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virtualization.info Rent-A-Lab

Rent-A-Lab is the blockbuster virtualization.info on-demand data center located in Zurich, Switzerland.

The entire infrastructure can be reached and configured online: the physical servers, the storage arrays, the network switches, etc.

It can be used to test new features or beta builds, to benchmark competing products, to train new engineers, to plan complex architectures, to study for certification exams and more.

Equipment List

	Pieces	Brand / Model	CPU	RAM	Storage	Network

Management Station	3	HP ProLiant DL 380 G4	2 x Single Core Intel Xeon 3.2GHz	4GB	2 x 72GB SCSI (RAID 1)	2 x 1Gbit Ethernet 1 x 2GB FC

Servers	28	HP ProLiant DL 380 G5	2 x Quad Core Intel E5420 2.5GHz	4GB	2 x 72GB SAS (RAID 1)	6 x 1Gbit Ethernet 1 x Dual 4GB FC


Storage Arrays	1	Dell EqualLogic PS5000E			16 x 250GB SATA	3 x 1GB iSCSI
	1	Dell EqualLogic PS5000XV			16 x 300GB SAS	3 x 1GB iSCSI
	2	EMC Celerra NS20			45 x 146GB FC	6 x 4GB FC 8 x 1GB iSCSI/NFS/CIFS
	2	HP StorageWorks EVA3000			14 x 72GB FC	2 x 2GB FC
	2	HP StorageWorks MSA1000			4 x 145GB SCSI	1 x 2GB FC
	2	NetApp FAS3020HA			14 x 320GB ATA 14 x 144GB FC	2 x 4GB FC 8 x 1GB iSCSI
	1	Pillar Axiom 500			42 x 250GB SATA	2 x Dual 4GB FC 2 x Dual 1GB iSCSI

Network Switches	5	HP ProCurve 2900-48G				48 x 1GB Ethernet 2 x 10GB Ethernet
Network Switches	2	HP ProCurve 3400-48G				48 x 1GB Ethernet 2 x 10GB Ethernet

Storage Switches	2	Brocade 5000				32 x 4GB FC
	2	Cisco MDS 9216				48 x 2GB FC
	4	EMC Connectrix DS-5000B				32 x 4GB FC

Internet Connection	1	Cyberlink SDSL				10Mbps Downlink 10Mbps Uplink
Internet Connection	1	VTX Datacomm ADSL				5Mbps Downlink 640Kbps Uplink

Prices

The entire infrastructure or just a part of it is available for rent for worldwide customers.

Prices depend on required equipment and lenght of booking, and includes initial setup and management station cost. Special hardware may be available on demand.

Ask for prices now!

Demo

Following 10-minutes demo shows Rent-A-Lab capabilities in a typical configuration with VMware Infrastructure 3:

Note: Video shows real speed in a connection between Rome, Italy and Zurich, Switzerland.

FAQs

Q. How the payment is done?

A. Currently through a bank transfer only.

After order placement through email, customer will receive an invoice with all details for wire transfer.

Q. After how many days the infrastructure is available since payment?

A. Same day payment will be confirmed.

Q. Is this service providing real full control of all infrastructure equipment?

A. Yes. Full control is granted to physical servers, network switches and assigned SAN zones.

Q. How do I connect to the infrastructure?

A. You'll receive a domain name and an account to connect to Management Station through Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP).

If you are connecting from a computer with has not Microsoft Windows as OS, you can use different RDP Client clones:

Linux/Solaris/BSD: rdesktop
Mac OS: TSclientX

Q. Is full licensed software available in the infrastructure?

A. No. Customers have to provide trial or full licenses for products used in the infrastructure.

Q. How can I put some software I need inside the infrastructure?

A. You can download needed software directly from inside the infrastructure, through a fast Internet access.

Otherwise you can connect your own harddrives through RDP session.

Q. I completed my tests on virtualization.info Rent-A-Lab infrastructure, and I'd like to save my virtual machines. Could you burn them on DVDs and send them to me through ordinary mail?

A. No, at the moment this option is not available.

Final Notes

Even providing two ISP connections in load balancing configuration, Internet connection is not granted in any case.

virtualization.info and Kybernetika are not responsible for loss of connectivity before or during a testing session.

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Testimonials

virtualization.info Rent-A-Lab provides users an excellent opportunity to get to know, test and demonstrate VMware’s virtual infrastructure. All you need is an Internet connection, to demo complex scenarios and services such as VMotion, VMware HA and VMware DRS. It’s a platform I like using time and time again for demo purposes.

Wolfram Weber
VMware

Cisco Switzerland held its first Nexus 5000 boot-camp with over 90 participants on the infrastructure of virtualization.info Rent-a-Lab. Rock solid engineering knowledge with great response times combined lead to a great success show casing latest and greatest 10G Ethernet and Fibre-Channel over Ethernet Labs and demonstrations. The VMWare ESX infrastructure is very well maintained, remotely accessible and all our wishes have been fulfilled by the available equipment as well as the provided support from very friendly staff. Cisco can only recommend this Rent-a-Lab environment for any VMWare related demo, training or other lab activities.

Marco Kuendig
Cisco

During VMware training sessions, demonstrating real-life performance to students is key. As a freelance VMware instructor, I get to use a lot of various training and demo setups. Rent-A-Lab provides the most realistic and certainly the most performant demo environment I've ever used, without competition. Virtualization performance depends on CPU, memory, network and storage performance, and Rent-A-Lab delivers all that, and more. For test setups, the availability of multi-vendor hardware is also very unique.

Bert de Bruijn
Virtwo

As a VCP with a passion for virtualisation technology we have a number of corporate clients who need a proof of concept before purchasing any virtualisation technology. As a company we needed the decision makers to work on live equipment and demonstrate all the technologies that VMware offers. I would recommend Rent-A-Lab to anyone who wants to utilize the latest technologies to demonstrate fully VMware, from the top of the range servers, to the fiber switches, to the SAN equipment and connectivity all were fantastic.

Steven Cole
itfutures

Overall the experience was fantastic. Connectivity and the speed of the hardware/infrastructure was commendable and everything worked flawlessly. I also greatly appreciate the help at a couple of key junctures in sorting out various aspects of VMware. In other words, this was a great experience and I’d happily recommend it to anyone (considering what a pain it can be to properly set up a VMware test lab).

Michael K. Campbell
OverAchiever Productions

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