IaaS gives you elastic compute, storage, and networking without buying hardware.
SolveForce delivers IaaS as a complete operating system for your business—public cloud, Virtual Data Centers (VDCs), and Private Cloud—with Zero-Trust access, policy-as-code guardrails, and evidence pipelines so the binder matches the build every single day.
Related foundations
• Cloud → /cloud • VDC → /virtual-data-centers • Private Cloud → /private-cloud
• Networking → /direct-connect • /sd-wan • Fabric/DC → /networks-and-data-centers
• Security → /ztna • /waf • Keys/Secrets → /key-management • /secrets-management
• Data → /san • /backup-immutability • DR → /draas
• Ops & Evidence → /siem-soar • Spend → /finops • Governance → /grc
🎯 Outcomes We Optimize
- Speed with safety — new environments in minutes with guardrails (deny-public, CMEK-required, tags enforced) and drift watchers in prod.
- Predictable performance — right family + right storage + right network = stable latency and throughput.
- Zero-Trust by default — ZTNA for consoles/SSH/RDP, workload identity (no long-lived keys), WAF/API signing at the edges.
- Evidence on demand — every config, change, approval, test, and drill flows to /siem-soar.
- Cost that behaves — budgets, anomaly tickets, commitments (RIs/SPs/CUDs), and unit economics ($/env, $/1k req, $/TB scanned).
🧭 Reference Architecture (public cloud + VDC + private cloud)
Landing Zone & Guardrails
- Organizations/tenants, accounts/subscriptions/projects; org policies (deny-public storage, CMEK-required, mandatory tags, region controls); log sinks.
→ /cloud
Network & On-Ramps
- VPC/VNet with hub-and-spoke or vWAN/Transit; Private Endpoints/Private Service Connect; Direct Connect/ExpressRoute/Interconnect for deterministic paths; SD-WAN breakouts.
→ /direct-connect • /sd-wan
Compute
- VMs (general purpose, compute-optimized, memory-optimized), bare metal & GPU, autoscaling groups, images with SBOM/signing.
→ /bare-metal-gpu
Storage
- Block (ssd/hdd tiers), file/NAS, object for archives/analytics; snapshots, replication, NVMe-oF where needed.
→ /san
Security & Access
- SSO/MFA federation, PIM/JIT admin, workload identity (OIDC/IRSA) (no static keys), ZTNA to private consoles, WAF/Bot at public edges; keys in HSM/KMS, secrets in vault.
→ /ztna • /waf • /key-management • /secrets-management
Observability & Evidence
- OpenTelemetry traces, logs/metrics, config diffs → SIEM; SOAR runs guarded playbooks (isolate/revoke/rekey/rollback/patch).
→ /siem-soar
Continuity
- Object-Lock/WORM backups, cross-region replicas, DRaaS, runbooks and drills with screenshots & checksums.
→ /backup-immutability • /draas
📦 IaaS Service Catalog (what we build & run)
1) Landing Zones (per cloud / per VDC / private cloud)
- Org structure, policies, logging, identity federation, baseline networking & DNS, image/patch pipelines.
2) Compute & Images
- VM catalogs (GP/CPU/MEM/Storage-optimized), GPU pools (training/inference/render), golden images with SBOM/signatures, CIS/STIG baselines, auto-heal groups.
3) Storage & Data Protection
- Block (IOPS/throughput profiles), File (SMB/NFS), Object (lifecycle, versioning, retention/lock); snapshots/replicas; application-consistent backups.
4) Network & Security
- VPC/VNet design, firewalls, Private Endpoints, WAF/API GW, DDoS stance, IPAM; ZTNA for admin/SSH/RDP, workload identity for apps.
5) Automation & Policy
- Infrastructure-as-Code modules, policy-as-code gates, GitOps for environments; CI checks and drift detection. → /infrastructure-as-code
6) Observability & Runbooks
- Logs/metrics/traces, SLO dashboards, synthetic tests; SOAR playbooks and on-call runbooks.
7) Continuity & DR
- Immutability (Object-Lock), clean-point catalogs, DR tiers, quarterly failover drills with artifacts.
8) Compliance & Evidence
- SOC2/ISO/NIST/HIPAA/PCI/FedRAMP overlays; POA&M tracking; exportable packs. → /grc
9) FinOps
- Budgets/alerts, commitment strategy (RIs/SPs/CUDs/slots), anomaly tickets, unit economics & forecasts. → /finops
🔢 Quick Planning Tables
A) Compute Families (rule of thumb)
| Family | When to use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| General Purpose | Mixed web/app/DB | Balanced vCPU/RAM; default fleet |
| Compute-Optimized | CPU-bound services, API gateways | High clock; good for stateless scale |
| Memory-Optimized | In-memory DBs, caches, analytics | Check NUMA & huge pages |
| Storage-Optimized | High throughput, sequential IO | Ideal for backup/media movers |
| GPU | AI/ML/Render/Transcode | Consider MIG/partitioning; pair with NVMe scratch |
B) Storage Choices
| Type | Latency | When to use | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Block SSD (gp/io) | Low | VM disks, DB volumes | Tune IOPS/throughput; snapshots |
| File (SMB/NFS) | Low-Med | Shared app storage, profiles | Watch metadata perf |
| Object | Med | Backups, logs, analytics | Versioning + lifecycle + Object-Lock |
| NVMe-oF | Very Low | High-IOPS, AI/DB scratch | FC or TCP; tune MTU/queues |
C) Network Patterns
| Pattern | Use | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Hub-and-Spoke | Many spokes, centralized controls | Shared services & inspection |
| Transit/Cloud WAN | Multi-region/multi-cloud | Route scale; policy hubs |
| Private Endpoints | Sensitive services | No public exposure |
| Anycast Edges | UC/API ingress | Health-gated withdraw |
🔐 Security that Sticks (IaaS baseline)
- Identity-first: SSO/MFA; PIM/JIT for admins; workload identity for apps; no long-lived keys.
- Boundary: WAF/Bot/DDoS; API signing (JWT/HMAC/JWS); TLS 1.2+ with modern ciphers; email auth (SPF/DKIM/DMARC/BIMI) for tenants & ops.
- Custody: CMKs in HSM/KMS, envelope encryption; vault secrets; rotation ceremonies recorded.
- Policy-as-code: deny-public, CMEK-required, tag enforcement, region controls; CI checks + drift watchers.
- Evidence: logs/configs/approvals/tests → SIEM; SOAR automations with approvals.
📐 SLO Guardrails (IaaS you can measure)
| Domain | KPI / SLO (p95 unless noted) | Target (Recommended) |
|---|---|---|
| Policy | Policy deploy → enforced | ≤ 60–120 s |
| Identity | IAM role/perm propagation | ≤ 60–120 s |
| Compute | Auto-heal/scale reaction | ≤ 60–180 s |
| Storage | Snapshot RPO (Tier-1) | ≤ 15 min (or sync) |
| Network | On-ramp attach (metro→region) | ≤ 2–5 ms |
| Edge | WAF added latency | ≤ 5–20 ms |
| Security | ZTNA admin attach | ≤ 1–3 s |
| Backups | Immutability coverage (Tier-1) | = 100% |
| DR | RTO / RPO (Tier-1) | ≤ 5–60 min / ≤ 0–15 min |
| Evidence | Logs/artifacts → SIEM | ≤ 60–120 s |
| Change | Unapproved prod changes | = 0 |
Breaches open a case and trigger SOAR (rollback, re-key, reroute, scale, tighten policy), with artifacts attached.
🧪 Acceptance Tests & Artifacts (we keep the receipts)
- Landing zone — org policy checks (deny-public, CMEK), tag coverage, logging sinks.
- Network — Private Endpoint reachability, BGP route policy, latency/jitter to regions/edges; Anycast ingress tests.
- Compute — image integrity (SBOM), auto-heal/scale exercises; kernel/driver posture.
- Storage — snapshot/restore drills (screenshots & checksums), replica lag, NVMe-oF MTU/queues validated.
- Security — ZTNA admits, WAF/Bot events, KMS/vault rotations, DMARC/TLS-RPT headers.
- DR — documented failover/failback timings; clean-point catalog.
Artifacts stream to /siem-soar and bundle into QBR/audit packs.
💸 IaaS FinOps (cost that behaves)
- Govern: mandatory tags; budgets & anomaly alerts; policy stops on untagged assets.
- Commit: RIs/SPs/CUDs/slots sized to utilization; savings scorecards per team/service.
- Explain: unit economics ($/env, $/service, $/1k req, $/TB scanned, $/question for AI).
- Optimize: rightsizing, lifecycle & archive, egress guardrails, cache/CDN, schedule-based scale-down.
🧰 Solution Bundles (choose your fit)
- Foundation Pack — landing zone + identity federation + Private Endpoints + baseline WAF + SIEM/SOAR wiring + budgets.
- Kubernetes Platform Pack — managed K8s, GitOps, admission policy, signed images/SBOM, autoscale, OTel.
- Serverless/API Pack — API GW (quotas, schema validation, JWT/HMAC), Functions; idempotency/DLQs; “$/request” budgets.
- Data & DR Pack — snapshot/replica policy, Object-Lock backups, DR runbooks & drills; warehouse integration.
- Regulated Enclave Pack — PIM/JIT, HSM keys, no public ingress, Private Endpoints only, immutable logs & backups, assessor artifacts.
🧱 Design Notes & Best Practices
- Start with guardrails, then compute: policy-as-code catches 80% of future mistakes.
- Prefer workload identity over static keys; rotate everything else.
- Keep L2 domains bounded; prefer routed VPC/VNet + Private Endpoints.
- Use Anycast for UC/API ingress; health-gate withdraws.
- For AI/ML, plan NVMe scratch + object backends and token/$ budgets.
- Test restore and failover before shipping—then quarterly.
📝 IaaS Intake (copy-paste & fill)
- Cloud(s)/VDC/private cloud; regions; on-ramp POPs; diversity needs
- Workloads (web/app/DB/analytics/AI); SLOs; RTO/RPO targets
- Compute (families, GPU needs, images/OS) • Storage (block/file/object, IOPS/throughput)
- Network (VPC/VNet design, Private Endpoints, DNS/IPAM, WAF/API GW)
- Identity/Security (SSO/MFA, PIM/JIT, ZTNA, KMS/HSM, vault, email auth)
- Observability (logs/metrics/traces, drift watchers, SIEM destination)
- Compliance (SOC2/ISO/NIST/HIPAA/PCI/FedRAMP), BAAs/DPAs needed
- FinOps (budgets, commitments, unit economics), reporting cadence
- Operations (managed vs co-managed, change windows, escalation matrix)
- Timeline & budget, success metrics (cost, SLO attainment)
We’ll return a design-to-operate plan with architecture, provider options, SLO-mapped pricing, compliance overlays, and an evidence plan you can reuse in QBRs and audits.
Or jump straight to /customized-quotes.
📞 Launch or Level-Up Your IaaS — Securely, Efficiently, and With Proof
- Call: (888) 765-8301
- Email: contact@solveforce.com
From public cloud to VDC to private cloud, we’ll assemble IaaS that performs, protects, and proves it—with guardrails, runbooks, and receipts.