How does HorizonIQ enable a hybrid cloud environment?
HorizonIQ allows you to connect our managed private cloud or bare metal services with leading public cloud providers to provide the most flexible IT infrastructure available.
.For more consistent workloads, your business can benefit from the cost efficient and single-tenant infrastructure provided by our bare metal and private cloud services. In times of increased demand, burst onto major public cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, or over 200 other providers. This hybrid approach allows for the lowest costs possible, while also allowing for real-time infrastructure scaling when needed.
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| Feature | Bare Metal | Managed Private Cloud | Public Cloud | Hybrid Cloud |
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| Tenancy | Single-tenant | Single-tenant (virtualized) | Multi-tenant | Combination of both single and multi-tenant |
| Virtualization | None – OS installed directly on hardware | Yes – virtual machines managed by customer or provider | Yes – virtual machines managed by provider | Depends on deployment; can use both physical and virtualized environments |
| Performance | Maximum performance – full hardware access | High performance, customizable via VM placement | Variable – depends on workload contention and oversubscription | Performance depends on which components are on-prem vs cloud |
| Scalability | Manual hardware provisioning required | Moderate – must provision more hardware for capacity | Very high – rapid, on-demand scaling | Varies – can scale cloud-side quickly, hardware-side slower |
| Control | Full control over hardware and OS | High control over VM resources | Limited – constrained by provider’s platform | Moderate to high – depends on architecture and service management |
| Security | Very high – physical isolation | High – isolated environment with customizable security | Lower – shared infrastructure, dependent on provider controls | Moderate to high – can isolate sensitive workloads on private/hybrid components |
| Compliance | Easier to achieve with physical segregation | High – especially with customizable firewall and access policies | Varies by provider – can be complex for strict regulations | Good for balancing compliance needs with scalability |
| Customization | Fully customizable – hardware, OS, network, storage | Custom VM configurations on dedicated hardware | Limited to provider options and platform limitations | Can customize private infrastructure while using flexible cloud services |
| Best Use Case | Resource-intensive apps (e.g., AdTech, Trading), High Security | Mission-critical apps, compliance-heavy workloads | Startups, bursty traffic, rapid prototyping | Enterprises balancing legacy and modern apps, data residency, compliance needs |
| Cost Model | Fixed monthly or annual cost | Predictable pricing based on resources | Pay-as-you-go – potential hidden costs | Mixed – fixed cost for private, variable for cloud resources |
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Tenancy
Signle-tenant
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Virtualization
None – OS installed directly on hardware
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Performance
Maximum performance – full hardware access
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Scalability
Manual hardware provisioning required
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Control
Full control over hardware and OS
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Security
Very high – physical isolation
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Compliance
Easier to achieve with physical segregation
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Customization
Fully customizable – hardware, OS, network, storage
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Best Use Case
Resource-intensive apps (e.g., AdTech, Trading), High Security
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Tenancy
Single-tenant (virtualized)
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Virtualization
Yes – virtual machines managed by customer or provider
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Performance
High performance, customizable via VM placement
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Scalability
Moderate – must provision more hardware for capacity
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Control
High control over VM resources
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Security
High – isolated environment with customizable security
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Compliance
High – especially with customizable firewall and access policies
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Customization
Custom VM configurations on dedicated hardware
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Best Use Case
Mission-critical apps, compliance-heavy workloads
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Tenancy
Multi-tenant
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Virtualization
Yes – virtual machines managed by provider
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Performance
Variable – depends on workload contention and oversubscription
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Scalability
Very high – rapid, on-demand scaling
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Control
Limited – constrained by provider’s platform
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Security
Lower – shared infrastructure, dependent on provider controls
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Compliance
Varies by provider – can be complex for strict regulations
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Customization
Limited to provider options and platform limitations
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Best Use Case
Startups, bursty traffic, rapid prototyping
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Tenancy
Combination of both single and multi-tenant
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Virtualization
Depends on deployment; can use both physical and virtualized environments
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Performance
Performance depends on which components are on-prem vs cloud
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Scalability
Varies – can scale cloud-side quickly, hardware-side slower
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Control
Moderate to high – depends on architecture and service management
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Security
Moderate to high – can isolate sensitive workloads on private/hybrid components
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Compliance
Good for balancing compliance needs with scalability
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Customization
Can customize private infrastructure while using flexible cloud services
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Best Use Case
Enterprises balancing legacy and modern apps, data residency, compliance needs
The most cost-efficient and flexible hybrid cloud bar none
Why HorizonIQ’s hybrid cloud
solution is right for you
Cost-Efficient Infrastructure
Put a majority of your workload on our managed private cloud or bare metal servers and save over 50% compared to the large public cloud providers.
High Speed, Low Latency
HorizonIQ’s managed private cloud and bare metal services are both single-tenant environments. This means no resource contention and maximum performance.
AI Ready
HorizonIQ’s managed private cloud and bare metal services are compatible with NVIDIA GPUs, allowing you to create low-cost clusters for mature AI applications while using public cloud for experimental AI.
Effortlessly Scaleable
Connect to one or more large public cloud providers such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure and scale in real-time.
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The HorizonIQ difference
Cost Efficiency
Achieve up to 70% cost savings with our proprietary tools, optimized pricing models, and cost-efficient private cloud, bare metal, and GPU server solutions.
100% Uptime SLA
Your operations demand reliability. Our industry-leading 100% uptime SLA provides uninterrupted performance, backed by redundant systems and proactive monitoring.
Hardware Customization
Choose from 50 different CPU options, including Intel Xeon, Xeon Gold, and AMD EPYC servers. Configure virtually limitless RAM and storage options to match your AI, HPC, database, and cloud-native workloads.
Global Reach
Deploy your infrastructure where it matters most. With nine strategically located regions, we ensure low latency, high availability, and seamless scalability for your business.
Secure and Compliant
Our single-tenant infrastructure eliminates the security risks of shared environments, ensuring enterprise-grade compliance for industries requiring HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS standards.
Proactive Management
Our Compass portal provides real-time visibility, cost control, and automated infrastructure management–giving you full control over your IT environment.
HorizonIQ Connect Powered by Megaport
HorizonIQ is proud to partner with Megaport to elevate cloud connectivity for our customers. Our strategic alliance allows us to deliver seamless, high-speed, and cost-effective cloud on-ramp solutions—making it easier than ever to migrate workloads to and from leading cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
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HorizonIQ Hybrid Cloud lets you run steady, predictable workloads on flat-rate private cloud infrastructure to save costs. When demand spikes, you can burst into AWS, Azure, or GCP and only pay for the additional capacity you need, avoiding overprovisioning.
This can be implemented using HorizonIQ’s load balancer, which allows you to define maximum connection thresholds for backend servers. When a private cloud target reaches its limit, the load balancer automatically routes overflow traffic to a secondary backend in the public cloud. Depending on your application layer, you can also manage workload placement using infrastructure as code or public cloud auto-scaling policies.
Absolutely, you can spin up GPU resources in a public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) for AI model training, then migrate the finished models to HorizonIQ’s private cloud for secure, cost-efficient inference. HorizonIQ’s managed private cloud is “AI ready” with NVIDIA GPU support, so you can run intensive AI workloads on dedicated hardware while using public cloud for experimental bursts.
Yes, you can rapidly scale out to public cloud providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud in real time whenever traffic spikes, all while keeping core workloads on HorizonIQ’s high-performance private cloud. The hybrid architecture uses dedicated low-latency links and comes with a 100% uptime SLA, so scaling up won’t compromise your application’s performance or reliability.
HorizonIQ’s hybrid cloud uses single-tenant private infrastructure for sensitive workloads, giving you full data isolation and control. This provides total control over the security of your environment.. You can still burst into the public cloud for less sensitive workloads, while keeping critical systems in a tightly controlled environment.
Yes, our Proxmox-based private cloud environment offers native container support. You can run containerized applications or even Kubernetes clusters on HorizonIQ’s infrastructure just as easily as VMs.
Yes, you can either manage the hybrid environment yourself or let HorizonIQ handle everything for you with a fully managed service. This flexibility allows IT teams to choose between hands-on control or offloading day-to-day management to HorizonIQ’s experts. Our sales team can guide you to the version that matches your preferred experience.
Spend portability means you can shift your committed infrastructure investments across any of HorizonIQ’s services as your needs change. In practice, your prepaid budget isn’t locked into one product. You can reallocate spend between HorizonIQ private cloud, bare metal, GPU servers, etc., without penalty as requirements evolve.
HorizonIQ Hybrid Cloud is ideal for workloads that have a steady base load but occasional surges. For instance, multiplayer gaming backends and SaaS applications can run their regular workload on a private cloud and burst to public cloud for sudden spikes in user demand. It’s also a great fit for disaster recovery (primary systems on private with cloud for failover), big data analytics (ongoing analysis on private with on-demand cloud processing), and web applications that need to scale instantly for traffic spikes during events or promotions.
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