced users requiring SSH, root or Administrator access to their Cloud servers, Cartika offers a Virtual Private Network (VPN) solution. Using a VPN you can lock down your server to all remote access except from your VPN user. VPN communication is encrypted, secure and follows you where ever you go. Cartika provides VPN users for $5/month/VPN User.
add-ons Cartika offers and extensive collection of Value Added Services, and industry best SLA on all offerings, information about our facilities, technology and much more. Please click here for additional Value Added Services and additional company information