Ensuring Continuity: Private Cloud with Offsite Backups for Blackchair

Blackchair is a leading IT solutions provider, offering innovative software and infrastructure services to clients in diverse industries. With a growing demand for reliable and scalable hosting, Blackchair partnered with UK Servers to implement a private cloud solution that supports their business operations with increased performance and resilience.

About Blackchair

Founded in 2012 and headquartered in London, Blackchair has built a strong reputation as a high-performance provider of technology solutions. Their core services span infrastructure management, software development, and custom web applications, helping clients accelerate their digital transformation and improve operational efficiency.

As Blackchair’s business expanded, the need for a robust and scalable cloud solution became critical. Managing multiple client projects with diverse needs meant Blackchair required a flexible infrastructure that could grow with them, while ensuring uptime, security, and speed.

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The Challenge

Blackchair’s growing portfolio of clients meant they faced challenges with scaling their infrastructure efficiently while maintaining a high level of reliability. Their existing infrastructure, based on shared resources, was no longer sufficient to support peak workloads and the increasingly complex demands of their clients.

With a focus on offering high-quality managed services, Blackchair needed a solution that would provide the agility of cloud computing, with the control and performance of on-premises hardware. Additionally, ensuring compliance with industry standards, as well as providing enhanced security for sensitive client data, was a top priority.

“We needed a cloud solution that provided flexibility without compromising security or control,” explains Matt O’Neil, Senior DevOps Engineer at Blackchair. “Our infrastructure needed to be as dynamic as the demands of our customers while maintaining a high level of data integrity.”

The Solution

UK Servers engineered a fully managed Proxmox private cloud solution for Blackchair, designed to offer scalability, security, and ease of management. Leveraging UK Servers’ expertise in private cloud hosting, Blackchair benefited from a platform that seamlessly integrates with their DevOps workflow, allowing for rapid deployment of containers and virtual machines.

“We worked closely with Blackchair’s team to understand their specific needs, ensuring that the private cloud solution would support their growing infrastructure with minimal disruption,” says Liam Fleet, Head of Managed Services at UK Servers. “With Proxmox as the core platform, Blackchair now has a resilient, high-performance environment tailored to their requirements.”

The cloud solution included a distributed Ceph storage system, ensuring data redundancy and high availability across multiple nodes. Additionally, Blackchair’s private cloud was configured to support their application containers, offering a consistent and fast deployment process.

Customer Feedback

Since migrating to UK Servers’ private cloud solution, Blackchair has seen a significant improvement in performance and reliability.

The cloud solution has also improved collaboration between Blackchair’s development and operations teams. With real-time monitoring and streamlined workflows, they can resolve potential issues before they impact clients, ensuring the smooth operation of critical business services.