Single Tenant Architecture
Our cloud-friendly design prevents data commingling,
offers greater security and keeps you in control of your sites and your data.
Security, Scalability and Control
Why Single-Tenant Architecture?
Merlin is unique in offering a single-tenant architecture for its clients. What does that mean? It means that every client site sits in its own environment, protected in a virtual private cloud (VPC), and runs on separate hardware and software. It also means that client data is maintained in a separate environment with dedicated encryption keys to protect data at-rest and ensure your data isn’t accessible by others.
Additionally, with single-tenant architecture, each site’s resources, security measures and hosting location–including your own AWS environment–can be precisely tailored to comply with varying data privacy regulations and your specific business needs.
We guarantee a dedicated, secure, and highly customizable environment tailored to meet your individual needs, big or small.
- Unparalleled Security: Every site resides in its own VPC with dedicated hardware, software and unique encryption keys. No shared computing resources, no risk of accidental data exposure. Your sensitive data is securely siloed, reducing risks from data breaches.
- Customized Site Control: Bypass the limitations of the one-size-fits-all multi-tenant systems. Our single-tenant architecture allows for complete customization, from server size to additional security measures. Be it HIPAA or GDPR compliance, enhanced access restrictions or individual monitoring, you’re in control.
- Flexible Scalability: With the agility to swiftly add or drop servers according to your needs, our single-tenant architecture scales in lockstep with your business requirements. Accommodate unexpected data dumps or sudden scaling of users with just a few clicks, and shrink back when needs diminish.
- Global Accessibility: Choose the hosting location that suits you best, from anywhere in the world, even in your own secure AWS environment or a government FedRAMP environment.
- Cost-Effectiveness: By turning matters on and off at will, you enjoy a cost-effective solution that aligns with your operational needs.
Unparalleled Security
Why a Virtual Private Cloud?
A virtual privateย cloud (VPC) is a secure, isolated virtual network within the cloud, designed to offer an optimal level of security and control, similar to a traditional on-premise data center but without the associated physical infrastructure costs. A VPC is housed within a public cloud environment, yet maintains a distinct separation from other users of the cloud, providing a personalized computing environment that’s accessible from anywhere in the world.
In a VPC, you get to define and control the virtual network environment including selection of IP address range, creation of subnets, and configuration of route tables and network gateways. It acts as a dedicated space where resources and services are exclusively available to the entities within that environment.ย
As such, a VPC serves as the backbone for secure and customizable cloud solutions, includingย additional security measures to meet your needs, control over your environment for HIPAA and data privacy compliance, enhanced access restrictions and individual monitoring.ย
Flexible Scalability
Scalability is a core strength of a VPC. With a VPC, you’re not confined to static physical infrastructure. Instead, you have a dynamic computing environment that can effortlessly scale up or down to meet the ebb and flow of your business requirements.
When demand spikes, whether due to sudden influxes of data or increased review activity, we can instantly scale up the computing resources within your dedicated VPC. We can add more servers or increase the computing power of existing servers with a few simple clicks, ensuring uninterrupted, high-performance operation, even under heavy loads.
When demand recedes, we can easily scale down resources to prevent unnecessary expenditure. This flexibility offers not just an optimal operational environment but also a cost-effective solution. Our goal is to adapt swiftly to your changing needs.ย
Customized Site Control
In the world of digital data, the need for robust security and privacy cannot be overstated. Particularly when dealing with PII or data subject to HIPAA, a customized approach to data hosting is not just a nice-to-have, it’s a necessity.ย Merlin understands this critical requirement and leverages the flexibility of single-tenant architecture to offer highly customizable solutions for each client.
Customizable Security Measuresย
Each VPC acts as an independent fortress, providing a secure environment where data is not only stored but also transmitted and processed under the highest standards of security and privacy. Whether it’s enabling enhanced access restrictions, implementing additional encryption methods, providing special monitoring or securing data transmission channels, we can fine-tune each component of your cloud environment to ensure compliance with GDPR, HIPAA and other data protection regulations.
Global Hosting Accessibility
The freedom to choose the hosting location means you can meet data residency requirements, which is particularly crucial in an era of increasing focus on data sovereignty. From a client’s private AWS environment to government-approved FedRAMP environments, we can host your VPC where it best serves your compliance needs.
With Merlin, not only do you get a secure and efficient cloud solution, but you also get a partner committed to ensuring your operations stay compliant with evolving data privacy obligations.
Cloud Discovery the Merlin Way
Experience the difference with Merlin’s innovative use of cloud resources.ย While others simplify replicate their existing data center architecture onto the cloud, we leverage the unique capabilities of the cloud to provide a level of security, control and customization that’s unparalleled in the industry.
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