University schools, departments, researchers, or any other member of the University can request virtualized hosting services for a new project or application, a new service, new portions of an existing environment, or for a hosting only platform.
Guest hosting services are also available for research and administrative applications.
Available to
- Faculty
- Staff
- Researchers
Cost
There is no cost for this service
How to Request Service
Click the appropriate button to the right.
Members of the University including schools, departments, and researchers interested in virtualized hosting services for a new project or application, a new service, new portions of an existing environment, or for a hosting only platform must complete the Virtual Server Hosting Request Form.
Types of virtual server hosting requests may include Application Server, Database, File Server, and Web Server.
Requestors are encouraged to respond fully to the questions, provide additional supporting materials as necessary, and submit the completed form to Northwestern IT Cyberinfrastructure.
Northwestern IT staff assesses the completeness of the requests, compares the requirements to available resources, and makes a determination. The requestor is notified within three business days of the decision. Upon approval, Northwestern IT Cyberinfrastructure begins project implementation planning with the requestor.
Any requests for physical servers will require a face-to-face meeting with an Northwestern IT Cyberinfrastructure representative to examine the requirements for a physical rather than virtual server.
Service Levels
- Research Application Guest Hosting Service―Research virtual servers including operating system, initial database installation, and backup provided centrally.
- Administrative Application Guest Hosting Service—Administrative or departmental virtual servers including operating system, initial database installation, and backup provided centrally.
- Managed Server―Virtual servers for Enterprise applications including operating system, initial database installation, and backup provided centrally. Additional application support is also provided on a case-by-case basis.
- Physical Server Relocation―Physical Relocation of servers from or to any NU Data center requires a mandatory meeting with a representative of Cyberinfrastructure.
- Virtual Server Relocation―Virtual Relocation of servers from or to any NU Data center requires a mandatory meeting with a representative of Cyberinfrastructure.