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Virtual machines in Switzerland — exactly as you need them. stepping stone operates cloud servers on Swiss infrastructure: Linux or Windows, three performance tiers ranging from Enterprise to Developer, scalable and with 99.9% availability.
With stepping stone’s cloud servers, you can flexibly build your IT environment on Swiss infrastructure — without having to purchase or maintain your own hardware. Virtual machines running Linux or Windows can be customised and scaled at any time.
Three performance tiers cater to different requirements: Enterprise, with redundant distribution across both data centres and no CPU overbooking for critical workloads. Standard, with slightly overbooked CPUs (factor ≤ 1.5) in a single data centre, for production applications. Developer, with shared CPUs (factor ≤ 3.0), as a cost-effective entry-level option for development and testing. Three storage tiers are available: NVMe SSD for databases, SATA SSD for applications, and SATA HDD for mass storage and backups. All data is stored with triple redundancy and is encrypted. Management is carried out via the dashboard, CLI or Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and OpenTofu. Enterprise VMs switch between data centres via live migration without interruption. stepping stone guarantees 99.9% availability on Swiss infrastructure.
IT teams, developers and businesses that wish to operate their infrastructure flexibly in Switzerland — from development environments to business-critical production systems. For organisations that want to rent exactly the resources they need and scale up or down at any time.
Typical use cases: production application servers and databases on enterprise infrastructure; development and test environments with a cost-effective entry point via developer-class instances; scalable web servers and microservices; and Infrastructure-as-Code workflows using Terraform, OpenTofu or the OpenStack CLI.
Swiss data centres. 99.9% availability. Triple-redundant data storage.
Three performance tiers to suit every budget and workload. Tiered storage: NVMe SSD, SATA SSD and SATA HDD, depending on requirements. Software-defined networking with dedicated networks, firewall rules and public IP addresses. Full control via dashboard, CLI or Infrastructure as Code. Server snapshots for rapid rollbacks and disaster recovery. Live migration for enterprise VMs without downtime. Can be combined with block storage, networking and managed backup. Personalised advice and operations provided by stepping stone in Bern.
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Enterprise: with redundancy across both data centres and no CPU overcommitment. Standard: with light overcommitment for production applications. Developer: an affordable entry-level option for development and testing. Linux and Windows available, scalable at any time. Enterprise VMs can be moved between data centres via live migration without any downtime.
Three storage tiers: Tier 1 NVMe SSD for databases, Tier 2 SATA SSD for applications, Tier 3 SATA HDD for mass storage and backups. All data is triply redundant and encrypted. Software-defined networking with dedicated networks, firewall rules and public IP addresses. Server snapshots for rollbacks and disaster recovery.
Management via the OpenStack Dashboard, CLI or Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and OpenTofu. If required, managed services such as backup, monitoring, maintenance or on-call support can be outsourced to stepping stone. 99.9% availability guaranteed.
Persistent storage for your data
Virtual networks tailored to your requirements
Your data, backed up three times
Cloud Hosting ist eine schnellere, stabilere und zuverlässigere Alternative zum Shared Hosting. Das Managed Cloud Hosting bietet im Vergleich zum herkömmlichen Webhosting eine 4-fach höhere Geschwindigkeit und 20-fach mehr Ressourcen. Außerdem ist es vollständig verwaltet – das heißt, wir kümmern uns um alle technischen Belange, damit Sie sich auf die Erweiterung Ihrer Projekte konzentrieren können. Es ist die perfekte Lösung für Website-Besitzer, die die Leistung und Stabilität eines virtuellen privaten Servers (VPS) suchen, ohne die Komplexität der Verwaltung eines solchen.
Yes, we offer stoney backup.
To create ed25519 SSH public/private key pair, you need OpenSSH 6.5 or newer. ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "name.surname@example.com" Die Ausgabe von ssh-keygen sieht in etwa wie folgt aus: Generating public/private ed25519 key pair.Enter file in which to save the key (/home/steppingstone/.ssh/id_ed25519): Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/steppingstone/.ssh/id_ed25519.Your public key has been saved in /home/steppingstone/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub.The key fingerprint is:SHA256:DpS2gFLsSAfCuoBjgf7UEsQY3lKrDbEpnOn+rIlg+6k name.surname@example.comThe key's randomart image is:+--[ED25519 256]--+|+=Bo ||=*X=. . ||B%+o+ + ||O+*o = . ||o=o.. o S ||o . o ||.o . ||+ = . ||.E+= |+----[SHA256]-----+RC=0 steppingstone@lale1202:~$ cat .ssh/id_ed25519.pub ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAID5DuOj3fhVqQpeXTRa2Tf8OXm1OO9AmCKs312770odA name.surname@example.com
The first one mentioned uses decimal (SI) and the second one binary (IEC) unit prefixes. The actual sizes are shown in the table beneath.
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The bandwidth of stepping stone AG will be calculated with the 95%-rule.The 95%-rule is a common standard.
Calculation of the 95%-rule
When you have ordered a bandwidth of 1 Megabit/s and are connected to a 100 Megabit/s line, the Committed Data Rate (CDR) is 1 Megabit/s with a burst rate of 100 Megabit/s. The Committed Data Rate will be invoiced independently of the usage, as this bandwidth is fixed reserved for you. The burst rate of 100 Megabit/s is “best effort” and will be invoiced according to the 95%-rule, which is calculated as follows: