Digitalization and data sovereignty with the pluscloud open
pluscloud open is based entirely on open source software from the Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS). The SCS is part of the European cloud project Gaia-X, which aims to enable digital independence in Europe. With pluscloud open, you always retain control over your data and applications at GDPR-compliant cloud locations in Germany, securing your ability to innovate.

pluscloud open from plusserver – your benefits at a glance
Independence
Thanks to open source, you are not tied to vendor-specific technologies and fully retain the freedom to choose. In addition, the pluscloud open is auditable down to the source code.
Data privacy
As the pluscloud open meets the requirements of the European General Data Protection Regulation, your data is at least as secure as in your own data center.
Ready for the future
Leverage a complete and comprehensive cloud stack where you can operate all your services in the cloud in a future-proof manner.
Freedom of movement
pluscloud open enables complete portability of your data and applications to other environments.
Availability
Use cloud resources in multiple data centers in Germany and rely on (geo)redundancy concepts for higher data availability.
Authenticity
Based on the Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS), pluscloud open provides the convenience and speed required for true cloud-native systems.
Premium service with premium components
With pluscloud open, you rely on renowned manufacturers such as OpenStack, HP Enterprise, NetApp or Juniper as well as our own certified data centers in Germany.
Resources as needed
Fast CPUs (Xeon/Epyc) starting with 2 GHz as well as different storage classes with and without replication offer you the possibility to adapt the pluscloud open exactly to your needs.
Always-on
SLA with 99.99% availability of the platform, redundant connection, teams active around the clock in our support and in the pluscloud data centers: Enjoy the certainty that your resources are available for you at all times.
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Gaia-X and SCS for a sovereign digital future
plusserver is a founding member of the European cloud project Gaia-X and one of the driving forces behind the Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS) project. This relies on open source instead of proprietary technology to permanently exclude any form of economic or political influence. Learn more about why this is an important foundation for the digital sovereignty and competitiveness of German and European companies.

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Typical application scenarios |
Mostly persistent environments such as ERP systems or Windows Workloads |
Cloud-native/Container applications, scale-out systems or dynamic web services such as Hadoop, Spark, Elastic |
Technology |
VMware vSphere |
OpenStack |
Open source software |
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Resource scalability |
Free scalability |
Via instance sizes |
Planable costs |
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Basis for container workloads |
Managed Kubernetes |
Managed Kubernetes & self-service |
Federated identity management |
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Sovereign Cloud Stack (SCS) |
Granular roles/rights concept in the account |
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Coming soon |
Redundant cloud infrastructure |
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Automatic host failover |
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Coming soon |
Affinity rules |
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Live migration |
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Integrated load balancing |
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Integrated VPN |
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Per appliance |
Integrated backup |
Extensive Backup & Restore Portal |
Single backups per volume |
Multi-site setups |
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GPU support |
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Coming soon |
API control |
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GUI control |
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Framework support |
Terraform |
Terraform, Heat, Pulumi |
Cloud Init integration |
Only with golden master images |
Native |
Datacenters in Germany |
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24/7 support |
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SLA |
On VM operating status |
On platform/API availability |