
you need infrastructure RIGHT NOW, you can’t wait days or hours
you need infrastructure but you don’t know how to install an Operating System
you need infrastructure but you don’t have the expertise to put a physical infrastructure together - data centre, physical server, network
you need a server NOW but have no idea how long you’ll need it for
you only want to pay for what you really use
you want to gradually ‘grow’ your infrastructure in line with customer demand, but this has to be achieved with as little disruption to customers as possible
you only need the server during office hours and don’t want to pay for the rest
you don’t want to commit to any upfront capital expenditure
you want to manage your infrastructure all by yourself, 24x7, whenever you want to
you want to control your infrastructure from your control software via an API
you want to control your infrastructure from a control panel
you want to control your infrastructure from a control panel
you want to be able to vertically and horizontally scale your infrastructure up and down with as few limitations as possible
you need an SLA of 99.99%
you need infrastructure that can automatically recover from a hardware failure and doesn’t force you to re-install your servers and restore your data
you need infrastructure that allows you to upgrade your web servers without taking your environment down
you cannot predict future growth; you want to just request more when you need it
you want a solution that copes with unpredictable peaks, ideally fully automatically
you need infrastructure that is as safe as a dedicated server
you need a VLAN and/or a Firewall
you are under pressure from senior management to only use infrastructure that can be viewed as green
you want to make a personal contribution to the environment while maintaining the level of computing resources you used to have historically
you are worried that increasing energy costs may adversely affect your cost base for computing infrastructure