Voxel

A cloud in motion tends to stay in motion.

Opscode + Voxel = Automation Domination. Leveraging Hosted Chef for Efficient Management of Platform Configurations, Scalability for Cloud Hosting and Automated Infrastructure.

The Challenge

Voxel is a New York-based provider of hybrid cloud hosting and managed services with over 1,000 customers. With the company's roots in scalable Linux application hosting, Voxel has evolved into a provider of highly automated infrastructure and delivery services for everybody from media giants such as major TV networks to start up application developers providing the next killer web application. As part of its promise to deliver highly scalable infrastructure, Voxel requires an efficient and fast platform for configuring systems in an easy, repeatable, fast and accurate manner. These requirements have driven Voxel to demand that all aspects of its deployment strategy be based in software and not reliant on manual configuration changes.

The Solution

After evaluating several solutions, Voxel selected Hosted Chef by Opscode to serve as its underlying infrastructure automation platform. Voxel plans to power both its internal infrastructure and client environments, where the company manages all aspects of the application environment on behalf of the customer. Dubbed "ProManaged Hosting," the Voxel managed hosting offering is known in the industry to provide an exceptional layer of support to its customers, particularly those who require fast and accurate provisioning of application environments. To that end, Voxel has incorporated features of Hosted Chef into its Hosting API – enabling users to simultaneously order new server infrastructure, choose appropriate configuration or application groups and deploy, scale and manage their hosting platforms throughout their entire lifecycle.

The Results

  • Combined with Voxel's open Hosting API (hAPI), Voxel is able to scale its managed hosting business, server count, and customer base more efficiently
  • Rapid and automated deployment of servers and application environments
  • Significant time and resource savings while delivering superior service to the end customer.
"Using Hosted Chef has enabled us to offer an unprecedented level of automation to our customers. Hosted Chef, when combined with our powerful infrastructure API's, enables our customers and internal staff to automate complicated application environments with complete accuracy and fast turn-up time. The use of Opscode's platform has increased our efficiency and our service offering to our customers." Zachary Smith, COO

Voxel (www.voxel.net) delivers high-performance Internet infrastructure that is scalable, fully supported and cost-effective. The company offers industry- leading hosting services via VoxSTRUCTURE, its open automation platform, and its unique Universal Transfer bandwidth aggregation model. Services include on- demand physical and virtual cloud servers, the VoxCAST Global Content Delivery Network (CDN), and a full suite of Managed Services for complex hosting deployments. The Company is headquartered in New York City and maintains strategic global hosting and network points of presence across the globe.

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About Opscode

Opscode is the provider of Chef, the automation platform for the coded business. Opscode Chef provides the speed, flexibility, and efficiency to compete in the digital economy. By modeling IT infrastructure and application delivery as code, Chef empowers businesses of all sizes to easily scale to meet demand, eliminate down time, manage complexity, and accelerate time to market.