The fundamentals of the VM Instances offering
VM Instances is a shared compute offering based on open-source hypervisors and Cisco UCS compute blades. It allows you to consume computing resources on demand without having to worry about managing the underlying infrastructure. The service is designed to offer maximum flexibility with pricing tailored to usage, while guaranteeing a high level of security.
- For development teams, it industrialises the creation of test, integration and acceptance environments, offering flexible resources at controlled cost to accelerate delivery cycles.
- For web and application teams, it reliably hosts business applications and websites, combining stable performance and resource elasticity to match load.
- For data-intensive applications, it provides a robust foundation for databases and Big Data processing, with flavours (instance sizes) adapted to computing and memory requirements.
Our compliance procedures
Our VM Instances offering is HDS- and ISO 27001-certified. The service is also SecNumCloud-qualified and is currently undergoing the C5 compliance process.
The benefits of Cloud Temple’s VM Instances offering
Flexibility and choice
Different performance classes to optimise costs according to use.
Scalability
Start with a single VM and grow with no minimum limit.
Simple management
Infrastructure fully managed by Cloud Temple, simplified deployment from the Marketplace.
Full integration
Compatible with the new service VPC and can be controlled via the Console and API/Terraform.
Key features of the VM Instances offering
Instance management
Marketplace deployment
Creation of VMs only from validated templates from the Cloud Temple Marketplace.
Cloud-init
Automatic pre-configuration of instances at start-up.
Choice of Zone (AZ)
Option to select the availability zone at deployment.
Affinity / Anti-affinity
Placement rules to distribute clusters (H2 2026).
Class of service
Development
Cost-optimised, suited for test and integration environments and non-critical workloads with variable usage.
General Purpose
Optimal vCPU/RAM balance for standard workloads.
Performance
High vCPU ratio for compute-intensive applications. vCPU resources are dedicated.
Network
Connectivity
One network card per VM.
VPC
Native compatibility with the new VPC offering.
Private Backbone
Future compatibility
Storage
System disk
Between 15 and 100 GB of Flash storage included by default on all VMs, depending on the chosen OS.
Additional disks
Addition of extra volumes (storage class of your choice), billed per GB.
Technical specifications
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Pricing
| Infrastructure work units - COMPUTE - VM as a Service | Unit | Unit price € excl. VAT/month | Commitment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VM Instance – Standard – DEV – VCPU | 1 Vcpu | 11,03 € * | 1 hour | |
| VM Instance – Standard – DEV – RAM | 1 GiB | 2,88 € * | 1 hour | |
| VM Instance – Standard – General Purpose – VCPU | 1 Vcpu | 13,98 € * | 1 hour | |
| VM Instance – Standard – General Purpose – RAM | 1 GiB | 3,58 € * | 1 hour | |
| VM Instance – Standard – PERF – VCPU | 1 Vcpu | 19,71 € * | 1 hour | |
| VM Instance – Standard – PERF – RAM | 1 GiB | 4,93 € * | 1 hour | |
| VM Instance – Enterprise – VCPU | 1 Vcpu | 28,50 € * | 1 hour | |
| VM Instance – Enterprise – RAM | 1 GiB | 7,29 € * | 1 hour |
Use cases
Virtual machines that are sovereign, flexible and easy to operate.
VM Instances lets you deploy your virtual machines on a high-performance shared infrastructure, hosted in France and in the process of SecNumCloud qualification, without managing the hypervisor or the underlying hardware.
You combine several classes of service (Development, General Purpose, Performance) to address both test environments and critical applications, while benefiting from native integration with the VPC, the API and the Terraform Cloud provider.
As soon as agility, performance and sovereignty become critical.
You need it when you have to rapidly create test, acceptance or production environments, host web applications, databases or Big Data processing, without investing in a new physical infrastructure.
This offering is essential for businesses and public sector bodies looking for a sovereign computing platform that combines the flexibility of a public cloud with the security guarantees of a French cloud.
Faster time-to-market, optimised costs and easier compliance.
Industrialised deployment (immediate provisioning via the console or API) dramatically reduces your time-to-production and project times.
The different performance classes and monthly capped usage billing mean that you can fine-tune your costs to actual consumption, while respecting your sovereignty and security requirements.
A progressive path, from experiment to run.
The project begins by selecting your first use cases (dev/test, web production, data, etc.) and choosing the appropriate classes of service and flavours, in conjunction with your teams and Cloud Temple experts.
You then deploy your first VMs from the Marketplace or via Terraform, and gradually extend the scope (adding volumes, VPC network integration, automation, backups) as your workloads migrate to the platform.
Commissioning in just a few minutes.
As soon as your tenant and Standard support contract are active, you can create your first VMs directly from the Cloud Temple console.
OS templates from the Marketplace, preconfigured service classes and Terraform integration mean you can get your first environments up and running in no time.
A service hosted entirely in the Cloud Temple cloud.
No, the computing, storage and network resources used by VM Instances are provided by the Cloud Temple infrastructure based on Cisco UCS blades and high-performance shared block storage.
Your on-premises infrastructure can continue to operate in parallel or be scaled down according to your migration strategy, with no technical dependency between your Cloud Temple VMs and your existing servers.