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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

    Score6.1 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Virtual Servers are customizable, public or private, cloud-based servers available from IBM. User can launch applications and software across blended, hybrid environments as the servers integrate with all cloud models.

    $0.01

    per hour

    Red Hat JBoss EAP

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AN/AN/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Editions & Modules
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (dedicated host)
    starting at $0.22
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (dedicated host)
    starting at $149.00
    per month
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (multi-tenant)
    starting at $0.038
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (multi-tenant)
    starting at $25.21
    per month
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (reserved)
    starting at $0.02
    per hour
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (reserved)
    starting at $13.27
    per month
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (transient)
    starting at $0.01
    per hour
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsIBM Cloud virtual servers include 250 GB of outbound public bandwidth, unmetered inbound public bandwidth, and unmetered private and management network bandwidth.—
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    Community Pulse
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCRed Hat JBoss EAP
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Comparison of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) features of IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    7.2
    88 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    -
    Ratings
    Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime9.181 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dynamic scaling9.176 Ratings00 Ratings
    Elastic load balancing8.664 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-configured templates3.072 Ratings00 Ratings
    Monitoring tools7.384 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pre-defined machine images4.777 Ratings00 Ratings
    Operating system support6.984 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security controls9.178 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Servers
    Comparison of Application Servers features of IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
    -
    Ratings
    Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
    6.8
    9 Ratings
    15% below category average
    IDE support00 Ratings6.09 Ratings
    Security management00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Administration and management00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Application server performance00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Installation00 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Open-source standards compliance00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (88 ratings)
    8.1
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (5 ratings)
    5.2
    (2 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCRed Hat JBoss EAP
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    One scenario that immediately came to my mind was large-scale data processing, IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is well-suited for organizations that require high-performance computing capabilities, particularly when processing large amounts of data. It can also be useful for companies or organizations that wish to migrate their workplace to the cloud and it may suite companies that have strict compliance requirements since the servers have robust security features.
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    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is subscription based/open source platform. It's very reliable and great for deploying high transaction Java based enterprise applications. It integrates well with third party components like mod_cluster and supports popular Java EE web-based frameworks such as Spring, Angular JS, jQuery Mobile, and Google Web Toolkit.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Scalability: IBM Cloud Virtual Servers enable businesses to simply and quickly scale up or down the resources they require in response to changing business demands. This enables firms to respond to traffic spikes, requests for new services, or changes in business size without the need for additional hardware purchases or maintenance.
    • Cost savings: By employing virtual servers in the cloud, enterprises can decrease capital expenditures for hardware and infrastructure while also lowering ongoing operational expenses by removing server maintenance and management costs. This can result in significant cost savings for enterprises, particularly those that need to raise or decrease their computer capacity fast and easily.
    • High availability: IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is built with high availability in mind, giving enterprises the certainty that their applications and data will be available and accessible even if hardware fails or other disruptions occur. This assists enterprises in maintaining business continuity and lowering the chance of downtime, which is crucial for firms that rely on 24/7 access to their systems. Furthermore, IBM's comprehensive network and security features aid in the prevention of data breaches and other security risks, assuring the availability and reliability of their applications and data.
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    Red Hat
    • MOD_CLUSTER integration. JBoss EAP integrates pretty well with mod_cluster. This is an intelligent load balancer especially useful in highly clustered environments.
    • Supports enterprise-grade features such as high availability clustering, distributed caching, messaging etc.
    • Supports deployment in on-premise, virtual and hybrid cloud environments.
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    Cons
    IBM
    • It would also be nice if there were more templates to choose from when creating a server. Right now there are only a few options, and we'd like to see more variety.
    • We'd like to see the ability to create server groups. This would make it easier to manage a large number of servers since we could do all of the updates and management tasks for them at once.
    • There doesn't seem to be a way to automatically install updates on all of the virtual servers. We have to go in and manually update each one, which can be time-consuming. It would be really nice if automatic updates can be done.
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    Red Hat
    • Difficult to replicate configuration outside of a container environment
    • Still requires quite a bit of knowledge of the CLI
    • Integration with deployment tools requires CLI knowledge
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IBM
    It has a flexible and affordable pricing, easy to configure and manage. It is easy to spawn one or multiple instances and have them up and running in no time
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    Red Hat
    We are planning to migrate away from Jboss to Tomcat as Jboss has shown not interest in supporting OSGi which is heavily used at our shop
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    Usability
    IBM
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    Red Hat
    JBoss overall is easy to use. The installation and deployment of applications are quick. Documentations and support are also readily available.
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    Reliability and Availability
    IBM
    Always available when you need an instance.
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    Red Hat
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    Performance
    IBM
    Most of the instances work on hypervisors with good processors, but not all of them.
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    Red Hat
    JBoss EAP is lightweight and doesn't really consumes much physical resources. It's high performing and suites well for high transaction Java enterprise applications. The out of box performance settings are not really great and you will have to configure the settings to suite your environment to leverage it's full benefits.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    It is adequate, but you need to be ready to argue your point - which is fair enough, I suppose, but being given the opposite of the benefit of the doubt every time does not necessarily result in an enjoyable user experience.
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    Red Hat
    Fast response.
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    Implementation Rating
    IBM
    We did not use IBM professional services to implement IBM Cloud Virtual Servers.
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    Red Hat
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    IBM Cloud Virtual Servers offer more customization options than Amazon EC2, with the ability to select from a range of operating systems, storage types, and network configurations. IBM also provides a wide range of tools and services to help manage and optimize your virtual servers, including a web-based console, CLI, and API.

    AWS EC2 is a more managed platform, with a focus on providing a simple and easy-to-use interface. Amazon provides a range of predefined instance types, each with different specs and pricing, to make it easy to find the right option for your needs. AWS also offers a number of management and monitoring tools, but these are often more basic than what is available from IBM.
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    Red Hat
    We selected JBoss because of compatibility with EJB's. We currently are trying to reduce our footprint and will highly consider using Tomcat.
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    Scalability
    IBM
    It worked well for us in the beginning, it works well for us when we have more instances.
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    Red Hat
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Supports businesses who want compute power on demand (instances are ready within minutes).
    • It can give you access to a 32-core CPU at $0.29 for short running or interruptible processes - enabling cost-efficient number crunching.
    • Given me a taste of the powers of remote compute power for compilation and development.
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    Red Hat
    • Jboss EAP is easy to deploy and configure. This lead to lower cost and faster delivery.
    • Even though we have large number of machines running JBoss, we have only two Jboss Administrators. It doesn't requires too much administration and maintenance on daily basis and reduces number of administrators required for large implementations.
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