Category 1:
CPU Cores/Threads
CPU Cores/Threads
Question:
Name all the 4 core servers we currently offer
Answer:
1230s, 1270s, 1620s, 2174G, 2274G, 2374G
Question:
What instance type can you launch a Load Balancer within the Public Cloud?
Bonus Question: How many Load Balancers can be launched on a single instance?
Answer:
Trick Question: Any Instance Type ;)
"The load balancer can be deployed on any instance type. Therefore, we offer all instance types, vintages and sizes to you in order to run a load balancer."
Bonus Answer (50 Points): Only 1 Load Balancer can be attached to one instance at a time.
Question:
What is the standard power that Leaseweb offers per rack?
Answer:
24amp, 208V (4.9kVA), or 5kw.
Question:
What options do you have when it comes to "Backup Storage" when it comes to our Cloud products.
Answer:
Acronis, and Veeam. You can use Acronis for EC.
However, Veeam is the backup as a storage option for VMware VCloud, and VMware vSphere.
Question:
What is the difference between “Available Servers”, and “Configurations in DC”.
Answer:
Available servers, that are free to sell. Configurations in DC are servers that are racked and stacked, in a specific configuration that are ready to be delivered in automation, and instant delivery.
Question:
How many cores and threads does the AMD EPYC 7402 have? And is this a dual or single processor?
Answer:
Dual 24 core machine, with 48 total cores, & 96 total threads.
Question:
With a Platinum SLA, you will receive ____ number of Advanced Services minutes each month at no additional charge.
Answer:
What is $120. (a $260 value – at $159/mo the SLA pays for itself if they need our help)
Question:
What is the standard size of our full size racks in U space?
Bonus: Name the DCs that still have 42U - 45U
Answer:
Mostly all 48U
Bonus Points (5 Extra): However, there are some DCs still in the US with 45U racks.
LAX-12 45U, Seattle 42U, and Chicago 42U
Question:
Which two cloud platforms come with dedicated resource pools, where customers can spin up VMs in their own GUI?
Answer:
1. Elastic Cloud Compute, Premium and Reserved.
2. Vmware vCloud Director.
Question:
Name 3 new products Leaseweb has released throughout 2024?
Answer:
Managed Kubernetes, Public Cloud, & Object Storage
Question:
Name all the single 16 core servers that Leaseweb offers in the US.
Answer:
AMD: 7301, 7302p, & the 7313p
Question:
What server type is behind our new VPS platform?
Answer:
What is the AMD 7313p, 7413, and the 7543.
Question:
What kind of Bandwidth can you get on a Colocation Rack?
Answer:
95th Percentile, and Data Traffic.
Question:
Which Cloud Environment(s) requires Leaseweb, to build out out a private rack for the customer?
Answer(s):
VMware vSphere
VMware HCI
Question:
How many PoPs does our Multi-CDN offer?
Bonus Question: Who is LSW partnered with for our CDN Providers?
Answer:
1. 490+ PoPs
2. Bonus Answer: G core, Edgio, CDNetworks, Fastly.
Question:
Name 2 single CPU Octa-Core machines?
Answer:
2278G, and the 2388G
Question:
CloudConnect to AWS has 2 options. `Hosted VIF` and `Hosted ______`.
Answer:
What is Hosted Connection? (It depends on what they have setup at AWS, if they need High Availability, and how much bandwidth they need.
Question:
Can a customer peak past the allocated monthly power commit?
Answer:
No, customers can only peak past the standard power commit when the servers are powering on, but this isn’t allowed for any other reason for overage usage.
Question:
What CPU options does the customer get in their vSphere Private rack?
Answer:
We can pick the standard Gold Xeon range of CPUs for his cloud resource pool, for the client.
However, this option is fully customizable as well by the customer and the customer can decide what CPUs, that they would prefer us to deliver for them in their rack. (AMD based etc)
Question:
With our IP announcement product in shared racks, are you able to move IPs from one Leaseweb service to another, and how so?
Answer:
Yes, you are able to do so within the same LSW DC. This is possible due to our IP announcement product, which is announced to our Floating IP platform, which allows you to move IPs from one Leaseweb service to another.
Question:
How many cores and threads does the AMD EPYC 7702 have? And is this a single or dual CPU?
Answer:
Single 64 core processor, and this will have 128 total threads.
Question:
What software is used on our Elastic Compute cloud platform.
Answer:
Apache CloudStack.
Question:
What is a customer required to do every time he sends equipment to our datacenter?
Answer:
Announce each shipment via his CP, which requires him opening a ticket, so DCOPS can ensure the shipment is received.
Question:
Leaseweb's Elastic Compute products use what virtualization technology?
Answer:
What is KVM
Question:
What are the three main features for Public Cloud that Elastic Cloud doesn't have?
Bonus Question(s): What is the roadmap looking like for features on the Public Cloud? Additionally, what does the future of Elastic Cloud look like?
Answer:
1. Autoscaling: enabling you to scale your instance horizontally.
2. Managing images on Public cloud.
3. AWS API compatibility. (Enables seamless integration with AWS EC2)
Bonus Answers:
Part 1: Key feature on the roadmap for PC is GPU based instances.
Part 2: Elastic Compute Platform will eventually be merged into the Public Cloud.