Overview
TUcloud enables Temple University departments to host applications and/or store data using the infrastructure of Temple's state-of-the-art data center. This resource eliminates the need for departments to purchase and maintain their own servers or storage devices. TUcloud is internally-hosted, secure, and climate-controlled.
TUcloud is not only cost effective but is also energy efficient as it makes use of a technology called virtualization. Virtualization enables multiple servers to run on one piece of hardware. This reduces the environmental impact to the university.
Benefits
TUcloud provides the following benefits:
- Your IT staff no longer needs to allocate resources for managing the base server services. Your resources can be freed up for other activities to support your business applications.
- The base server services are managed, patched, and backed up on a regular basis following a standard set of procedures.
- The resources are ready when you are. There is no need to wait for hardware to arrive.
- The cost is much less than purchasing and managing your own hardware.
- You can plan for a predictable yearly budget instead of having to factor in unknown costs.
- The virtual server infrastructure is energy efficient compared with separate physical servers and reduces the environmental impact on the university.
- The systems are automatically monitored 24x7. Information Technology Services support staff are notified immediately if problems are detected.
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