Infrastructure · Virtualisation
Virtualisation is a way of turning several physical servers into a single environment, in which computing power is allocated as needed and the failure of one node does not mean a service outage. We design, build and operate such environments — on Proxmox VE, Hyper-V and VMware.
We choose the platform only according to what the environment has to carry: consolidation, high availability, or recovery within an agreed time. It is installed by the people who also train on it — Qintec is Proxmox Training Partner.
We design the environment from the task, not from a product sheet. The platform is the last decision of all — and we make it together with you:
How many nodes, what storage and how the network will run. The hardware configuration and the number of licences come out of this step — not the other way round.
We build the cluster, set up the storage and the networks and hand the environment over with documentation, not with a password on a slip of paper.
We move running machines in stages so that operation does not stop. For a move from VMware, the whole procedure is set out on a separate page.
First we agree the RTO and RPO — how long the service may be down and how much data may be missing. Only then do we design the cluster and the backup scheme.
After handover we take over monitoring and servicing; priorities and response times are part of the service contract.
New environments and a replacement for expensive licences. Open source and no software fee; for production the vendor requires a subscription for every populated socket. How the platform works →
new environments · licence replacement
Where Windows Server is already running and the licences are paid for — the environment fits into existing identity management and tooling.
existing licences · Windows environment
Where the investment still makes sense or the platform is required by the application supplier. We also operate clusters spread across two locations.
metro cluster · supplier requirement
The environment is built by the same people who teach Proxmox VE. That has a practical consequence: at handover you are left not only with documentation but with a team that knows how to operate the environment — create a machine, restore it from a backup and understand what the monitoring is reporting. If you want to keep operation in your own hands, we will train you on exactly what we have deployed.
Certified Proxmox VE training — dates and programme →
We build virtualised environments where the running of an institution depends on them. Three projects from our references — the full wording is on the References page:
Public sector · Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute
The whole virtualisation environment moved to a different platform, including backup — in batches, within agreed windows.
Public sector · State Housing Development Fund
A cluster in which the failure of one node does not mean a service outage, complemented by new backup.
Public sector · Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic
The environment survives even the loss of an entire site — the data is in both server rooms at the same time.
Proxmox VE · Certified training
We run the courses according to the official Proxmox Server Solutions syllabus, at the GOPAS training centre in Bratislava. The courses are led by our Proxmox certified trainer from Qintec a.s., each participant works in their own lab environment and on completion receives a Certificate of Completion from Proxmox Server Solutions.
Infrastructure · Virtualisation
Tell us about your current state (servers, platform, storage) — we will come back with a proposed architecture and approach.
E-mail: qintec@qintec.sk · Phone: +421 2 3240 1217 (working days 9:00 – 15:30)