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NICIS localised cloud, Sebowa, is growing!

Publication Date: 
Monday, February 17, 2025 - 13:15

A new Pretoria-based zone of Sebowa will be available to users from March 2025. This expansion will provide faster access to the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS) services in Pretoria and enable users to build multi-zone applications for improved availability.

Sebowa provides the following services:

Contact Person

Nox Moyake

info@chpc.ac.za

A new Pretoria-based zone of Sebowa will be available to users from March 2025. This expansion will provide faster access to the National Integrated Cyberinfrastructure System (NICIS) services in Pretoria and enable users to build multi-zone applications for improved availability.

Sebowa provides the following services:

  • Computing: Access to a large set of central processing unit and random-access memory, provisioned per instance.
  • Storage: Block and object storage powered by 'Ceph', an open-source, scalable and highly available storage solution.
  • Networking: Up to 10 Gbps internet connectivity and up to 50 Gbps inter-host network connectivity, using Openstack's Software Defined Networking.
NICIS localised cloud Sebowa