Virtual servers are a convenient, powerful way to run server environments for a variety of uses. This service is designed to allow MME IT the ability to offload the purchase of computer hardware or operating system (OS) deployments, thereby saving you time and money.
Advantages
- 99.999% up time
- Very redundant
- More servers for less cost of purchasing individual physical servers
- Minutes to deploy new server
- Migrate server from building to building in minutes (scheduled power outages)
- Very scalable environment
Costs
For research software only, there will be a one-time fee of $500 to cover the cost of a virtual server to host the license file and a yearly software maintenance fee of $100.00 for the license renewal and creation / deployment of the latest software package.
For combined research / teaching software the department will cover 50% of the cost. A one-time fee of $250 will be paid by the researcher to cover the cost of a virtual server to host the license file and a yearly software maintenance fee of $50 for the license renewal and creation / deployment of the latest software package.
For teaching software only, the department will cover 100% of the cost.
How do you request a VM server for your research / teaching needs?
RT ticket to mmehelpdesk@uwaterloo.ca
Information to include:
- Name of software and vendor contact information
- Whether it is for research, teaching or both
- An AFF field to bill for vm server cost and yearly maintenance
- Who should have access to the software
