Case Study: cloudscale.ch achieves instant VM provisioning and reliable high-performance cloud networking with Extreme Networks

High Stability and Performance Switching Provides Outstanding Customer Experience

cloudscale.ch, a Swiss self‑service cloud platform, needed a rock‑solid, highly available network that could link to other ISPs and the SwissIX exchange, run IP‑based storage, support Open Source tools, and offer low port‑to‑port latency and centralized manageability. To meet goals like deploying virtual servers in under 10 seconds and delivering a 99.99% uptime guarantee, cloudscale.ch evaluated vendors and selected Extreme Networks and its Extreme VDX 6940 switches with the Extreme VCS Fabric.

Extreme Networks implemented a leaf‑and‑spine fabric using Extreme VDX 6940 switches and Extreme VCS Fabric logical chassis mode, delivering high‑density 10 GbE (up to 144 ports per RU), VLAG redundancy, ISSU, and centralized automation. The result for cloudscale.ch was plug‑and‑play expansion, predictable port‑to‑port latency for Ceph storage traffic, faster VM and disk provisioning (VMs in <10 seconds; new disks available in minutes), and simplified operations—enabling reliable, high‑performance services and a stronger customer experience.

cloudscale.ch

Manuel Schweizer

Chief Executive Officer