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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC
Formerly IBM Cloud Virtual Servers

Overview

What is IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC?

IBM 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.

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Recent Reviews

So/so? Still testing

8 out of 10
December 30, 2022
Incentivized
We originally was using the servers for hosting docker containers and several VDI’s with no complaints. The speed and setup was amazing …
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Popular Features

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  • Monitoring tools (84)
    8.3
    83%
  • Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime (81)
    8.3
    83%
  • Pre-defined machine images (78)
    8.3
    83%
  • Operating system support (84)
    8.2
    82%

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Pricing

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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (dedicated host)

starting at $0.22

Cloud
per hour

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (dedicated host)

starting at $149.00

Cloud
per month

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers (multi-tenant)

starting at $0.038

Cloud
per hour

Entry-level set up fee?

  • Setup fee optional
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://cloud.ibm.com/vpc…

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

IaaS provides the basic building blocks for an IT infrastructure like servers, storage, and networking, in an on-demand model over the Internet

8.3
Avg 8.1
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Product Details

What is IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC?

IBM Cloud® Virtual Server for VPC offers fast-provisioning compute capacity—also known as virtual machines—with high network speeds and secure, software-defined networking resources available on the IBM Cloud. Built on IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and featuring 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® processors, this developer-friendly infrastructure helps drive modern workloads faster and easier with pre-set instance profiles, rapid deployment and private network control in an agile public cloud environment. Choose multi-tenant or dedicated, add GPUs, and it is pay-as-you-use by the hour.

IBM Cloud virtual server environments deliver cloud-native solutions that work across public, private and hybrid deployments. Boasting cost-savings, control, and visibility that is needed with a variety of flexible provisioning and pricing options, including single and multi-tenant environments, hourly and monthly pricing, reserved capacity terms and spot billing. Its elastic infrastructure, globally distributed data centers and premium services aim to bring data to life no matter where it resides.

Smart provisioning
Customize with a variety of virtual server instances and billing options. Rapidly scale up or down, on-demand. Stay open with no vendor lock-ins, and reply on complete integration with new and traditional architectures.

Highly distributed
Access a globally distributed network of modern data centers with built in high-availability and security, inbound public bandwidth and high-speed private network options, public and private network ports, fast data ingest offerings, geographically redundant DNS, and dual-stack IP capabilities.

Advanced essentials
Used to build blended hybrid environments with more predictability and confidence, and to create new solutions that interact with existing infrastructure and applications. A variety of network choices are available with AI solutions designed to put data to work.

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC 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

Additional Features

  • Supported: Remote management
  • Supported: Virtual GPU support
  • Supported: Suspend billing
  • Supported: Flexible instance options
  • Supported: Spot pricing
  • Supported: Placement groups for high-availability

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC Integrations

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Linux
Mobile ApplicationMobile Web

Frequently Asked Questions

IBM 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.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Google Compute Engine, and Azure Virtual Machines are common alternatives for IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC.

Reviewers rate Security controls highest, with a score of 8.9.

The most common users of IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Comparisons

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Reviews and Ratings

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Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We mainly rely on IBM Cloud Virtual Services as a webs server and DNS for our client's websites, as well as our own, main company website. We also rely heavily on the Virtual Server for testing new features and finding bugs before deployment.
  • Manageable control of individual servers and DNS settings
  • Creating different profiles or identities so users can work on separate projects
  • The IBM Cost Calculator is a nice feature that shows the people at IBM have tried hard to think of extra features that B2B customers could benefit from
  • Developer-friendly infrastructure
  • We have not had a great experience with support. Other devs will know that it can be very nerve-racking to have clients bombarding you because of an issue that you need support's help to fix.
  • Documentation could definitely be helped. Maybe a better onboarding guide?
  • Dashboard is a bit slow and clunky
It's great for testing new projects and features and ensuring that the finished product (prior to deployment, of course!) is smooth, ready to go, and free of bugs. I also appreciate that you can set up different identities because it allows our users to log in and out as different people when necessary, for testing purposes. We appreciate the developer-friendly infrastructure as well.
Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (7)
77.14285714285714%
7.7
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
80%
8.0
Dynamic scaling
20%
2.0
Elastic load balancing
80%
8.0
Pre-configured templates
100%
10.0
Monitoring tools
100%
10.0
Operating system support
60%
6.0
Security controls
100%
10.0
  • As far as ROI goes, I think it's been a great investment. Our deployments are smoother and our clients are happy with their websites' functionality.
  • As I mentioned before, getting in touch with Support can be a headache and so if you have angry clientele like we do, waiting on Support to get back to you (while you wait as the unfortunate middle man) can be frustrating.
  • Pay-as-you-use by the hour is useful for keeping costs low.
The transient pricing model is amazingly helpful. It is very helpful to be able to set up simulations for testing and get them running, and then step away for a break or lunch and it was at a very competitive price. As a smaller business, I appreciate when we can spend less if we use less and that's exactly how this pricing model is set up. Win-win! The "pay-as-you-use by the hour" model is appreciated.
We have not had to use this capability yet.
We have not yet used the more advanced settings for provisioning control, security, isolation on IBM Cloud Dedicated Virtual Servers.
This is our first foray into the Virtual Servers world, so I cannot give an accurate comparison to any other services yet.
We do not currently use multiple IBM portfolio products together.
Implementation went relatively smoothly. The implementation is slightly different and placement is either to a dedicated host or dedicated host group. If the placement for the classic virtual server instance is manual, then the VPC+ tools honors the placement and provisions the virtual server in IBM Cloud VPC as such.
I don’t know
We did not use IBM professional services to implement IBM Cloud Virtual Servers.
Advanced
We wanted to try out the system before fully committing to a Premium subscription. We're at the Advanced level currently, and may upgrade in the future if the system continues to help aid us in our business goals.
We have not had to use a one-on-one support ticket, per say, but we have used public forums to help troubleshoot common issues. In that sense, other users have been more helpful than customer service technicians or representatives.
  • Chat with Watson
The IBM Watson Assistant uses natural language understanding (NLU) to better understand our customers in context so that we can deliver fast, consistent, and accurate solutions without dedicating human capital (and money) to this section of our virtual servers. We are able to seamlessly integrate with CRM and back-end systems that our business needs to deliver true customer self-service and full functionality. We are also able to track progress across the entire buyer’s journey to drive real outcomes and ensure our customers’ needs are met.
We have not utilized direct support from a customer support team at IBM; instead we rely on public forums for answers and troubleshooting.
Lowering costs of course is always a plus for any business, so the pay-by-the-hour model that IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC operates on is very helpful for keeping costs to a minimum and allowing us to divert those funds elsewhere.
9-12 hours time saved per person per week
We only pay for the time that we're actually utilizing IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC, meaning that we're not draining money or essentially throwing it out the window when we're paying for time that we're not using the product. The pay-by-the-hour model is very helpful for keeping costs to a minimum.
No
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