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Hut 8 Secure Cloud

Canada's Enterprise Cloud.
The Smarter VMware Alternative.

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Hut 8 Secure Cloud is Canada's data-resident, enterprise-grade cloud platform — the managed alternative to VMware for organizations that need proven infrastructure, Canadian data residency, and up to 30% lower TCO.

The VMware Problem

Price increases up to 5×

Post-acquisition renewals have shocked many customers with mandatory bundle migrations and dramatic cost hikes.


Degraded support access

Broadcom restructured its partner programme to invitation-only, cutting many specialist partners customers relied on.


4–5 products to maintain

A full VMware cloud stack requires vSphere, vSAN, NSX, Cloud Director, and Chargeback — each with its own licence.


US data jurisdiction risk

For Canadian regulated industries, VMware's US ownership under Broadcom introduces ongoing data residency uncertainty.

Broadcom changed the rules. Your costs went up. Your options got worse.

Since Broadcom's acquisition of VMware, Canadian organizations face steeper renewal costs, degraded support, restructured partner access, and an uncertain product roadmap.

Partner Quotes

“20% of VMware enterprise customers will escape the VMware stack — many are exhausted by significant price hikes, degrading support, and mandatory subscription to software bundles.”
Michele Pelino
Forrester Research
Principal Analyst

Everything Included. Nothing Bolted On.

Hut 8 Secure Cloud consolidates hypervisor, storage, networking, Kubernetes, monitoring, and backup into a single, fully managed platform — no add-ons, no hidden costs.


Platform Features

KVM-based hypervisor

High-performance, CNCF-grade KVM virtualization with higher VM density per node than VMware, automated live migration, and Microsoft SVVP certification.


Kubernetes-as-a-Service

CNCF-certified Kubernetes included as standard — no Tanzu licence required. Integrated cluster autoscaler, persistent storage, load balancing, and rolling updates.


Built-in monitoring

Full infrastructure visibility from day one — Prometheus and Grafana monitoring with pre-configured dashboards, real-time alerts, and infrastructure-wide metrics. No extra licence.


S3-compatible object storage

Enterprise-grade S3 object storage built in. Consistent 10.5 GB/s GET throughput per node. Ideal for backups, analytics, AI workloads, and unstructured data.

Backup-as-a-Service

Crash-consistent backup for root and secondary volumes managed through the self-service panel or OpenStack API. Seamless restore to new volume or VM, with flexible quota controls.


Multi-tenancy & self-service

Native multi-tenancy with RBAC. Each tenant gets an isolated virtual datacenter. Integrated self-service portal with billing integrations for WHMCS, HostBill, and more.


From VMware to Secure Cloud in four steps

Hut 8 guides every step of the migration — from your first assessment to go-live. No surprises, no downtime, no guesswork.



Migration process

01. Capacity assessment

  • We analyse your current VMware environment, workload inventory, and resource usage to build a precise migration plan tailored to your estate.

02. Architecture design

  • We design your target Secure Cloud architecture — cluster sizing, network topology, storage policy, and tenant structure — mapped to your requirements.

03. PoC dry run

  • Before a single production workload moves, we run a full proof-of-concept migration. You see exactly how the platform performs with your workloads.

04. Go-live & handover

  • Production migration, training, documentation, and ongoing Hut 8 support. Your team is fully equipped to own and operate the platform from day one.

Frequently Asked

Common questions about Hut 8 Secure Cloud

FAQ

Q
How disruptive is migrating away from VMware?
A

Less disruptive than most organizations expect. Hut 8 runs a full proof-of-concept dry run before any production workloads move. Our migration team manages the complexity on your behalf, with workload migration handled automatically during planned windows.


Q
Will our existing tools and automations still work?
A

Hut 8 Secure Cloud uses the 100% OpenStack-compatible API, which means the vast majority of existing automation scripts, DevOps tooling, and third-party integrations work without modification. Our migration team identifies and resolves any gaps during the planning phase.


Q
Our VMware renewal isn't due for a year — should we wait?
A

Starting your assessment now puts you in a much stronger negotiating position at renewal. You'll understand your true migration costs and timeline before pressure arrives — and you'll have real options on the table, whether you move or stay.


Q
We run Oracle and SAP on VMware — can we migrate those workloads?
A

Oracle and SAP have specific hypervisor certification requirements. We recommend a workload-by-workload assessment — in most environments, only a subset of VMs carry this constraint. We can migrate the rest immediately, reducing your VMware licence scope significantly even before those workloads move.


Q
How is Canadian data residency guaranteed?
A

Hut 8 Secure Cloud runs entirely on Hut 8's Canadian infrastructure. There are no hyperscaler dependencies, no cross-border data transfers, and no foreign legal jurisdiction exposure. We can provide full residency documentation for compliance purposes.


Q
What minimum cluster size is required?
A

Production deployments require a minimum of 5 nodes, with no upper limit. Hut 8 performs capacity analysis as part of the migration assessment to design the right cluster configuration for your workloads and growth trajectory.


Q
What does the soft launch mean for pricing and availability?
A

During the soft launch phase, Hut 8 is onboarding a select number of early access customers with dedicated migration support and priority engineering access. Pricing is finalized through a tailored assessment — contact us to be included in the early access cohort.


Q
Who supports the platform after go-live?
A

Hut 8 provides direct, named support backed by our engineering team and Virtuozzo's global technical organization — the same team with 24 years of virtualization experience across 87 countries. Unlike Broadcom's restructured support model, you have a dedicated Canadian partner accountable to your SLA.


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