We first released our own integrated, software defined storage system for OnApp clouds, back in 2012, and after four years of development it’s more stable and feature-rich than ever before. OnApp’s software defined storage system allows you to use commodity...
VMware vCloud Director is a powerful product, but isn’t really known for being easy to manage and use. For a lot of VMware cloud providers, the easiest way to improve usability (and functionality) is with OnApp. Our vCloud Director portal simplifies vCloud...
Here’s a quick guide to enabling password encryption for virtual servers in OnApp clouds. In the OnApp UI, a user can click to the properties page for one of their own virtual servers, and click to reveal the password for their own virtual server’s...
This is the third and final article in a series about using large vDisks on OnApp KVM compute resources. In the last two articles, I explained how to add a new vDisk and resize it beyond 2TB; and how to resize an existing vDisk beyond 2TB. This time, we’ll deal...
This is the second technical blog in a series about using large vDisks on OnApp KVM compute resources. In the first blog, I described how to add a new vDisk to a Linux virtual server, and then resize it beyond 2TB. This time, I’ll show you how to convert an...
In a previous blog post, I showed how to activate “Public” Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) in your OnApp cloud. DRaaS is one of the many ways OnApp helps service providers add value for end users: you can offer real-time replication for critical...