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title: "Efficient Cloud Instances"
description: "Virtual machines on Noraina's platform in five European data centres, replicated every five minutes to a second site. RPO of 5 minutes, RTO of 15 minutes."
url: https://www.noraina.cloud/products/efficient-cloud-instances/
language: en
---
# Efficient Cloud Instances

Efficient Cloud Instances are virtual machines on our own platform in five data centres in London, Dublin, Paris and Barcelona. Disks replicate every five minutes to a second site of your choice, for a recovery point of five minutes at a lower price than a standalone instance at the big cloud providers.

## What you get

- High-performance instances with all-SSD storage and 25 Gb/s networking.
- Optional replication every five minutes to another site, and managed backup of the instance with [Efficient Cloud Backup](https://www.noraina.cloud/products/efficient-cloud-backup/).
- A direct public IP address for applications that do not work behind NAT.
- Private IP addresses behind a managed firewall for everything that should not be public.
- A control panel with KVM console access to diagnose an instance even when its network is down.
- On-demand and reserved pricing.

We operate the platform: hypervisors, storage, network, patching and monitoring. You keep full control of what runs inside your instances, or hand that to us as well.

## Five sites, any combination

| Facility | City |
| --- | --- |
| Equinix LD5 | London |
| Equinix DB3 | Dublin |
| Equinix PA2 | Paris |
| Telehouse TH3 | Paris |
| Templus | Barcelona |

Production and replica can go in any pair of sites. Two sites in Paris keep latency low and data in one country; Dublin and Barcelona keep it in the EU across two jurisdictions; London adds a site outside the EU when that is what you need.



## Recovery objectives

| Objective | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Recovery point (RPO) | 5 minutes |
| Recovery time (RTO) | 15 minutes from the decision to fail over |

Replication health is monitored and reported, and failover is tested on a schedule with a signed report after every test, so your continuity plan is a procedure you can show an auditor.

## Close to Cloudflare and the big clouds

Our network peers locally with Cloudflare and connects directly to AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud, so traffic to the edge, to R2 and to your other clouds takes short, direct routes.

## Pricing

Instances are priced per configuration, on demand or reserved. [Tell us what you need](https://www.noraina.cloud/contact/) and we send a quote the same week. Prices exclude VAT.

## Frequently asked questions

### Where are Noraina's data centres?

Noraina runs its platform in Equinix LD5 (London), Equinix DB3 (Dublin), Equinix PA2 (Paris), Telehouse TH3 (Paris) and Templus (Barcelona).

### What are the RPO and RTO of Efficient Cloud Instances?

Disks replicate every five minutes, so the recovery point objective is five minutes. The recovery time objective is fifteen minutes, counted from the moment the decision to fail over is taken.

### Can I choose where my instance and its replica run?

Yes. Replication works between any two of the five sites, so you can keep both copies in one country, both inside the EU, or deliberately in different countries, depending on what your regulator or customers require.

### Do Efficient Cloud Instances help with business continuity controls in ISO 27001 or ENS?

Yes. A replicated second site with tested failover supports ISO/IEC 27001 controls 5.29, 5.30 and 8.14, and ENS measures op.cont.2 to op.cont.4. You receive the architecture description and failover test reports as evidence.

## Compliance

Our services support these controls and produce evidence for them. Certification depends on your whole management system and is granted by an accredited auditor, not by a supplier.

- **ISO 27001**: 5.29, 5.30, 8.14 (https://www.noraina.cloud/compliance/iso-27001/)
- **ENS**: op.cont.2, op.cont.3, op.cont.4 (https://www.noraina.cloud/compliance/ens/)
- **NIS2**: 21.2.c (https://www.noraina.cloud/compliance/nis2/)
- **DORA**: art.11, art.12 (https://www.noraina.cloud/compliance/dora/)
- **GDPR**: 32.1.b, 32.1.c (https://www.noraina.cloud/compliance/gdpr/)

Last updated: 2026-10-09