Virtual Data Centre (VDC)

  • Updated on Jan 20, 2026
  • Published on Nov 9, 2021
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Flexible, Scalable Cloud Infrastructure Built Around Your Needs

Servers Australia’s Virtual Data Centre (VDC) provides a reserved pool of virtualised CPU, RAM and storage resources that you manage via VMware’s vCloud Director interface. It allows you to deploy virtual machines (VMs), configure networks, manage backups and control firewall policies — all within a scalable, resilient cloud environment.

✔ Why Choose Our Virtual Data Centre?

Scalable Resource Pools

Your VDC includes a reserved pool of resources (vCPU, RAM, storage and IPs) that you can scale up or down whenever your workloads demand additional capacity.

Dual-Zone High Availability by Default

All VDCs are configured with Dual-Zone High Availability (HA). This ensures that if a single hypervisor or even an entire datacenter becomes unavailable, your VM workloads will reboot on the remaining hosts.

Integrated Backup Management

You can manage backups for virtual machines directly within the vCloud Director control panel using Veeam. Backup storage scales separately and does not consume your main VDC resource pool.

Built-In Firewall and Networking

Each VDC includes an NSX edge gateway where you can configure firewall rules, NAT, IPSec VPNs and public IP assignments.

Custom OS Images and Uploads

Deploy quickly using prebuilt operating system images or upload your own ISO files to create custom VM builds and templates.

Automation

Using the vCloud director REST API or third-party tools such as Terraform, you can automatically deploy virtual machines to scale your application when needed.

Pricing

VDC services are billed monthly and consist of fixed and variable cost components:

✔ Fixed costs – based on your allocated vCPUs, RAM, storage tiers, IP addresses and edge gateways.
✔ Variable costs – based on usage such as outbound data transfer, backup licenses and backup storage consumption.

💡 Contact Servers Australia on 1300 788 862 for tailored pricing based on your required capacity, performance tiers and anticipated usage.

Technical Specifications

Resource Allocation

  • vCPUs — configurable CPU allocation

  • RAM — memory reserved for VM workloads

  • Storage tiers — multiple performance levels for VM disks

  • IP Addresses — public and private IP allocation

Edge Networking

  • NSX edge gateway included

  • Firewall rules, NAT, IPSec VPN, DHCP.

  • Public and internal network configuration from vCloud Director

Backup Support

  • Veeam backups are integrated and easy to configure

  • Backup storage scales independently

  • Immutable backups help protect against ransomware attacks

Limits

  • Limits on vCPU, RAM and storage apply for whatever you initially sign up for; contact sales for expansions beyond standard quotas.

How Virtual Data Centre Works (Example Use Case)

Highly Available Application Hosting

With a VDC, you can deploy multiple VMs (for example, a web server, application server and DB server) inside vApps — logical groupings of VMs and networks for easier management.

  1. Configure your resource pool in MySAU and access vCloud Director.

  2. Create vApps and VMs using templates or custom ISOs.

  3. Configure internal networks and firewall policies.

  4. Apply backup policies via the integrated Veeam system.

This infrastructure supports scalable production workloads that benefit from high availability, flexible networking and consolidated management.

Network-Oriented Questions

How Is Networking Managed?

Each VDC is provisioned with a logically isolated NSX edge gateway, letting you manage internal networks, firewall rules, NAT and VPN connectivity from within vCloud Director.

Data Transfer

  • Inbound traffic — free of charge

  • Outbound data — charged based on tiers of usage

  • Internal traffic between VMs inside a VDC is unmetered.

Security

Network segmentation and firewall rules help isolate workloads and control traffic into and out of your VDC.

Compatibility

Operating Systems

Deploy VMs with supported OS images or custom ISOs — including Linux distributions and Windows Server variants.

Summary

Servers Australia’s Virtual Data Centre (VDC) offers a flexible, resilient and fully managed cloud infrastructure platform using VMware vCloud Director. With scalable compute and storage resources, integrated networking and firewalls, plus built-in backup management, VDC enables businesses to deploy and manage virtualised environments with enterprise-grade capability — without the complexity of building or maintaining physical data centre hardware.