Secure-by-Default, Elastic-on-Prem, Audit-Ready
Private Cloud gives you public-cloud style agility inside your data centers and colos—self-service, API-first, policy-as-code—without surrendering sovereignty, latency control, or cost predictability.
SolveForce designs and operates private clouds that are Zero-Trust by default, Kubernetes-native, and wired to evidence—integrated with your campus/metro fabrics and cloud on-ramps.
Connective tissue:
🏢 DCs → /on-prem-data-centers • 🧭 VDC → /virtual-data-centers • 🧱 HCI/SAN → /san
☁️ Hybrid → /cloud • 🔗 On-ramps → /direct-connect
🔐 Security → /cybersecurity • 🔑 Keys/Secrets → /key-management • /secrets-management • /encryption
☸️ Platform → /kubernetes • 🔄 IaC/CI-CD → /infrastructure-as-code • /devops
📊 Evidence/Automation → /siem-soar • 💸 Spend → /finops
🎯 Outcomes (Why SolveForce Private Cloud)
- Agility on your terms — self-service IaaS/PaaS via APIs/portals, minutes to provision.
- Deterministic performance — low-latency fabrics, GPU pools, storage SLAs.
- Data sovereignty & privacy — keep data where law/business requires.
- Zero-Trust posture — identity/device/workload-aware, not “trusted VLANs.”
- Audit-ready ops — change logs, access, configs, DR artifacts exported to SIEM.
🧭 Scope (What We Build & Operate)
- Compute — HCI/vSphere/Nutanix &/or OpenStack/KVM, Kubernetes platform, GPU nodes. → /bare-metal-gpu • /kubernetes
- Network — EVPN/VXLAN leaf/spine, virtual routers/LB/NGFW, NSX/ACI/Tungsten-Fabric, Anycast services. → /networks-and-data-centers
- Storage — NVMe tiers, SAN/NVMe-oF, object/NAS for lake & backups; snapshots/replication. → /san • /cloud-backup
- Access & security — SSO/MFA, ZTNA for admin/user access, PAM JIT elevation, NAC at ports; WAF for portals/APIs. → /ztna • /pam • /nac • /waf
- Hybrid & on-ramps — Direct Connect/ExpressRoute/Interconnect, SD-WAN policy, Private Endpoints to cloud PaaS. → /direct-connect • /sd-wan
- Observability & evidence — logs/metrics/traces + config diffs → SIEM/SOAR; SLO dashboards. → /siem-soar
- Continuity — immutability (WORM), cross-site DR tiers, runbooks & drills. → /backup-immutability • /draas
🧱 Building Blocks (Spelled Out)
- Landing zone (on-prem) — projects/tenants, quotas, IAM roles, network & storage classes, policy-as-code gates. → /infrastructure-as-code
- Zero-Trust — ZTNA for consoles & apps; device posture; microsegmentation for crown-jewel VRFs. → /microsegmentation
- Keys & secrets — CMK/HSM custody (KMIP), envelope encryption; vault-issued secrets; cert lifecycle automation. → /key-management • /secrets-management • /encryption
- Platform services — registries with image signing/SBOM, service mesh (mTLS/policy), GitOps, policy controller (OPA/Gatekeeper).
- Data services — object/S3-compatible, fileshares, DBaaS on private cloud, ELT pipelines with lineage. → /etl-elt • /data-warehouse
- Guarded RAG — vector DB with cite-or-refuse over governed content. → /vector-databases
🛠️ Reference Architectures (Choose Your Fit)
A) HCI + Kubernetes Platform
Nutanix/vSphere + NSX/ACI; storage classes (NVMe/SSD/HDD); GItOps; ZTNA front door; API-first self-service.
B) OpenStack + Ceph (Open Private Cloud)
Nova/Neutron/Cinder + Ceph (block/object/file), EVPN/VXLAN; Keystone federated SSO; project quotas; SR-IOV as needed.
C) GPU/AI Private Cloud
GPU pools with vGPU/SR-IOV; IB/RoCE fabric; NVMe scratch + parallel FS; cost/SLO boards; burst to public cloud via on-ramps. → /bare-metal-gpu • /direct-connect
D) Regulated Enclave (PCI/HIPAA/CJIS/CMMC)
VRFs + microseg; HSM keys; immutable logs/backups; ZTNA for admins; evidence packs.
E) Edge Private Cloud
Rugged edge DCs, compact K8s, object cache; SD-WAN dual underlays; satellite tertiary; central policy & evidence. → /edge-data-centers • /satellite-internet
📐 SLO Guardrails (Targets You Can Measure)
| KPI / SLO (p95 unless noted) | Target (Recommended) |
|---|---|
| VM/namespace provision (API→ready) | ≤ 5–15 min |
| Policy deploy → enforced | ≤ 60–120 s |
| Leaf↔Leaf latency (in-DC) | ≤ 10–50 µs |
| Block IO p95 (NVMe tier) | ≤ 0.3–0.8 ms |
| Platform availability (control plane) | ≥ 99.95–99.99% |
| Backup immutability coverage (Tier-1) | = 100% |
| Tag/label coverage (chargeback) | ≥ 95–100% |
| Evidence completeness (changes/incidents) | = 100% |
SLO breaches open tickets and trigger SOAR (rollback, scale, reroute, re-key). → /siem-soar
🔒 Compliance Mapping
- SOC 2 / ISO 27001 — access/change/logging, IR; evidence exports.
- PCI DSS — CDE segmentation, tokenization, WAF/API security, key custody (HSM), immutable logs/backups.
- HIPAA — minimum necessary, audit controls, BAAs, retention.
- NIST 800-53/171 / CMMC — AC/IA/AU/SC/CM mapped to private-cloud controls.
- FedRAMP-aligned (if hosted for agencies) — policy sets, continuous monitoring.
📊 Observability & Evidence
- Infra — capacity/latency/loss, flow logs, config drift, image diffs.
- Security — ZTNA/NAC decisions, WAF/Bot hits, EDR/NDR incidents, KMS/HSM events.
- Apps/Data — SLOs, error budgets, lineage & data-quality pass rates.
All streams feed SIEM; SOAR automates contain/rollback/report (approval-gated). → /siem-soar
💸 FinOps for Private Cloud (Chargeback/Showback)
- Mandatory tags/labels (owner, app, BU, env).
- Per-tenant metering: vCPU/RAM/IOPS/GPU, storage TB, network egress.
- Cost/SLO dashboards; capacity forecasts; placement rules; reservation planning. → /finops
🛠️ Implementation Blueprint (No-Surprise Rollout)
1) Requirements — workloads, SLAs/SLOs, compliance, GPU/storage tiers.
2) Fabric & on-ramps — EVPN/VXLAN leaf/spine; NGFW/WAF; Interconnect/Direct Link/ExpressRoute; SD-WAN policy. → /direct-connect • /sd-wan
3) Platform — HCI/OpenStack/K8s; registries, GitOps, policy controllers; image signing & SBOM.
4) Security — ZTNA/NAC, microseg, HSM/vault; DLP for egress; API quotas. → /ztna • /nac • /dlp
5) Data — storage classes, replication, governance/lineage; object lock for backups. → /backup-immutability
6) Observability — DCIM + platform metrics; SIEM/SOAR wiring; SLO boards.
7) DR — cross-site replication; failover runbooks; quarterly drills with artifacts. → /draas
8) Operate & optimize — capacity & cost reviews, security posture tune-ups, roadmap iterations.
✅ Pre-Engagement Checklist
- 🧭 Private-cloud flavor: VMware/Nutanix, OpenStack, K8s-only, or mixed.
- ☁️ Hybrid targets & on-ramps (regions/POPs); DNS & egress policy.
- 🔐 IdP/SSO/MFA, ZTNA, PAM; vault/KMS/HSM posture.
- 🖧 EVPN/VXLAN design; NGFW/LB/WAF; Anycast needs.
- 📦 Storage tiers/IOPS, replication/retention; object-lock scope.
- 🧮 Metering/chargeback requirements; quotas & reservation plan.
- 📊 SIEM/SOAR destinations; SLO targets; audit/report cadence.
🔄 Where Private Cloud Fits (Recursive View)
1) Grammar — resources ride /connectivity & /networks-and-data-centers.
2) Syntax — composes with /cloud and /virtual-data-centers for hybrid.
3) Semantics — /cybersecurity preserves truth; keys/logs/backups prove control.
4) Pragmatics — /solveforce-ai predicts capacity/cost & proposes safe changes.
5) Foundation — consistent terms via /primacy-of-language.