Love my Custom Images and Schematics... Now lets get the SDN caught up..
December 22, 2020

Love my Custom Images and Schematics... Now lets get the SDN caught up..

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers - VPC

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers

We are utilizing IBM [Cloud Virtual Private Cloud] (VPC) to run our application software and deployment orchestration for our customers
  • Terraform integration with Schematics
  • VPC Custom Image Support
  • KVM based
  • Direct Link Routing to Corporate Networking
  • Just add VPC Custom Routes, still needs a ton of work
  • L2 broadcast support in the SDN for cluster based synchonization and failover
  • API documentation has WAY too many versions still available (and Googlable)
  • EIP Internet options are poor (don't exist except through an unscalable LBaaS)
  • Major door opening project with a joint customer
  • SDN feature timelines are not rapid enough
  • Schematics team has been great
I would take Schematics over CFTs!

We are deploying AWAF (F5 ASM) in VPC instances which are superior to AWS WAF in policy features.

Our joint customer has been pleased with Direct Link... We just got VPC custom routes late Fall. Lots of catchup to do.
  • IBM Cloud Object Storage
  • IBM Cloud Direct Link
Lift and Shift work has been possible!
IBM has the ability to specifically target heavy enterprise. They need to cater to that crowd.

IBM Cloud Bare Metal Servers Feature Ratings

Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
4
Dynamic scaling
1
Elastic load balancing
1
Pre-configured templates
5
Monitoring tools
3
Pre-defined machine images
4
Operating system support
8
Security controls
3

IBM Cloud Support and Implementation

We were able to get our custom images deployed relatively easily. Much better then SoftLayer or VPC Gen2 in that regard.

We've missed key dates waiting for base enterprise networking features.