VMware Private Cloud
The environment you trust, delivered by Summit.
VMware is still the gold standard for many production environments. If you rely on it for performance, resiliency, or operational consistency, Summit gives you a VMware Private Cloud that feels familiar, runs predictably, and is fully managed 24/7 by people who do this daily.
Talk to a VMware expertFully managed VMware hosting. No platform overhead on your team.
Summit’s VMware Private Cloud is fully managed VMware hosting built on Broadcom VMware. We host and operate the VMware platform, hardware, network, and storage, handling patching, monitoring, and day-to-day operations so your environment stays stable.
You manage your applications and guest operating systems. Summit handles the rest. If you’re coming from a public cloud or colocation environment, we can manage the migration for you.
Talk to a VMware ExpertEverything in Your VMware Cloud, Managed by Summit
No hunting for add-ons. Every VMware hosting deployment includes the essentials from day one.
We handle host maintenance, patching, upgrades, and version transitions so you’re never stuck on unsupported builds or planning weekend upgrade windows.
Advanced security including intrusion detection, firewall management, and access controls. Hosted in SOC 2 Type II audited data centers built for regulated workloads.
Real-time cloud performance graphs available in the customer portal. Summit’s Service Desk monitors your environment and takes corrective action if anomalies are detected.
Flexible storage options including SAN, NFS, and object storage, configured and managed by Summit to match your VMware workload’s performance and capacity requirements.
Coming from public cloud, colocation, or on-prem VMware? Summit manages the full migration, inventorying workloads, building the environment, and migrating in waves to minimize risk.
Once you’re live, Summit takes ongoing platform management off your plate so your team can focus on higher-value work instead of VMware administration.
Who Needs Managed VMware Hosting
Organizations that run VMware today and need it to stay stable, secure, and operationally manageable.
What Sets Summit’s VMware Hosting Apart
Running VMware well requires more than spinning up hosts. Summit’s approach starts with stability, then choice, cleaning up sprawl, right-sizing resources, and eliminating overhead that’s been inflating costs.
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It provides advanced security features such as intrusion detection and firewall management. We choose Summit because it reduces the risk of downtime and the quality of support is outstanding. It’s also easy to handle.
Senior Data Scientist and VMware Customer
VMware vs Hyper-V vs Proxmox
See how the platforms compare across licensing, operations, and long-term cost.
| VMware | Hyper-V | Proxmox | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ecosystem maturity | Industry-leading vSphere tooling ✓ | Strong Windows integration | Growing open-source community |
| vMotion / live migration | vMotion, mature & proven ✓ | Live Migration via Windows | Included for VMs & containers |
| Existing VMware workload support | Native lift-and-shift ✓ | Migration tooling available | Conversion required |
| Disaster recovery tools | Zerto, SRM, enterprise-grade ✓ | Hyper-V Replica | Proxmox Backup Server |
| Licensing model | Managed by Summit, no surprises ✓ | Included with Windows Server | Open-source, no per-core fees |
Considering a different hypervisor? We’ll migrate you there for free.
Summit isn’t VMware-only. If you’re weighing Hyper-V, Proxmox, or another platform, we manage those too, including the free migration. Talk to our team and we’ll help you scope the right fit.
Common Questions
Get practical answers from people who run VMware in production every day.
Managed VMware hosting means Summit hosts your VMware environment on dedicated, single-tenant infrastructure and runs the platform for you: patching, upgrades, monitoring, security, and 24/7 support. It’s an alternative to running VMware on-premises or self-managing it in colocation, and you keep the vSphere tooling and operational model your team already knows while Summit handles the underlying platform.
Summit manages everything up to your application, including the VMware platform, host hardware, network, storage, patching, monitoring, and ongoing operations. You manage your applications and guest operating systems. Real-time performance graphs are available in the customer portal, and Summit’s Service Desk monitors your environment. If anomalies are detected, we take corrective action and notify your team.
Yes. You can keep VMware where it’s the right answer and plan next steps without rushing. Summit manages the platform so your team isn’t under pressure to make hasty platform decisions.
Yes. Backups can be stored in any of Summit’s data center locations across 6 continents.
Summit operates 22+ data centers across 6 continents, including Ashburn (VA), Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), Dallas (TX), Denver (CO), Phoenix (AZ), San Jose (CA), Seattle (WA), Secaucus (NJ), Toronto, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, São Paulo, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo, and more. Deploy in a single location or span regions for redundancy.
Summit guarantees 100% uptime SLAs across network, compute, and storage infrastructure, backed contractually.
Pricing is steady and predictable based on your environment’s configuration. No surprise egress charges, no mid-term licensing hikes. Contact our team for a quote scoped to your specific VMware workloads.
Talk to a VMware Expert
Tell us about your VMware environment and we’ll put together a plan.