IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Transient Pricing
As already stated our costs are reduced by 75% as the transient pricing enables us to dynamically re provision resources at will any time thereby reducing overall expenses
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCFormerly IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
Starting at $0.01 per hour
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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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VPC server on IBM Cloud usage review
Rating: 10 out of 10
March 27, 2024We need some insurance enrollment applications with nearly 4K users once in a year for around 3 months and we find it extremely useful to host the applications on the IBM Virt...
Saleem Beeravu
Director - Information Technology
Chief Solution Architect
The ConceptZ Solutions
7 years of experienceUseful and Cost Effective Cloud Storage Management Platform.
Rating: 9 out of 10
March 19, 2024Flexible Cloud configuration management tool and the features are powerful and tje Authentication option and data security level is impressive. Isolation of network segments a...
IBM Cloud Virtual Filling Needs
Rating: 8 out of 10
March 16, 2024There are instances where there may be hidden corrupt issues in a users machine. With the virtual workaround we can help to identify the issue by isolating the item. This allo...
Verified user
Advisor
2 years of experienceIBM Cloud Virtual Servers Review
Rating: 10 out of 10
February 7, 2024We use it on a regular basis whenever we have the need to open up our servers to the public for yearly registrations / enrollments which happen on a yearly basis for a couple ...
Saleem Beeravu
Manager - Information Technology
Manager - IT
Am-Ex Insurance Brokers (India) Pvt Ltd
4 years of experienceReliable with simple APIs
Rating: 7 out of 10
February 6, 2024IBM Cloud Virtual Servers are being used as a pilot project to extend our data center used by researchers. In other words, extra jobs that cannot be fulfilled by our data cent...
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Team Lead
1 year of experience
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starting at $0.038
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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
- VMware ESXi
- VMware vSphere on IBM Cloud
- McAfee Total Protection (discontinued)
- Microsoft SQL Server
- MongoDB
- Veeam Data Platform
- FreeBSD
- NetApp ONTAP Select
- OSNEXUS QuantaStor
- Virtuozzo Application Platform
- Ubuntu
- APF Software Firewall
- RVskin
- Softaculous
- CENT OS
- CloudLinux
- Debian
- Microsoft
- Red Had
- Vyatta Virtual Router Appliance
- Citrix XenServer
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- Microsoft Windows Firewall
- Basho Riak
- IBM Cloud Analytics
- My SQL
- Fantastico
- R1Soft Server Backup Manager Enterprise
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC Competitors
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Linux |
| Mobile Application | Mobile 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 8.8.
The most common users of IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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VPC server on IBM Cloud usage review
Rating: 10 out of 10
March 27, 2024
SB
Vetted Review
7 years of experience
- Web Servers
- RDBMS
- File Servers
- Reporting and Analytics applications
Cons
- Firewall application
- Remote Access with 2FA
- Watchdog alerts
Useful and Cost Effective Cloud Storage Management Platform.
Rating: 9 out of 10
March 19, 2024
RS
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
- Data storage management.
- Data security functions.
- Cloud computing capability.
- Network monitoring tools.
Cons
- Setting the advanced features.
- Securing multiple data.
- Handling various data storage through Cloud services.
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Review
Rating: 10 out of 10
February 07, 2024
SB
Vetted Review
Verified User
4 years of experience
- High Availability.
- Ease of moving apps to cloud and back.
- Easy provisioning based on load.
- Repositioning is very fast and sometimes you don’t have to restart either
Cons
- We need some facility to restore from a previous years backup.
- India based support.
- Billing with Indian local condition and Tax structure.
- Should be provided with some preconfigured images for common use cases
IBM Cloud Virtual Filling Needs
Rating: 8 out of 10
March 16, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
- The speed is very quick allowing the elimination of issues not associated with te problem
- Mirroring the users work but not interrupting what needs to be done allows for better efficiencies.
- The saving of the data quickly and efficiently allows the user and the tester to revisit the data for any updates or changes.
Cons
- I would like to a side by side screen potential in order to view the progress.
- A timer or update scale showing where we are in the review.
- I am always on the front end of the assistance so a review of the update concerning the back end would be helpful for future use.
Reliable with simple APIs
Rating: 7 out of 10
February 06, 2024
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
- Fast to spawn
- Easy to configure using SoftLayer APIs
- Many flavors available
- Relatively cheap, especially for the transient instances
Cons
- The IBM Cloud Web UI is very slow and not responsive
- It would be nice to provide a direct way to choose a template image when creating a VSI
- It would be nice if transient VSIs can be resized (CPU and Mem)