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HOST · MANAGED HOSTING · SINCE 2012

Your collections,
on your server.

One client, one server. More than 50 servers hosted in-house, more than 130 TB of heritage data under our care — daily backups, updates included, hosting in France.

— INFRASTRUCTURE PARTNER OVHCLOUD · FR

OVHcloud, European cloud operator.

Founded in Roubaix in 1999, OVHcloud is today the leading European cloud operator — more than 40 data centres, integrated infrastructure, machines designed and assembled in-house. We have relied on it from the start: French jurisdiction, native GDPR compliance, independence from US hyperscalers. A technical partnership tested over more than ten years, and the assurance that your collections remain under French law.

2 TB
per client (avg.)
« System and hardware maintenance is included in the annual hosting contract. »
— INTERNAL DOCUMENTATION
1×/day
SQL backup + media rsync
— Commitments
01

Four rules we hold ourselves to.

Included in the contract
01 SOVEREIGNTY

Your data stays in France

Hosting with OVH (Roubaix, Gravelines) — no transfer outside the EU, unless you specifically request it. We can also host your data in Beauharnois, Canada (a French-speaking base in the Americas) or in Morocco (for Africa), always on OVH infrastructure.

02 CONTRACT

Managed hosting is included

System updates (Debian stable), CollectiveAccess updates, supervision and incident response — everything is included in the annual contract. You pay for hosting; we keep the machine alive.

03 DRP

Daily backups

SQL dump every night plus incremental rsync of media to a second remote server. Custom files (configuration, Pawtucket theme, code) are backed up separately. A Git repository lets us recover the exact deployed version at any time.

04 SECURITY

Security by default

Apache evasive (anti-DOS) and security (WAF) modules configured to your needs, software firewall, SSH access by secure key only — restrictable to our IP alone. HTTPS everywhere, regular audits.

— Five tiers
02

From the small database to national collections.

+ storage option
XS · VPS · OVH VéLIZY (FR)

VPS — starter

To get started or to test, a small database with fewer than 500 objects, or a demo environment.

CPU
2 vCore
RAM
2 GB
STORAGE
40 GB SSD NVMe
NETWORK
500 Mb/s
ANNUAL CONTRACT
On request
S · VPS · OVH (FR)

VPS — small database

Small to medium collection, museum or archive project at start-up stage.

CPU
4 vCore
RAM
4 GB
STORAGE
80 GB SSD NVMe
NETWORK
1 Gb/s
ANNUAL CONTRACT
On request
M · DEDICATED · OVH (FR)

Dedicated — medium collection

Collection of a few thousand objects with HD media, several simultaneous users.

CPU
Xeon i5/E3
RAM
16 GB
STORAGE
2 × 480 GB RAID
NETWORK
1 Gb/s
ANNUAL CONTRACT
On request
L · DEDICATED NVME · OVH (FR)

Dedicated NVMe — performance

Large collection, intensive research, heavy indexing — search performance up to 5× faster thanks to NVMe.

CPU
Xeon
RAM
16 GB
STORAGE
2 × 480 GB SSD NVMe RAID
NETWORK
1 Gb/s
ANNUAL CONTRACT
On request
XL · DEDICATED · OVH ROUBAIX (FR)

Dedicated — large collections

Major national collections, heavy heritage data volumes, HD/RAW media. 2×2 TB hard disk in RAID 1 with full redundancy.

CPU
Xeon E3+
RAM
16 to 32 GB
STORAGE
2 × 2 TB RAID 1
NETWORK
1 Gb/s
ANNUAL CONTRACT
On request
OPTION · CAHBGTSUPP2TO + 2 TB extra storage
Dedicated disk mounted as a storage point on the master server — available across every tier.
— Stack
03

A proven architecture, documented.

Technical detail
01 · LAYER

Operating system

  • → Debian 11/12 « bookworm »
  • → Migration to stable on release
  • → Old-stable maintained on client request
02 · LAYER

Web

  • → Apache 2.4
  • → evasive + security modules (WAF)
  • → PHP 7.3+ with full extensions
03 · LAYER

Database

  • → MariaDB 10.2.x minimum
  • → max_allowed_packet = 256M
  • → Daily SQL dump
04 · LAYER

Storage

  • → Dedicated /var partition
  • → RAID 1 / RAID Soft
  • → NVMe on request (×4 SSD performance)
05 · LAYER

Security

  • → SSH access by key only
  • → Optional IP restriction
  • → Active software firewall
06 · LAYER

Backup

  • → Daily database + media backup
  • → Rsync to remote server
  • → Custom files backed up separately
— Infrastructure

One partner, 100% France by default.

We manage everything in-house with OVH, in France only — dedicated servers for production, VPS for small collections and demos. No proprietary cloud between you and your data. More than 130 TB stored, an average of 2 TB per client.

OVH · DEDICATED

One client, one server.

OVH, Kimsufi and So You Start infrastructure. For every production client, a dedicated machine — resources never shared.

Roubaix
data centre
Gravelines
data centre
OVH · VPS

Small databases & demos.

OVH VPS for the entry-level tiers (CAHBGT4, CAHBGT5), development environments and short demonstrations — always in France.

Vélizy
data centre
SSD NVMe
standard
1 Gb/s
network
EXCEPTIONS

For audiences outside the EU

AMERICAS Beauharnois, Québec

To serve a North American audience without the latency penalty — OVH data centre in Canada. Clients: Frenchsculpture & Magog on dedicated servers.

AFRICA Maroc Datacenter

For institutions and audiences across the African continent — OVH/Maroc Datacenter infrastructure, lower latency for users in the region.

01 · ROUBAIX, FR
02 · GRAVELINES, FR
03 · VÉLIZY, FR
— READY TO START?

Tell us about your collection, we'll suggest the right tier.

— Continuer la visite

Les autres métiers d'idéesculture.

01 →

Formation

Prise en main, autonomie, montée en compétence
02 →

Migration

Reprise de données, conversion, accompagnement
04 →

Musées de France

Inventaire, récolement, export Joconde
05 →

Développement

Plugins, intégrations, sur-mesure