TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Features
Build cloud servers to meet your specific requirements, rather than choosing from a rigid set of pre-configured options. Our compute services are consumed and billed on an hourly basis.
CPU
Up to 16vCPUs
Hourly, per vCPU
Memory
Up to 128 GB RAM
Hourly, per GB
Storage
Up to 4 TB local
Hourly, per GB allocated
Orchestration
Use Blueprints to build an unlimited number of deployable "templates" including VM specs, operating systems, software packages and scripts. Deploy on demand.
Included
Infrastructure management
Conduct routine infrastructure administrative tasks, including monitoring and maintenance of equipment as well as firmware and OS updates and patches.
Included
Infrastructure monitoring
Monitor infrastructure, and report across CPU, disk usage and server performance.
Included
Account management & Groups
Track cloud resource usage and spending with "groups" that match your organizational structure. This simplifies billing across different divisions.
Included
Autoscale
Manage and apply CPU Autoscale policies for Cloud servers. Automatically scale up and down based on user-defined thresholds.
Included
Security
"Defense in depth" security model, with safeguards at multiple levels.
Included
Patch management
Automatic patching of individual servers or Groups through Blueprint, script package or API.
Included
Hyperscale
High-performance compute instances offering breakthrough performance for data and web scale architectures like Hadoop, Cassandra, Couchbase and more.
Hourly
Networking
Supports data transfer over the public Internet. Note: there is no charge for internal data center traffic.
Cost on a per-GB-out model
Data backup
Set custom retention policies for data stored on VMs.
Cost per GB used
Virtual Load Balancing
Shared virtual load balancer.
Monthly
Content Delivery Network (CDN)
CDN services from multiple providers.
Cost per GB used
IPSEC VPN
Persistent point-to-point VPN tunnel.
Monthly
Operating Systems
CenturyLink Cloud Servers are preconfigured with an ever-growing list of operating systems.
CentOS5
CentOS6
Debian 6
Debian 7
RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
RedHat Enterprise Linux 6
RedHat Enterprise Linux 7
Ubuntu 12
Ubuntu 14
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Let's take a look at some of the benefits:
Mobility
With our business apps you can share and access your files virtually anywhere, anytime and on any device, so you and your business can get more done no matter where you are.
Cost Effective
With CenturyLink business apps, there's no software to buy and no upgrades to maintain. CenturyLink actively updates all of your business apps for you, so you can relax and forget about them.
Security
Since CenturyLink owns the data centers that house the cloud — and the networks used to access your apps — we can help ensure high-performance, end-to-end security, keeping your data safe from attack.
Productivity
You'll get more done and boost your business with the ability to share, edit and collaborate on multiple files with multiple people, all in real time.
Scalability
When your business needs change, our pricing is flexible enough to handle it. CenturyLink offers simple per-user pricing, allowing you to add and remove users with ease.
Support
With CenturyLink, you'll get around-the-clock, 24/7 tech support on all our business apps, helping you remain relevant and stay ahead.