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We used it to create a high-availability cluster
- Gives you the opportunity to use your own software licensing.
- You can add features easily, growing as you need.
- You forget about the physical management of the server.
- The way to connect to the private network could be improved.
- Portal availability could be improved as well.
- A better way to manage notifications could be found.
April 07, 2020
Great infrastructure for monthly dev
Being used as our primary production for our Web Apps, Internal Facing Apps, and our database warehouse.
- Quick Deployment
- Wide global footprint
- Many auxiliary services beyond servers
- Downtime!
- Limited availability in certain markets
- Some outdated documentation
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Server is successfully used as a production server for Ultimus CPS Solutions for US Counties.
- Fast.
- Reliable.
- They are slightly more expensive than other providers.
All our solutions run perfectly fine on IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers.
- IBM Secure Gateway
IBM Secure Gateway helps us to protect our environment.
January 13, 2020
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers for high performance computing
We are a cloud gaming based company. So we use highly-configured bare-metal servers with GPUs across the organization. We were able to utilize the entire performance of the hardware since bare metal servers are single-tenant, unlike virtual cloud servers.
- High performance backed by single-tenant sharing.
- Cheaper than public virtual servers by around 60%.
- Initial set-up times are high! It's rare, but they do take around 30 hours.
- Not a good option to run temporary workloads while scaling up.
We continuously stream a VM on the Bare Metal Servers for our users to game on. The servers are backed by the latest hardware such as the Nvidia V100s to render and stream the application data to the user. We have never experienced any system hang even when we running our weekly maintenance that takes a lot of computing power.
December 05, 2019
Great servers for a web reseller
We use these servers to host the websites and applications of many of our clients. These servers provide us with the uptime and speed required for usage in many eCommerce and local government websites, in case of failure due to hardware errors or network connectivity their support is top-notch.
- Up-time.
- Support.
- Flexibility.
- Weird SSL VPN Support.
Bare Metal Server helps me to do heavy computational tasks easily. It's very useful for an AI engineer like me who needs lots of CPU and GPU power to train and test AI models. I have purchased bare metal with two Nvidia V100 GPU and it works like a charm for my most implementations of Neural Networks and ML models. I also use it as a platform to deploy my docker containers. I love working on Bare Metal. However, I have faced an issue with it when one of my servers got corrupted and I lost all my data. Apart from it, everything about it is unmatched in today's market.
- Handling heavy computational tasks.
- Training and testing complicated and Heavy Duty Artificial Intelligence Models and algorithms.
- Deploying Docker and other microservices.
- Acting as always-on server and cloud PC for files and folders.
- Stability and data protection.
- More choices of OS for VM server.
- Better cost management.
It's fantastic to handle Big data processing and media streaming. It has helped me to reduce lots of time is processing huge amounts of data and generating analytical reports out of it. I have used media streaming on it once and did the job perfectly. I am impressed with the Bare Metal Server.
November 11, 2019
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Review
We are currently looking at using bare-metal servers to use it to host ESXi and KVM. I am part of education services, we are looking at using this to handle situations where we need more servers and our internal servers that are in use kind of use it as an overflow or burst-in.
- Choice of different server flavors.
- Ease of set-up.
- Global datacenters.
- IPMI controls.
- The duration of set-up time could be improved.
- More control over VLAN or layer 2 control over private networks between my servers. Right now it's hard to manage or request and expensive.
- Portal UI.
November 08, 2019
Price to performance is unbeatable
Using Bare Metal Servers to build a unique system for people disabilities and training purposes. It addresses the problems of having to pay a lot of upfront costs and reduces the downtime trying to do maintenance and network maintenance as its all done by IBM cloud bare metal. I also feel that it resolves a lot of issues in developing systems as if something doesn't work then I reformat or re-mirror the system.
- Quick set-up.
- Security.
- Awesome sales and support.
- More Canadian datacenters.
We are using it for Windows Server setups so our data-intensive applications can be worked on easier and via VPN connections.
December 03, 2019
Internet veteran trying out something new from IBM
We are trying it out to see how we like it. We are using it mainly to deploy docker containers on bare metal servers. We are currently at a host that seems to have off and on reliability, and we wanted to give someone else a try with our business.
- More options for machines configurations.
- More robust machines.
- More services.
- Better customization of bare metal servers.
- The entire interface, it can be slow and confusing.
- They could drop their prices more which would attract more startups.
- Sometimes the pricing can be confusing; that could be a LOT clearer.
- Navigation can be improved greatly.
IBM Bare Metal Servers allow us to deploy any corporate solution that our customers needs, from legacy to new projects. We mixed them with VM´s in the same cloud, this allows us to migrate customer´s solutions to the cloud and use them as an IaaS entry point which can then be complemented with IBM PaaS solutions that the project will need in the short future.
- BM Servers can be mixed with VM in the same VLAN.
- It is a pure private cloud.
- IBM Bare Metal Servers include enough bandwidth for corporate solutions.
- Set-up time could be improved.
- Better notifications on hardware issues like raid troubles.
- Better cost.
Intensive applications run very well, and you can deploy higher machines according to the load you monitor.
July 02, 2019
IBM Bare Metal Servers work, but they make you work too... but that is just the way it is.
We use this as a compute server and a build server for deployments and dev work. It is being used by several different groups at a single client for a lot of backend management and monthly/quarterly intensive compute jobs. It addresses the business issue that Cloud Foundry or virtual boxes do not have enough CPU power as well as a dedicated place for specific tasks.
- Very good for compute
- Reliable because it is always up and not shared
- Easy to set up and get running
- Very slow to provision
- Understanding billing is tough and takes a month to really see what your usage is
- Limited compute options.
We primarily use these for high intensity compute jobs. We have optimized our workloads to run in parallel on bare metal servers in IBM Cloud. We got roughly a 80% speed increase when using bare metal in comparison to using shared services. Our jobs use all cores at roughly 100% for 8-20 hours at a time. We saw and had to deal with a lot of failures when dealing with shared resources.
February 14, 2019
Leveraging IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
We position IBM Cloud Metal Servers for our clients seeking to spin off DevOps environments for critical but short term projects, and equally for building their Disaster recovery services for critical business applications. The business advantage is that our clients are able to go to market within very short spans of time, effectively making them very agile in transitioning concepts to real production environments.
- IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers are great for testing Mobile Applications
- Advisable for DRaas initiatives especially for virtualized workloads
- You can equally host and migrate your legacy workloads on them as you contemplate how to re-engineer them.
- API's for chargeback capabilities especially for cloud service providers would be a welcome addition.
February 13, 2019
IBM Cloud Bare Metal has some maturing to do
We are supplementing our on-prem servers, with subscription, cloud based infrastructure. It provides opex, variable costing to help with dynamic server utilization.
- Easy to provision
- Stable
- Reasonable performance
- Too expensive
- Lack high-end compute
- Very Intel centric. Need to expand POWER systems offerings.
- Need PaaS offerings, i.e DB2, websphere, etc.
December 09, 2018
No more space required for additional hardware
We selected IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers based on prior experience with the IBM brand, recommendations, and cost for quality of service. We use it for app integration, message integration, and secure sharing of data across platforms. Having many of our software backups stored on the cloud is reducing our need for dedicated storage hardware as well. Also, we use the application suites such as enterprise resource planning, enterprise performance management, analytics, data; Oracle Cloud Platform for: data management, application development, business analytics.
The service has performed well as expected and the company has enjoyed greater efficiency and easier data management.
- Resource management
- On demand capacity
- Monitoring and analytics
- Economical price
- Need advanced security procedures
- The amount of time spent training
- At times, response time has been slow but it could be at our end.
We use IBM Cloud IaaS along with services provided by other major IaaS -- primarily those from AWS and Google. Some customers are weary of using Amazon, Google, or Microsoft for their cloud hosting and want to look for those features being offered by a different company, and for those use cases, IBM Cloud IaaS is a great option.
- Options for dedicated servers or VMs gives us a lot of flexibility from a provisioning standpoint
- Support is very receptive to questions and eager to help
- Platform is not as well-integrated with other major components (load balancers, database hosting, DNS) as the other major cloud providers
We use approximately 300 servers (physical and virtual) in about 6 datacenters. We run 5 core applications, 2 different (nosql) datastores and a few different finds of webservers. We have tried other services (loadbalancers, routers) but they have not been performant.
- decent at spinning up hardware
- the api works well for a narrow set of tasks
- network is very unreliable
- support process is broken - they did not make the transition from Softlayer well and lost the ability to support.
- general lack of responsibility/ ownership - onerous post-mortems and lack of change
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Scorecard Summary
Feature Scorecard Summary
About IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
IBM Cloud bare metal servers are cloud servers configurable in hourly and monthly options, on-demand, around the globe—with a complete selection of standard features and services for small businesses and enterprise demands. Customize RAM and SSDs to meet a variety of workload requirements with 11M+ configurations to choose from for total control up and down the stack.
Choose between hourly or monthly pre-configured servers or customize
with single to quad processing solutions.
On demand
Provision servers in IBM Cloud data centers around the world in two to
four hours. If you need to be online in minutes or only need limited
resources, select an hourly bare metal server.
Powerful
Available options from single processor 4-core architectures to
quad-processor 12-core architectures and up to 3TB RAM. Local storage
ranges from 800 GB to 1.2 TB SSDs and up to 36 drivers per server.
SAP integration
Shift SAP environments from on-premise to the fully powered IBM Cloud. SAP HANA 4-socket and
8-socket bare metal servers are SAP certified for production S/4 HANA
workloads.
GPU integration
Provision bare metal servers with cutting-edge NVIDIA Tesla GPUs to handle the most
complex compute-intensive workloads for high performance acceleration of scientific computation,
data analytics, AI, machine learning and professional-grade virtualized graphics.
Categories: Infrastructure-as-a-Service
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IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Video
Your tasks change, and you need the power and capacity to shift with them. With power, custom configuration and real-time deployment, IBM Cloud bare metal servers are built to perform. Get the enterprise-grade resources you need with a server that fits your business.
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Downloadables
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Integrations
CentOS, Ubuntu Linux, Odin Virtuozzo, VMware ESXi, VMware vSphere on IBM Cloud, McAfee Total Protection, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB, Veeam Backup & Replication, FreeBSD, NetApp ONTAP Select, CloudLinux, Debian, Microsoft, Red Hat, Vyatta Virtual Router Appliance, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V, APF Software Firewall, McAfee Anti-Virus, McAfee Host Intrustion Protection, Microsoft Windows Firewall, Basho Riak, IBM Cloud Analytics, Fantastico, RVSkin, Softaculous, Plesk - ONYX, R1 Soft Server Backup Manager Enterprise, OSNEXUS QuantaStor
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Competitors
Alibaba ECS Bare Metal Servers, Oracle Bare Metal Servers, Rackspace Bare Metal Servers
Pricing
- Has featureFree Trial Available?Yes
- Has featureFree or Freemium Version Available?Yes
- Has featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?Yes
- Entry-level set up fee?Optional
| Edition | Pricing Details | Terms |
|---|---|---|
| IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers | starting at $0.51 | per hour |
| IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers | starting at $324.00 | per month |
IBM Bare Metal Servers provide performance, flexibility, on-demand provisioning, and control. Choose between hourly or monthly pre-configured servers or customize with single to quad processing solutions that range from 4 to 72 cores. Bare metal servers are available worldwide and with no monthly contracts so you can build the best solution for your workloads. Order a monthly bare metal server built to spec, and we’ll have it to you in two to four hours—with 500 GB/month outbound bandwidth included. Order an hourly bare metal server, and we’ll have it ready for you in 20 to 30 minutes. Public outbound bandwidth is charged per gigabyte.
IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Support Options
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IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Technical Details
| Deployment Types: | On-premise, SaaS |
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| Operating Systems: | Windows, Linux |
| Mobile Application: | Mobile Web |