Managed Private Storage
Managed Private Storage (MPS) is a Storage as a Service solution with consumption-based pricing, offering flexible file and block storage for a range of business needs. It reduces routine infrastructure management tasks for IT teams while maintaining security, performance, and high availability in a standardized and globally consistent environment. MPS supports quick deployment with a low initial volume requirement, removing the need for upfront storage purchases.
MPS offerings include a monthly recurring charge (MRC) for reserved capacity and performance, a non-recurring charge (NRC) for installation, and overage charges if utilization exceeds the reserved capacity in a given month, with the service allowing bursting of up to 25 percent of the reserved capacity.
For MPS deployments, Equinix is responsible for the initial installation and for making the capacity available. This includes 24x7 support for the Managed Private Storage product.
Main Features
- Global reach enabling selection of data storage locations based on business and data sovereignty requirements.
- Scalability through reserved capacity with support for burst usage of up to 25 percent, reducing upfront hardware requirements and accommodating capacity growth.
- Replication and redundancy via inter-IBX protection, providing automatic regional replication to minimize data loss and application downtime.
- Data protection through encryption at rest and in transit, regular audits for data integrity and compliance verification, and ransomware protection mechanisms such as Amazon S3 Object Lock in Write Once Read Many (WORM) mode to prevent unauthorized data modification or deletion.
- Service level agreement defining availability commitments.
- Global connectivity via Equinix Fabric or direct connections to the storage platform, with support for environments hosted in Equinix colocation facilities, on customer premises, or within other Equinix managed services. Accessibility is provided both locally within an IBX and geographically across IBX locations or regions.
- Fully managed operations 24x7 support.
- Software-based encryption ensures that data at rest cannot be read if the storage medium is repurposed, returned, misplaced, or stolen.
Service Options
Managed Private Storage is currently offered as a single service variant, a multi-tenant (FLEX) model that provides a shared storage platform accessed by multiple customers, with data segregation and integrity maintained through logical separation, encryption, and role-based access control (RBAC).
MPS supports three storage types, enabling selection based on specific workload and capacity requirements.