Keep in the office what needs to be close to your people and move the rest to a European data centre. We design both sides as one system, with tested backup and restore.
A hybrid cloud combines on-premise servers, in your company, with resources in an external data centre, managed as one environment. UreTech builds it for SMEs with Proxmox VE on site, a replica of the important machines in a data centre in the European Union and off-site backups with restore tests.
Private cloud is the part reserved for your company only, on site or in a data centre, without sharing virtual machines with other customers. The provider and data centre country are written in the quote.
And why everything in the office is a risk.
If the line drops and everything is in the cloud, the office stops. With an on-site server, work goes on.
Machinery, badge readers and programs tied to the internal network need a server nearby.
Server and backups in the same room: a fire or theft hits both.
Some data you want to keep in-house, other data must be reachable by people working remotely.
Several layers, one management.
Proxmox VE on right-sized hardware, for the ERP and files used every day.
Important VMs replicated off site, ready to restart if the office goes down.
Copies in a place other than the replica, with restore tests.
Websites, portals and web apps on managed VPSs in the EU.
VPN and firewall, with no open ports on the office server.
Language models on your servers, with data that stays in-house.
There is no answer that fits everyone. We look at connectivity, number of sites, software in use and how long you can afford to be down. This is the table we use in the first review.
| Situation | What we recommend |
|---|---|
| One site, good line, web-based ERP | Managed cloud in an EU data centre, off-site backups |
| One site, slow line or no backup line | On-site server with replica and off-site backups |
| Several sites or many remote workers | Hybrid: shared services in an EU data centre, local server where needed |
| Machinery or software tied to the internal network | On-site server, critical VMs replicated off site |
| Confidential data to analyse with AI | Private cloud on site or dedicated, with on-premise models |
To compare the options fairly we line up the same items over three years: hardware and its replacement, licences and subscriptions, power and space, connectivity and backup line, data centre fee, management and backups. You get the table filled in with your figures, not a market average.
External resources are in data centres in the European Union. Your company remains the data controller under the GDPR; UreTech signs on as processor and names the data centre provider as sub-processor.
Technology ecosystem
Our partnerships cover websites and e-commerce. Around them sits the rest of the business: ERP, servers, backups and artificial intelligence. For each technology we say exactly what we do: we integrate, design, set up and build.
Clusters, virtualisation and backups sized on the real workload, with monitoring and updates. We also migrate from VMware to Proxmox, with a cut-over plan and agreed downtime.
Cloud infrastructureManaged servers and VPSBackup and disaster recovery
Take a typical company with one site, twenty-five people, an ERP with a database, an archive of technical drawings and some sales staff always on the road. This is an example built to explain the method, not a client case.
If the site is without power or connectivity for many hours, we start the replicas in the data centre and people work from home on the ERP. When the office is back, we bring the data home. The procedure is written down, with who does what, and we test it together at least once a year. RPO and RTO are explained on the backup and disaster recovery page.
Numbers first, then the architecture.
Sites, lines, servers, software and acceptable downtime.
The same cost items for on-site, cloud and hybrid.
On-site hosts, replica and backups in the EU, network and access.
We simulate the office going down and start the VMs off site.
Monitoring, updates and repeated scheduled tests.
The method we use to move services between office and data centre is described step by step in the managed cloud scenario for an online shop. We used it to move the Trespolo Villas website to managed infrastructure, and we use it every day on our own infrastructure, which runs on Proxmox VE.
Monitoring is automatic and runs at night too. We reply to requests within one working day, with priority for blocking faults. For websites on managed hosting the commitment is tighter: a reply within 2 hours, weekends included.
Hybrid cloud suits companies with one or more sites that want to keep their most-used applications in the office while having a ready copy off site, and those whose staff travel or work from home. It is also the most gradual route to the cloud, without moving everything at once.
If everything is in the office today, the first step is usually the off-site copy; the rest is decided later, with the figures from the three-year table.
Tell us how many sites you have, what line you use and what runs on your servers. We reply within one working day.
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