Server Hosting

SJSU Information Technology (IT) offers server equipment co-location and hosting services in the SJSU Physical Data Centers. As an alternative to housing servers inside campus offices, co-location provides space, power and cooling and physical security for servers in a dedicated facility.  

Who can get server hosting?

Researchers, faculty, and department IT technicians

What kinds of services are included?

• Physical servers
• Virtual servers

Physical Security CSU Certified Level 1 Data Center

Features

•  Alarm systems
• Physical access control
• Security cameras
• S2 card access
• Data destruction services, e-waste and and media destruction.

Monitoring

• Server up/down time
• CPU
• Memory
• Storage
• Power
• Redundant UPS circuits with backup generator and redundant circuits to PG&E and campus power plant

Equipment

Cooling
Rack/unrack service
Hard drive replacement service for RAID configurations
Network connectivity and security

Requirements

Any 4-post threaded round hole server rail.

Square hole, cantilever, desktop/shelf-mounted systems are also supported based on physical availability

Virtual Servers

SJSU IT provides free IBM virtual server services, which are available from two on-campus data centers, GCP/Azure public Clouds and accessible via a network. 

Features

• Hosts both virtual machines and Co-Location centers in a private and public clouds
• Provides network security, high availability and ease of use for critical Level 1 data
• Eliminates the need for a physical server and hardware maintenance
• Provides data backup and recovery 

Requirements

The Virtual Server service is compatible with Windows Server 2019 and Redhat Linux. Cost will be determined based on virtual server requirements.

Requesting Service & Support

To request a Physical and Virtual Server service, submit a ticket request. Requests are generally processed within 5-10 business days.