OCRE Cloud for Slovenia

82 research and education institutions in Slovenia can procure sovereign European cloud services through the OCRE 2024 framework.

82Eligible institutions
ARNESNational research network
ViennaDatacenter at-vie-1
ViennaDatacenter at-vie-2
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How institutions in Slovenia access OCRE cloud

Institutions in Slovenia access the OCRE 2024 framework through ARNES, their National Research and Education Network (NREN). VSHN is the sole Exoscale reseller in the OCRE catalogue and ranked number one in all countries it serves. Institutions can use the cascade method (direct award) to place an order without a competition round.

Exoscale datacenters closest to Slovenia: Vienna (at-vie-1), Vienna (at-vie-2). Guaranteed data location, no US CLOUD Act exposure. All data egress to GÉANT and connected NRENs is waived.

Get started

Contact VSHN to request a trial voucher, get a cost estimate, or start a call-off agreement for Exoscale cloud and managed services in Slovenia. Your NREN cloud team at ocre@arnes.si can help with framework eligibility questions.

Eligible institutions (82)

Avstrijski znanstveni institut
BION, Inštitut za bioelektromagnetiko in novo biologijo d.o.o.
Biološki inštitut ZRC SAZU
Ekonomski inštitut Pravne fakultete
Elektroinštitut Milan Vidmar
Filozofski inštitut ZRC SAZU
Frančiškanski družinski inštitut
Geodetski inštitut Slovenije
Geodetski zavod Slovenije - inštitut
Geografski inštitut - AM ZRC SAZU
Geološki zavod Slovenije
Gozdarski inštitut Slovenije
ICRO, inštitut za celostni razvoj in okolje
IEVT - Inštitut za elektroniko in vakuumsko tehniko
INŠTITUT REPUBLIKE SLOVENIJE ZA SOCIALNO VARSTVO
INŠTITUT ZA FIZIKALNO BIOLOGIJO
INŠTITUT ZA RAZVOJNE IN STRATEŠKE ANALIZE
IPZT, Inštitut za prenos znanja in tehnologije
ISCOMET inštitut za etnične in regionalne študije
ISH - Fakulteta za podiplomski humanistični študij
Institut "Jožef Stefan"
Institut informacijskih znanosti, Maribor
Inštitut Antona Trstenjaka za gerontologijo in medgeneracijsko sožitje
Inštitut Zoran Rant p.o.
Inštitut za celulozo in papir
Inštitut za civilizacijo in kulturo - ICK
Inštitut za delo pri Pravni fakulteti Ljubljana
Inštitut za ekologijo
Inštitut za ekonomska raziskovanja
Inštitut za evalvacijo in management v raziskovalni in razvojni dejavnosti
Inštitut za fluidno tehniko Žiri
Inštitut za geografijo
Inštitut za gospodarsko pravo pri Pravni fakulteti Maribor
Inštitut za hidravlične raziskave
Inštitut za hmeljarstvo in pivovarstvo Slovenije
Inštitut za javno upravo pri Pravni fakulteti v Ljubljani
Inštitut za kovinske materiale in tehnologije
Inštitut za kriminologijo pri Pravni fakulteti v Ljubljani
Inštitut za matematiko, fiziko in mehaniko
Inštitut za metalne konstrukcije
Inštitut za narodnostna vprašanja
Inštitut za nove medije in elektronsko literaturo
Inštitut za novejšo zgodovino Slovenije
Inštitut za obnovljive vire energije
Inštitut za politike prostora
Inštitut za pravo okolja
Inštitut za primerjalno pravo pri Pravni fakulteti
Inštitut za psihologijo osebnosti
Inštitut za rudarstvo, geotehnologijo in okolje
Inštitut za tehnologijo površin in optoelektroniko
Inštitut za trajnostni razvoj
Inštitut za varovanje zdravja RS
Inštitut za vode Republike Slovenije
Izobraževalno raziskovalni inštitut Ljubljana
Kemijski inštitut
Kmetijski inštitut Slovenije
Mednarodni inštitut za potrošniške raziskave
Mednarodni inštitut za turizem
Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo
Onkološki inštitut Ljubljana
PRINZ INŠTITUT
Pedagoški inštitut
Pomurska akademsko - znanstvena unija
Primorski inštitut za naravoslovne in tehnične vede
Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti
Slovenski institut za kakovost in meroslovje, Ljubljana
Slovenski narodopisni inštitut Urban Jarnik
Slovenski raziskovalni inštitut
Slovenski raziskovalni inštitut za management
Studia Humanitatis
Univerza na Primorskem
Univerza v Ljubljani
Univerza v Mariboru
Univerza v Novi Gorici
Univerzitetni rehabilitacijski inštitut Republike Slovenije Soča
Urbanistični inštitut Republike Slovenije
ZNANSTVENORAZISKOVALNI CENTER SLOVENSKE AKADEMIJE ZNANOSTI IN UMETNOSTI - Inštitut za
ZRC SAZU - Inštitut za arheologijo
Zavod Mirovni inštitut Ljubljana
Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper
Znanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti
slovenski jezik - sekcija za zgodovino jezika

Exoscale cloud services

The infrastructure you procure through OCRE, run by Exoscale in the zone you choose. All of it carries the framework discount on compute and storage, and free traffic to GÉANT and connected NRENs.

Compute Virtual servers billed per second, from 0.5 to 225 GB RAM, with AES-256-XTS encryption at rest by default. GPU servers NVIDIA RTX Pro 6000, A40, A30, A5000 and V100 for training, inference and HPC, billed per second. Available as standalone instances or as GPU node pools inside an SKS Kubernetes cluster. Block storage NVMe volumes from 1 GiB to 10 TiB, 5,000 IOPS with no IOPS charge, snapshots, and Exoscale's 99.95% SLA. Object storage S3-compatible in all 8 zones, versioning, object lock, lifecycle rules, and an Archival class on request. Managed databases Eight engines on dedicated VMs, from PostgreSQL with pgvector to Thanos for long-term metrics. Kubernetes (SKS) Scalable Kubernetes Service with a free Starter tier and a Pro control plane under Exoscale's 99.95% SLA. GPU node pools attach to a cluster, so ML pipelines schedule onto GPUs like any other workload. Networking Private networks and VPC at no charge, security groups, elastic IPs, load balancing, free IPv4 and IPv6. DNS and CDN Anycast DNS across 40+ servers and an Akamai-backed CDN in front of your object storage buckets.

VSHN managed services, delivered through Servala

These are operated by VSHN through Servala, the open-source app store for managed services, and they are a different product from Exoscale DBaaS above. Exoscale runs its database engines on its own price list and SLA; VSHN runs everything below with 24/7 support, automated backups, managed updates, and SLAs up to 99.99%, and the same catalogue runs on Cloudscale, SWITCH, and on-premises. Several databases are available both ways, so ask us which fits: Exoscale DBaaS is usually cheaper, and Servala adds operations and support around it.

Databases and messaging

Also available as Exoscale DBaaS, where Exoscale operates them directly and uses its own product names: Exoscale's in-memory engine is Valkey, the VSHN-operated one is Redis.

Managed PostgreSQL Research databases with PostGIS for geospatial data and pgvector for AI embeddings. Managed MariaDB MySQL-compatible relational database with Galera clustering for teaching and departmental systems. Managed Redis In-memory cache and message broker, operated by VSHN. Exoscale's own DBaaS equivalent is Valkey, which replaced its Managed Redis in March 2025. Managed Kafka Event streaming for sensor networks, instrument data, and pipelines that cannot lose a message.

Developer tooling

No Exoscale equivalent. VSHN operates these on Exoscale infrastructure.

Managed GitLab CLOUD Act-free source code hosting, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps platform on Swiss infrastructure. GitLab for Education pricing applies to qualifying institutions. Codey (Managed Forgejo) European code collaboration platform. Sovereign alternative to GitHub, starting at CHF 39 per month. Managed Keycloak Identity management with eduGAIN and OpenID Connect federation for single sign-on across NREN networks. Managed OpenBao Secrets management and encryption for compliance-sensitive research environments, with Swiss HSM backing. Managed Nextcloud File sync, sharing, and collaboration for research groups, with data kept in the zone you choose.

Platforms

Container platforms. Exoscale SKS is the self-managed alternative.

VSHN Managed OpenShift Dedicated Red Hat OpenShift clusters for containerized research workloads and HPC environments. APPUiO Cloud Kubernetes namespace-as-a-service, billed by effective resource usage, with no cluster to run.

Request a trial voucher

Interested in using Exoscale or VSHN-managed services in your research or education institution through OCRE 2024? Tell us about your workloads and we will follow up with more information and a trial voucher.

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