Leaseweb Public Cloud [New]

Leaseweb Public Cloud [New]

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Public Cloud instances are delivered on our next-generation cloud platform, designed for high availability, reliability, and performance. The platform utilizes fast central storage to provide consistent performance, operational flexibility, and scalability.

Instances can be provisioned, modified, and terminated on demand, allowing customers to rapidly adapt their infrastructure to changing business requirements.

Public Cloud Instance

An instance is a virtual machine capable of running cloud-based applications.

Instances are computing resources hosted on Leaseweb-owned infrastructure and are available either through Saving Plans commitments or on-demand hourly billing.

Instances can be launched from multiple resource types, including:

  • Images
  • Volumes
  • Volume Snapshots

Customers can manage instances through the Public Cloud Portal or OpenStack API.

Instance Types

Public Cloud offers a range of instance families designed to meet different workload requirements.

  1. General Purpose instances provide a balance of compute, memory, and networking resources, and can be used for a wide range of workloads.
  2. Compute Optimized instances are ideal for applications where computing needs are higher than memory needs and benefit from large quantities of processors.
  3. Memory Optimized instances are designed to deliver fast performance for workloads that process large data sets in memory.

Instance Naming

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Examples:

lsw.m4i.largeGeneral purpose, platform V4, Intel, Large
lsw.c6a.12xlargeCompute optimized, platform V6a, AMD, 12xLarge
lsw.r5.xlargeMemory optimized, platform V5, Intel, Xlarge

Platforms

Each of our platforms (vintages) has different capabilities: ​

  • CPU generation and model
  • Max size of the instance
  • Network public up-link speed
VintageCPU GenerationPublic Port SpeedMax Cores & MemoryMax Instance Size
3iIntel Sandy Bridge
Intel Ivy Bridge
1 Gbps32 Cores
64 GiB
m.2xlarge
c.4xlarge
r.2xlarge
4iIntel Haswel
lIntel Broadwell
2 Gbps32 Cores
64 GiB
m.4xlarge
c.4xlarge
r.2xlarge
5iIntel Skylake
Intel Cascade Lake
5 Gbps32 Cores
64 GiB
m.4xlarge
c.4xlarge
r.2xlarge
5aAMD Epyc V25 Gbps48 Cores
384 GiB
m.12xlarge
c.12xlarge
r.12xlarge
6aAMD Epyc V310 Gbps96 Cores
768 GiB
m.24xlarge
c.24xlarge
r.24xlarge
7aAMD Epyc 900410 Gbps64 Cores
512 GiB
m.16xlarge
c.16xlarge
r.16xlarge

Availability Zones

Public Cloud resources are available across multiple Availability Zones (AZs), providing increased resiliency and workload distribution options.

Current Availability Zones:

  • AMS-01
  • AMS-02

Availability Zones are isolated infrastructure domains designed to improve fault tolerance and support high-availability architectures.

Public Cloud Features

Public Cloud provides a comprehensive set of infrastructure services, including:

FeaturesAvailability
Projects & Users ManagementUp to 3 Projects
Resource ManagementQuotas per Project
Instance Creation (from Volume, Snapshot)Available
Availability Zones AMS-01, AMS-02
Instance (Volume) SnapshotsAvailabile
Network & Routers ConfigurationAvailable
IPV4On-Demand
IPV6On-Demand
Load BalancerAvailable
Security GroupsAvailabile
Secrets (SSH) ManagementAvailable
OS ImagesUbuntu, Rocky Linux, Alma Linux, Debian, Arch Linux, FreeBSD, Windows
StorageCentral storage that is highly available (if one of the hypervisors goes down, recovery of instance within minutes). Option between Value (8K IOPS) or Performance (30K IOPS)
OpenStack APIUbuntu, Rocky Linux, Alma Linux, Debial, Arch Linux, FreeBSD, Windows
Saving Plans (Instance Type, IPv4, Volume)Available

Network

All Public Cloud instances are connected to our state-of-the-art network. For more information about network, please visit the Leaseweb website.

Data Traffic

Public Cloud instances include 1 TB for pooled Internet traffic, meaning instances from your contract will share 1 TB data pack across sales organizations. Incoming traffic for Public Cloud is free of charge, while outgoing traffic is charged per GB. Additional usage is surcharged according to the pricing on the website.

Traffic Restrictions

We apply some traffic restrictions to provide you with a better virtual server network isolation, such as:

  • Blocking traffic from IP addresses not belonging to the virtual server.
  • Blocking broadcast/multicast traffic types between virtual servers in the same subnet.

Firewall

Leaseweb offers free Basic Firewall functionality as a feature for virtual servers to provide basic filtering functionality. For more information on free Basic Firewalls, refer to the article on Firewalls.

OpenStack API Access

Public Cloud provides direct OpenStack API access, enabling customers to automate infrastructure deployment and management using industry-standard tools and SDKs.

Billing Options

On-Demand (Hourly) Billing Resources are billed based on actual usage and can be provisioned or terminated at any time.
Saving PlansAvailable for: Instance Types, Public IPs and Storage Volumes.

Customers can reduce infrastructure costs by committing to specific resources for a defined period.

Service Level Agreement (SLA)

To keep your instances connected 24/7, Leaseweb’s Basic Service Level Agreement is provided at no additional charge. For additional support, there are multiple levels of SLAs. For further information, refer to the article on Service Level Agreement (SLA)