CIO / VP of IT
A predictable infrastructure foundation that grows without repeated hardware refreshes or a headcount curve to match.
Service · 01 · Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
ModernOps · Private Cloud
Own the workload.
Rent
the platform.
Your operating systems, applications and data stay yours. The infrastructure underneath becomes ours to run: clustered, isolated, monitored, refreshed. A live private-cloud platform on Proxmox and Ceph, operated from our own facilities by the team you can actually call.
Operations
24/7 noc
Regions
PA + AZ
Environment online
30 days
Billing
VCPU · GIB
Infrastructure / Virtualization Leader
Enterprise clustering, HA, tenant isolation, storage and lifecycle operations in one operating model instead of five consoles.
IT Operations Lead
Provisioning, incidents, changes and escalation through documented workflows and service reviews, not ad hoc console work.
Finance / Strategy Leader
Explicit consumption units and an alternative to legacy virtualization economics, matched to actual workload demand.
03The decision
Key design
considerations.
Five tensions shape every hosted-platform conversation. The honest answers decide the architecture.
01 /
The renewal math changed.
Hypervisor licensing turned every refresh into a strategy question, and the exit ramp does not have to lead to a hyperscaler. A managed private cloud keeps the capabilities, drops the capital cycle and prices in units you can read.
02 /
Own the workload, not the stack.
The line is clean: you control operating systems, applications and data; we operate the infrastructure, availability, capacity and platform health underneath them. Everything on this page follows from where that line sits.
03 /
The hyperscaler is not the only cloud.
Public cloud wins for elastic and exploratory demand. For steady-state virtual machines, a private platform with flat, explicit units, vCPU, memory in GiB, storage in GiB, is the bill your finance team can forecast.
04 /
Shared platform, isolated tenants.
Multi-tenancy done properly means separate virtual environments, segmented networks and role-based access, with management traffic on its own networks. Shared economics, private boundaries.
05 /
Capacity as a request, not a project.
New workloads should not require procurement, racking and cabling. On a pooled platform, capacity is allocated from resource pools and provisioned through a portal, and the lead time is a workflow, not a shipment.
04The platform
The platform,
layer by layer.
Every layer of the stack and what it does, from hypervisor to facility.
Layer 01
Enterprise clustering, high availability, role-based access and advanced networking on an open foundation, the deliberate alternative to closed, increasingly expensive virtualization platforms.
Layer 02
All-NVMe, software-defined storage with replicated data across the cluster, so a failed node is an event the cluster absorbs, not an outage you explain.
Layer 03
MultiPortal provides tenant provisioning, resource allocation and VM lifecycle across clusters and data centers, the layer service providers historically leaned on Cloud Director for.
Layer 04
ModernOps orchestration handles onboarding and lifecycle workflows, LogicMonitor watches platform and network health, alerts open incidents automatically, and production changes run through testing, peer review and change-board approval.
Layer 05
Hosted in ModernOps-managed infrastructure in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and Phoenix, Arizona, reached by carrier cross-connects or secure IPsec tunnels.
Layer 06
Backup through Proxmox Backup Server or NAKIVO patterns, reserved DR compute and storage with annual failover testing, and managed Fortinet firewalls, switching and WAN under the same accountability line.
05Who does what
Division of
responsibilities.
The line between what we operate and what stays yours, in writing.
| Layer | Included in IaaS | Yours | Attachable service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical infrastructure, facilities, power, cooling |  | ||
| Hypervisor clustering, HA, platform health, capacity | | ||
| Tenant provisioning, VM lifecycle, virtual networking | | ||
| Platform monitoring, incident workflow, change control | | ||
| Guest operating systems and patching | Customer | Server Management | |
| Applications, middleware and data | Customer | Scoped separately | |
| Backup of protected workloads | BaaS | ||
| Disaster recovery capacity and testing | DRaaS | ||
| Firewalls, switching, WAN, wireless | Managed Network and Security | ||
| Deep telemetry and dashboards | Observability |
Access boundary
ModernOps holds infrastructure-level administrative access, not routine access to your application data.
06The old model vs ModernOps
The ModernOps
difference.
Same workloads on paper. A different operating model in production.
| Dimension | The old model | ModernOps IaaS |
|---|---|---|
| Provisioning | Hardware selection, purchasing, installation, cabling | Tenant provisioning and VM lifecycle through a portal and automation |
| Infrastructure | Server, storage and network silos with duplicate idle capacity | Pooled compute, storage and networking with securely isolated tenants |
| Virtualization economics | Licensing that climbs every renewal | An open Proxmox and Ceph foundation priced in explicit units |
| Availability | Depends on how each environment was assembled | Clustering and HA designed into the platform, absorbed node failures |
| Tenant management | Legacy cloud-management tooling or custom scripts | Purpose-built multi-tenant, multi-cluster, multi-site management |
| Operations | Individual administrators and direct console changes | ITSM workflows, monitoring, change control, reporting, service reviews |
| Protection | Backup, DR and networking as separate projects | BaaS, DRaaS, firewall and network management attached to the same platform |
07The first 30 days
The first
30 days.
Three repeatable phases from kickoff to an operating baseline.
| Phase | What happens | What you hold at the end |
|---|---|---|
| Assess and design · Days 0 to 10 | Inventory source workloads, CPU, memory, storage, network dependencies, backup requirements, availability expectations and migration constraints. Map target tenant resources, segmentation, connectivity and protection. | A validated workload inventory, target-state resource model, migration sequence and responsibility matrix. |
| Provision and migrate · Days 11 to 22 | Create the tenant, allocate compute and memory, provision Ceph-backed storage, configure virtual networking and firewall connectivity, create VMs, deploy backup agents where applicable, begin migration or restore waves. | Your isolated environment online with working compute, storage, networking, backup and administrative access. |
| Validate and optimize · Days 23 to 30 | Validate VM health, connectivity, backup jobs, monitoring, alerting, failover readiness and capacity. Establish rightsizing and the service-review cadence before ownership transitions to managed operations. | A validated platform, documented operating model, known escalation paths and a baseline for optimization. |
Scope control
Thirty days stands the environment up and validates the first workloads. A typical full onboarding runs six to eight weeks from kickoff to go-live, with discovery, migration waves and DR validation on a published plan, because moving production is a program, not a weekend.
08The other quote
Priced
both ways.
The refresh you would own, priced beside the platform you would consume.
This is the page most refresh conversations end up comparing against, so we make the comparison easy: we will price the hardware refresh you would own next to the hosted platform you would consume, side by side, same engineers, same spreadsheet. The buy-and-own version of this decision lives on the Servers & Virtualization page. And the boundary here stays explicit: IaaS runs the infrastructure; guest OS, patching and deeper operations attach through Server Management when you want them.
The math, visualized
Buy and refresh
ModernOps IaaS
Illustrative shape, not a quote: the refresh curve buys peak capacity up front and idles most of it; the platform curve pays for measured units as workloads actually run. Your real curves come out of the working session, sources shown.
09Proof
Proven
results.
Current deployments, and the platform they run on.
Real scale, fully managed.
One engineering firm’s current onboarding: 106 vCPU, 548 GiB of memory and 7,674 GiB of VM storage delivered as a managed service, with backup for 20 protected workloads, a failover-ready DR reservation, and firewall and network management attached to the same engagement.
We run what we sell you.
The platform architecture is the one ModernOps runs its own production on: Proxmox VE clusters on Dell hardware, shared all-NVMe Ceph with replicated storage and redundant cluster interconnects.
Two regions, your choice of path.
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and Phoenix, Arizona, reached by carrier cross-connect or secure IPsec tunnel, with monthly service reviews and annual DR testing built into the operating cadence.
Field Note · No. 01 · The exit ramp lands here
The 3-Host VMware Trap
Read the field note →
Tech Talk · No. 02 · Working session
The VMware Exit Strategy
10FAQ
Frequently asked
questions.
The questions buyers ask before handing over the infrastructure layer.
01 /What exactly is ModernOps IaaS?
A managed private-cloud platform: we operate the physical infrastructure, virtualization, storage, networking, tenant provisioning, monitoring and capacity. You run your operating systems, applications and data inside isolated virtual environments.
02 /What is the platform built on?
Proxmox for virtualization, clustering and HA; Ceph for distributed all-NVMe storage; MultiPortal for multi-tenant provisioning and lifecycle; ModernOps automation for orchestration and workflows.
03 /How are tenants isolated on shared infrastructure?
Separate virtual environments, segmented networks and role-based access, with management traffic on distinct networks. Shared hardware, private boundaries.
04 /Where do the workloads physically live?
ModernOps-managed infrastructure in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania and Phoenix, Arizona, connected by carrier cross-connects or secure IPsec tunnels.
05 /Can you migrate us off VMware?
Yes, that is the most common inbound path. The same team that runs wave-based hypervisor migrations scopes the method per environment: discovery, target tenant build, staged waves, validation and rollback thinking, on a published onboarding plan.
06 /Is backup included?
Backup attaches rather than hides in the fine print: Proxmox Backup Server or NAKIVO patterns per protected workload, with jobs monitored under the same 24/7 operation. Disaster recovery attaches the same way, as reserved compute and storage with annual failover testing.
07 /Who patches the operating systems?
You do, by default, because they are yours. When you would rather not, Server Management and patching attach as separately scoped services under the same accountability line.
08 /How is IaaS priced and measured?
In explicit units: vCPU, memory in GiB, VM storage in GiB and backup storage in GiB. A bill your finance team can read and forecast.
09 /What happens when something breaks or needs to change?
Alerts open incidents automatically in our ITSM system, communication follows your documented procedures, and production changes require testing, peer review and change-board approval, with an accelerated path for emergencies.
10 /Can this platform run our AI or HPC workloads?
That is a different architecture: GPU, scheduling, parallel storage and orchestration are scoped separately, and the honest version of that conversation lives on the AI & Accelerated Compute page.
11Direct to an engineer
Tell us about
your environment.
Hosts, VMs, utilization and what the current platform costs to keep. We will model the hosted platform against the refresh you would otherwise buy.