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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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How IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC Differs From Its Competitors

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Transient Pricing

This is [a] cost-effective solution infrastructure as a service as monthly or hourly charges which reduce [the] cost of development as you use it as per your need. When you are out of work you simply stop service and it's no billing for particular the session when your service is stopped. This …
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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Reserved Servers

You can reserve as much as 20VM as per your need and you can turn [it] on and off as per your development process.
This operation lets you save and reserve all of your development processes in [a] safe environment [that] can be [accessed] from your development machine. This is [the] best part of …
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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Transient Pricing

This is really a plus: IBM Cloud pricing is very clear and predictable with simple calculators. The ability to dynamically change the amount of CPU and RAM. Storage IOPS of a VM saves a lot of money when performance is not needed, as well as allows you to scale quickly when more resources are …
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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Dedicated Hosts

This is an extraordinary component where it gives security and elite. The sysadmin will have full power over the VS and introduce the required OS to run his undertaking. Every one of the assets will be committed to his application so it will be quick and smooth. There will be a high-security level …
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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Dedicated Hosts

The ability to assign dedicated hosts is a must for us. One of the key reason we chose for IBM was because they offered hosting in all the countries where are clients are located. And because we host valuable healthcare data some law and compliancies mandate that we host data in those countries.
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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Transient Pricing

This is a great feature where you can have the experience of dedicated servers on VS with the same cost. This is a great advantage we benefited from it and make us meet our targets in terms of performance and availability. This allowed us to sustain our business and have more success.
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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Dedicated Hosts

This is a great feature where it provides security and high performance. The sysadmin will have full control over the VS and install the needed OS to run his project. All the resources will be dedicated to his application so it will be fast and smooth. There will be a high security level as it's …
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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Transient Pricing

It's reasonable and comparable to other cloud providers, so nothing really significant in terms of cost savings. I do think that across the industry, the pricing tiers aren't all that great and standardized. So you're not comparing apples to apples even when the actual RAM and CPU look similar. …
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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Reserved Servers

This works quite well but be aware that there is still a delay between when the server gets initiated and increased demand. Meaning, if there's a sudden sale and you have a sudden surge of users, it's not going to magically support them all right away. It will eventually increase the capacity to …
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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Transient Pricing

Transient pricing has made our lives much easier in the organization and made costs significantly lower. Instead of pre-ordering or purchasing unnecessary items at the beginning of server provisioning and paying for unnecessary things, one can change their disk space or other things as desired …
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IBM Cloud Virtual Servers Transient Pricing

This model of pricing has been perfect for us. As a smaller company there is not always the demand for us to run at full capacity. The services we need are available when we need them but we are able to dial back when they are not required, saving us a lot of expense.
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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%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Saleem Beeravu
Chief Solution Architect
The ConceptZ Solutions (Insurance, 51-200 employees)
Rebecca Scott | TrustRadius Reviewer
Rebecca Scott
Cloud Engineer
ChipSoft (Information Technology & Services, 501-1000 employees)
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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 Competitors

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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