Item: IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers
Rating: 8
Author: Feras Diab, PMP

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using it to develop products in our R&D department.

Pros and Cons

Easy to build
Reliable

Price
Deleting and updating

Alternatives Considered

Azure Virtual Network, Azure Virtual Machines and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

IBM Cloud VPC is easier to use and a more integrated solution when compared to the other products I have tried. I could not complete the test on the other platforms due to complexity and a lack of proper help in configuring the solution. For me IBM was the best solution to proceed with and also cheaper.

Key Insights

Do you think IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Azure Virtual Machines, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Google Compute Engine

Likelihood to Recommend

I think it is suitable when we need to have some private servers that need to integrate with each other without the need to be exposed to the external world; servers that need to access data residing in databases that need to be secured; application servers where web servers are required to process some logic.

Support Rating

7

Support was good but I think it might need some improvements as timing was not excellent. I was expecting a quicker and more comprehensive response when I asked to complete the configuration I was trying to accomplish.

Good experience with IBM VPC

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers (classic infrastructure)