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Configure your own virtual data centre in no time. Just drag and drop the components you need in the Data Center Designer. See how it works in our short explainer video.
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Configuring a virtual data centre with the Data Center Designer

Easy to operate – efficient to use

The simple art of IaaS with the DCD of the Compute Engine

Flexible configuration of your company’s IT in the public cloud is a step in the right direction to make your entire infrastructure fit and secure for the future. We developed the Data Center Designer (DCD) to simplify the process of building a virtual data centre. For us it’s all part of the deal in “infrastructure as a service". The browser-based, graphic user interface in the DCD provides all the tools you need to create and then modify your own data centre in no time at all. Configure your virtual IT infrastructure precisely the way you need it to be.
Animated graphic: Compute Engine data transmission

The DCD: Easy to use

The way the Data Center Designer works couldn’t be simpler: You just drag and drop the components you need to a whiteboard and arrange them there. You can’t do anything wrong, either. The Data Center Designer checks the plausibility of your configuration in real time.
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Live Vertical Scaling

Live Vertical Scaling lets you adjust your resources by operating a slider.

Connectivity
Use the mouse cursor to link your servers and the Internet connections.
Firewalls
Firewalls can be added to keep your infrastructure safe.
Storage
You can also choose any number of HDD and SSD storage units that you would like to use. It takes just a few clicks to assign required storage or a CD ROM drive to the servers.
Server
Configure each server to match the needs of your company. Cores and RAM are freely scalable.
Load balancers
Add one or several load balancers to your infrastructure to distribute the computing load across several servers and in doing so avoid overtaxing your resources.

Flexible use of RAM and cores

You can add up to 62 cores and 240 GB of RAM to each server if you pick AMD processors. Intel CPUs allow you to deploy up to 27 hyper-threaded cores and 120 GB RAM per server instance. There’s lots of storage space available as well. Select up to 16 TB HDD storage or 1 TB SSD storage per instance.
Database scaling

The foundation: The Software Defined Data Center (SDDC)

The DCD lets you adjust all the components of your virtual data centre, because the Compute Engine provides you with a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC) that is not restricted to just dedicated hardware. Here, the software is responsible for administration of the abstracted components. Instead of just virtualizing storage or servers, our SDDC provides an entire virtual data centre.

Software defined networking runs in the background to control the interaction between the components. The DCD deals with the task of generating the necessary protocol commands on your behalf.

Object Storage S3 UI

Use the Data Center Designer to manage complex tasks

You can manage even complex settings thanks to the DCD’s outstanding ease of use: The IP Manager let you reserve and manage IP addresses in your virtual network, grant permissions and assign IP blocks to various groups. If DHCP configuration fails, you can also use the DCD to assign IP addresses manually by remote console. The console allows you to access your server even if a connection by SSH or RDP is not possible.
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Screenshot of web app production in the IONOS Data Center Designer

Image Manager included in the DCD

The Image Manager is used to manage your images and snapshots. Any HDD and ISO images you upload are listed here – which keeps things neat and allows you to filter and manage permissions. Images are easy to add to your data centre by FTP connection.

Tailored server operation with automatic start/stop

Automatic start/stop is another useful function in your Data Centre Designer. It is advisable to disable a server and in doing so save costs if it is no longer needed in your infrastructure. The automatic start/stop lets you shut down unused servers and free up additional CPU. Choosing this option will not delete the components from your whiteboard, so you can reboot them if they are needed later on.

Access your virtual data centre at any time

You can configure your resources quickly and easily with the Data Centre Designer in Compute Engine – 24/7, even as a hot swap. But not all IT managers like working with a graphic interface, so it is also possible to control your virtual resources by Cloud REST API. You will find plenty more options to customise your infrastructure in our DevOps community, for instance SDKs, tutorials and complete modules for a broad range of micro-services.
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Awards & recognition

ISG Provider Lens 2023

Proven once again: Leader in the public cloud segment
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ISG Provider Lens 2023

IONOS is Germany's leading provider of IaaS/PaaS solutions with customised services at unbeatable prices.
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ISG Provider Lens 2022

Leader in the public cloud segment for the second time in a row
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ISG Provider Lens 2022

IONOS is Germany's most successful IaaS provider, expanding through organic growth and strategic acquisitions.
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ISG Provider Lens 2021

From rising star to leader in the public cloud segment
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ISG Provider Lens 2021

Leading providers like IONOS, Germany's top cloud provider, offer attractive, innovative products with strong market positions and great value.
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ISG Provider Lens 2020

Rising star in the IaaS segment for the second time in a row
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ISG Provider Lens 2020

The powerful, flexible and cost-effective cloud for European SMEs has enabled IONOS to improve its position as a 'Rising Star'.
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ISG Provider Lens 2019

For the first time: Rising Star in the IaaS segment
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ISG Provider Lens 2019

Rising Stars are up-and-coming companies. IONOS offers an attractive public cloud with a good price-performance ratio and local data protection.
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