Extility Foundation Edition
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Features & Editions
Extility is available in two editions: Foundation and Service Provider.
Foundation Edition
First step? Small hosting business? Corporate? The Foundation Edition provides an ideal basis for your first foray into Cloud Computing. Available for download and self-install, it can be rapidly deployed with minimal hardware requirements. The Foundation Edition is also available as a free trial.
Service Provider Edition
The Service Provider Edition provides additional flexibility, functionality and scalability, and is suitable for service providers who are deploying larger, more resilient clusters. It is installed by Flexiant, and can be extensively customised. It can use KVM, Xen, and VMware hypervisors.
Not sure which suits you? Check out our comparison chart below! Still not sure? Give us a call on +44 1506 606 000 or drop us a line.
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Foundation | Service Provider |
|---|---|---|
| Main features | ||
| Full cloud IaaS stack | ✔ | ✔ |
| Control panels | ||
| Customer control panel | ✔ | ✔ |
| Admin control panel | ✔ | ✔ |
| Operator control panel | ✔ | ✔ |
| Brandable | ✔ | ✔ |
| Products and billing | ||
| Product management | ✔ | ✔ |
| Rating and unit billing | ✔ | ✔ |
| Integration with existing billing systems | ✔ | ✔ |
| Integrated invoicing | X | ✔ |
| Multicurrency billing | X | ✔ |
| Credit card integration | X | ✔ |
| API access | ||
| Customer API | ✔ | ✔ |
| Admin API | ✔ | ✔ |
| Operator APIs | ✔ | ✔ |
| Hypervisor support | ||
| KVM | ✔ | ✔ |
| Xen | X | ✔ |
| VMware | X | ✔ |
| Network support | ||
| Public Virtual IP | ✔ | ✔1 |
| Public VLAN | X | ✔ |
| Private VLAN | X | ✔ |
| Interworking VLAN | X | ✔ |
| Router groups | X | ✔ |
| IPv4 | ✔ | ✔ |
| IPv6 | ✔ | ✔ |
| 802.1q | X | ✔ |
| 802.1q-in-q / 802.1ad | X | ✔ |
| Distributed vSwitch | X | ✔ |
| Storage support | ||
| Nexenta Stor | ✔ | ✔1 |
| Oracle 7400 | X | ✔1 |
| 3-Par T Series | X | ✔1 |
| Solaris | X | ✔1 |
| OpenSolaris / OpenIndiana | X | ✔1 |
| Bridge to 3rd party storage | X | ✔1 |
| VMware compatible storage units | X | ✔2 |
| Compute node support | ||
| 64bit x86 commodity hardware | ✔ | ✔ |
| Diskless PXEboot nodes | ✔ | ✔ |
| Nodes with VMware installed | X | ✔2 |
| Services | ||
| Metadata service | ✔ | ✔ |
| Node configuration service | ✔ | ✔1 |
| Install method | ||
| Self install | ✔ | X |
| Flexiant install | X | ✔ |
| Support | ||
| Email & telephone support | ✔ | ✔ |
| Unlimited incidents | X | ✔ |
Notes
1. KVM and Xen only
2. VMware only