From my personal experience I chose virtual servers over bare metal servers
I used it throughout everything I do for hosting. It addresses all my hosting problems for personal hosting and client hosting.
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What is IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers?
IBM Cloud bare metal servers are cloud servers configurable in hourly/monthly options, on-demand, from any location—with a selection of standard features and services for small businesses and enterprise demands. Users can customize RAM and SSDs with 11M+ configurations from which…
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What is IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers?
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers are single-tenant, dedicated servers that can be deployed and managed as cloud services. They are part of IBM Cloud and are available in either classic or VPC deployment models.
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers on VPC Infrastructure are dedicated
bare metal servers that provide enhanced networking and connectivity via
virtual private cloud (VPC) capabilities. They’re available now as an
integrated part of IBM Cloud.
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers on IBM Cloud Classic Infrastructure are presented as ideal for large, steady state, predictable operations that rely on traditional cloud networking. IBM Cloud Bare Metal Server can be customized with over 11 million different configuration combinations. IBM includes 20 TB of bandwidth. Pay-as-you-use with hourly, monthly, or reserved billing at prices set for cost management. CPU technology from Intel® Xeon® , and AMD EPYC™ , and add the latest NVIDIA Tesla GPUs are available.
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Features
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Features
- Supported: Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
- Supported: Dynamic scaling
- Supported: Elastic load balancing
- Supported: Pre-configured templates
- Supported: Monitoring tools
- Supported: Pre-defined machine images
- Supported: Operating system support
- Supported: Security controls
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IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Integrations
- CentOS Linux
- Ubuntu
- Virtuozzo IaaS
- VMware ESXi
- VMware vSphere on IBM Cloud
- McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MySQL
- MongoDB
- Veeam Data Platform
- FreeBSD
- NetApp ONTAP Select
- OSNEXUS QuantaStor
- Debian OS
- CloudLinux OS
- Windows Server
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- XenServer
- Hyper-V
- Plesk
- Softaculous
- R1Soft Server Back Manager (SBM)
- VyOS
- APF Software Firewall
- Riak
- RVskin
- Microsoft Windows Firewall
- IBM Cloud Analytics
- Fantastico
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IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Mobile Web |
Frequently Asked Questions
IBM Cloud bare metal servers are cloud servers configurable in hourly/monthly options, on-demand, from any location—with a selection of standard features and services for small businesses and enterprise demands. Users can customize RAM and SSDs with 11M+ configurations from which to choose.
Alibaba Cloud ECS Bare Metal Servers, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Rackspace Managed Hosting are common alternatives for IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers.
Reviewers rate Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime highest, with a score of 9.
The most common users of IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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January 31, 2023
Functional Cloud Service Automation Platform and very easy to manipulate the features.
The IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers performance is incredible and the ability to centralize all data processing and easy monitoring of multiple Cloud services through this one platform is effective and very cost effective. IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers functions like services Automation also helps save project time and the workflow management is easy.
December 20, 2022
IBM server in shell
it pretty much same with Dell and HP counterparts so i dont feel much difference
November 29, 2022
IBM Bare Metal Servers for Manufacturing and IoT
IBM has one of the fastest deployment times. The competitors are almost neck to neck.
November 11, 2022
Transparent Review.
I have seen a drastic difference between the past and present. In the past, procuring a new server on-prem used to be a 2-3 month process with paperwork and procurement approvals. At present, procuring a bare metal server and provisioning is like a same-day activity.
October 27, 2022
Good choice for GPU power platform
The provision time frame is OK, we can wait for it.
February 24, 2022
Heavy metal
Score 7 out of 10
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Verified User
2-4 beats 4-6 months when deploying to our COLO or datacenter
December 17, 2021
Great infrastructure for monthly dev
It is on par with other solutions when comparing servers of equal size.
December 01, 2021
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
The rapid provisioning time is only possible in the IBM Cloud because if we were to provision a server in our physical infrastructure, it would take weeks to procure it. Even if we have a server available on site, racking it and setting it up will definitely take more than 4 hours.
I was surprised by how fast these servers can be provisioned. It's definitely a benefit and a good reason to use them. Historically, we would expect a bare metal server to take a few days to be provisioned.
November 29, 2021
Worth [it to use] this Server
Not yet used it. but I want to use it if I get any opportunity then.
November 19, 2021
Using IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers for 12 years
I have used IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers for 12 years so my experience of using alternatives maybe outdated. I moved however to another datacenter once and the experience was good. The servers provisioning is fast and configurations are flexible.
November 19, 2021
IBM Cloud review by communicAVIA
Frankly, IBM is the fastest we've experienced. Competitors may take days to setup, only IBM can do it within minutes. Our setup is just simple so it can be done within minutes, not hours. We believe that even in our complex scenario, IBM can do in in less than an hour.
November 16, 2021
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
I have not used other cloud providers to provision bare metals servers, therefore I cannot provide a comparision.
The last server we provisioned was about 2 or 3 years ago. At that time, I believe the standard for other alternatives [could] go up to 6 hours.
August 24, 2021
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[In my experience,] this is not the case [and] provisioning took at least 8 hours the first time. [In my experience,] over 16 hours when [the] system failed and had to [rebuilt.] There may be new provisions in place due to our event that requires firmware updating on all components before delivery which now can take machines to be provisioned in far longer times. [I feel] there is no 2-4 hour delivery time.
One new server we deployed took, [in our experience] almost 48 hours to deliver, however, we experienced boot failures and were only able to get into the operating system while selecting the boot disk device manually at start up. This means in the event of a failure or reboot, the system would not recover to OS. IBM helpdesk made bios adjustments beyond what is allowed within the IMPI management, however, the system never booted properly. Had to cancel months later.
One new server we deployed took, [in our experience] almost 48 hours to deliver, however, we experienced boot failures and were only able to get into the operating system while selecting the boot disk device manually at start up. This means in the event of a failure or reboot, the system would not recover to OS. IBM helpdesk made bios adjustments beyond what is allowed within the IMPI management, however, the system never booted properly. Had to cancel months later.
June 11, 2021
Powerful servers at your at your fingertips.
I didn't find any other offering that provides Bare Metal server with less than 6 hours. However, IMB Cloud Bare Metal Servers can be provisioning I way longer than normal virtual servers.
May 17, 2021
Offers functions as advertised
The provisioning time is as fast as advertised. Compared to other vendors, they take around 6+ hours usually. But with IBM, it only takes about 2-3 hours at max.
May 15, 2021
Bare metal glory!
It is faster than some of the other cloud vendors. I like that it gives us faster turnaround and more robust onboarding process for us internally. This also affects our client onboarding which the sales team always is looking to cut down on the time to implement and deploy our app.
May 10, 2021
Affordable and Flexible Bare Metal Servers
We haven't used IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers with any other providers but we tried learning with different providers. The 2 hours time seems quite fast and the provisioning happens when we plan to have a locally tested version to be moved to production. For us, the 2hrs time is super fast and we schedule the provisioning along with other teams that manage the web interfaces and IT resources, they are well trained and takes care of the provisioning.
This is a typical average. My only comment is sometimes on larger orders, it is wiser to "source" the hardware, in order to properly stage the servers. Basically, if you are ordering a bunch of the same kind of server in the same data center, it is wiser to give a heads up for asset allocation and parts management.
November 09, 2020
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers, not the best, not the Worst
It is a bit slower than what I am used to with AWS, Azure, and even Hewlett-Packard.
November 08, 2020
Using IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers for 10+ years
Provisioning has been relatively fast and upgrading memory/hard drives is performed efficiently.
October 19, 2020
How IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers help us
Personally our servers were provisioned in less than two hours, that’s a very good time for a custom configuration server hardware. We have configured our servers to respond perfectly to our needs that a great point in IaaS. The provisioning time is like announced or greater for us, that’s a good thing and not blocking teams for a long time awaiting provisioning.
September 06, 2020
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Review
Every time we need a new bare metal server, we schedule not only the budget to have it but the right time to start using it. And so far we haven't had the need to start using it immediately, and we believe those two to four hours will work in any emergency.
That is fast compared with other services. We used to wait up to a week on other providers to get a server deployed. When we first contacted the service (circa 2012), we were in awe of the speed they managed to provision a new server.
That speed also applies to the provision of new additional services (for example dedicated firewall).
That speed also applies to the provision of new additional services (for example dedicated firewall).