VPC server on IBM Cloud usage review
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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPCFormerly IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
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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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- Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime (81)8.383%
- Monitoring tools (84)8.383%
- Pre-defined machine images (78)8.383%
- Operating system support (84)8.282%
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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
- CENT OS
- CloudLinux
- Debian
- Microsoft
- Red Had
- Vyatta Virtual Router Appliance
- Citrix XenServer
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- APF Software Firewall
- Microsoft Windows Firewall
- Basho Riak
- IBM Cloud Analytics
- My SQL
- Fantastico
- RVSkin
- Softaculous
- 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 8.9.
The most common users of IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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March 27, 2024
VPC server on IBM Cloud usage review
As our compliance regulations require us to maintain the servers in our country itself , we find that IBM has servers in more than one location in India and so this helps us comply and also redundancy is possible for DRP policies as well and we are extremely satisfied
Through added data security level and the network isolation functionality the overall services quality from IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is productive. Compliance management and the effective data access control features enhances Cloud data accessibility security and the storage management operations are done easily and network performance monitoring is also made very easy.
March 16, 2024
IBM Cloud Virtual Filling Needs
Security was and is a high priority in financial services. We need to have complete trust in the IBM service for this. Because our organization is small the auto assign feature was our method of choice. This freed up our staff for transitioning.
February 07, 2024
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Review
Not yet used, but may be we try in sometime later.
February 06, 2024
Reliable with simple APIs
We did not use dedicated instances.
We have not used dedicated hosts.
We have not yet used the more advanced settings for provisioning control, security, isolation on IBM Cloud Dedicated Virtual Servers.
I think it's great to be able to select the location of the server or multiple servers since some projects might be focused on a particular region.
February 10, 2023
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers is essential in every workplace
We have not used around the world services since we don't deal internationally in our workplace.
February 09, 2023
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers
We improved our performance and dependability by using dedicated hosting. Our organization avoids the possible performance degradation and resource congestion that can occur with shared hosts by using dedicated hosts, resulting in enhanced application performance and reliability. Furthermore, because resources are committed entirely to the business's applications and data, dedicated hosts deliver more predictable performance and a higher quality of service to our firm.
December 30, 2022
So/so? Still testing
We have not used this fedayure,
December 14, 2022
IBM Cloud provides Linux on Z platform
This is useful in some scenarios, although more expensive. It is important if you need extra security or isolation.
We did not make use of this service.
March 17, 2022
Best if you're already using other IBM services
December 03, 2021
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers: Flexible and Secure Computing Options
There has been a positive effect on overall operations. Dedicated virtual servers have been a feature that all of our clients could benefit from. In the event that a dedicated host is not available for their use, we can simply say to them, “Hey, what if we provisioned you on a dedicated server instead?” and they are always in favor of it. They truly do gain much more control and security with their dedicated server.
December 02, 2021
IBM Cloud Virtual Server: Dependable and Easy to Configure
We haven't used dedicated virtual servers yet in our organization.
November 30, 2021
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers are the best
Virtual servers have a bit less power than Sysadmin, and to introduce OS is an undertaking. IBM provides better security, which is not common among other options.
We most often pick a region to spin up in but that is all. We have not chosen a specific host before.
November 26, 2021
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Fastest, Secure and Affordable.
We have not used yet.
November 22, 2021
My opinion on IBM Cloud Virtual Servers 2021
November 22, 2021
IBM Virtual Servers " Easy and flexible to Use Autoscaling"
We have used dedicated hosts in the IBM cloud we haven't used auto-assign placement dedicated hosts. As we add our own security rules and configs to our servers. Overall experience is great.
November 21, 2021
Good Setup for Existing IBM users .
This has helped customers to easily have a better understanding of the security setup and as I mentioned the high availability is better due to the feature IBM cloud used to auto-assign the placement for the impacted hosts and thus helps in reduction in downtime and engineers were able to easily manage the setup.
September 28, 2021
IBM Cloud recommendations
Dedicated host is not used by our organization.
August 22, 2021
IBM Cloud Virtual Services Review
Yes, we implemented region wise and it's very useful to avoid critical scenarios.
August 14, 2021
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers - Reliable but not fancy
Dedicated hosts drastically improved the application's stability and performance. The application was able to utilize resources like CPU and RAM to their fullest.