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Private Cloud

Dedicated infrastructure. Fully managed. Predictable costs.

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Private Cloud

Dedicated infrastructure, fully managed at a predictable cost

A managed private cloud combines dedicated resources with the flexibility of cloud, all maintained by Summit’s engineers. Your infrastructure is exclusively yours: enhanced security, full control, consistent performance.

Choose VMware, Hyper-V, or Proxmox. Summit handles monitoring, updates, security, scaling, and maintenance so you don’t have to build an in-house team around it.

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Single-Tenant Dedicated resources with no noisy neighbors. It’s 100% yours.
End-to-End Management Setup, monitoring, troubleshooting, and updates, all on Summit.
24/7/365 Support Phone, email, support portal, or Slack, always available.
100% Uptime SLAs Contractual 100% uptime SLAs on power and network.
Platform Upgrades Fully managed OS, firmware, and hypervisor updates, including migrations to supported versions.
Predictable Costs Steady monthly pricing without hidden egress fees or licensing surprises.
Hypervisor Options

Choose Your Private Cloud Platform

Dedicated performance, consistent pricing, and your choice of three hypervisors, all fully managed by Summit.

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Hyper-V

Hyper-V Private Cloud

Windows-aligned with predictable costs

Predictable licensing costs with tight integration into Windows Server and centralized management through System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM). If you already pay for Windows licensing, there’s no additional hypervisor cost.

Best fit for:

Teams wanting a reliable private cloud with a rich feature set, support ecosystem, and stable platform not tied to a single vendor’s roadmap.

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Proxmox

Proxmox Private Cloud

Open source with enterprise-grade features

Lowest-cost hypervisor option. Open-source virtualization with strong performance for mixed VM and container workloads. Built-in clustering, high availability, and backup tooling.

Best fit for:

Teams that need to cost-effectively manage VMs and containers (LXC) in SMBs, home labs, and development environments.

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VMware

VMware Private Cloud

The familiar vSphere ecosystem

Supports VMware-dependent workloads and lift-and-shift from on-prem VMware environments. If you’re deeply invested in the VMware ecosystem, Summit manages it fully.

Best fit for:

Organizations deeply invested in VMware-specific workflows who need continuity.

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Core Use Cases

Built for Organizations That Can’t Compromise on Control

Any organization that needs dedicated infrastructure, compliance alignment, or freedom from public cloud variability.

Financial Services
Healthcare & HIPAA
SaaS & Software Companies
VMware Migration
High-Performance Workloads
Enterprise IT Teams
The Summit Difference

Your Choice of Platform, Run with Operational Rigor

Summit stands apart with true hypervisor choice and the scale to back it up, rather than another reseller wrapping a public cloud.

Platform choice VMware, Hyper-V, or Proxmox, all fully managed by Summit engineers.
Operational scale Proven to support thousands of workloads globally across 22 data centers on 6 continents.
Transparent pricing Steady, predictable costs without surprise egress bills or licensing changes.
Hybrid flexibility Add colocation, DRaaS, or managed services to build exactly the architecture you need.
Compliance-ready Meet HIPAA and PCI DSS standards via Summit’s SOC 2 Type II audited infrastructure.
22
Data centers worldwide
6
Continents covered
100%
Uptime SLAs
3
Hypervisor platforms

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Summit delivered true clarity and simplicity to our systems that were growing more complicated by the day.

Fortis Solutions Group

Platform Comparison

Hyper-V vs VMware vs Proxmox

See how licensing, operations, and long-term cost really compare.

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VMware Hyper-V Proxmox
Licensing model Complex, frequent changes Included with Windows Server Open-source, no per-core fees
Total cost of ownership Higher platform & tooling costs Lower TCO for Microsoft teams Very low platform costs
High availability Requires higher licensing tiers Enterprise-grade via Windows Failover Built-in, no extra tiers
Live migration vMotion, mature but adds overhead Clean Windows management integration Included for VMs & containers
Automation Spans multiple VMware tools PowerShell-native API-driven, IaC-ready
Vendor flexibility High lock-in risk Microsoft-aligned Platform-agnostic by design
Cost Calculator

See what running your own private cloud really costs

Compare the three-year cost of building and staffing your own environment against a fully managed private cloud on Summit.

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FAQ

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