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Dedicated virtual servers

The IBM® Bluemix® infrastructure dedicated host offering is a virtualized, single-tenant, dedicated server. It provides you with maximum control over workload placement and flexible post-provisioning options. You can decide which pre-determined IBM® Cloud Data Center your virtual servers are placed in and can be assured capacity by allocating your host(s) directly to your account. {:shortdesc}

The offering includes the following features:

  • Affinity and anti-affinity. You can specify host-to-virtual server and virtual server-to-virtual server relationships that should remain, which are known as affinity and anti-affinity rules. These rules help you make sure that your workloads are placed appropriately based on your workload requirements.
  • Post-deployment management. You can migrate virtual servers between dedicated hosts based on your workload requirements.
  • Workload visibility. You can view resource consumption—core, RAM and local storage—for each host, giving you maximum control over your workload management.

You have the choice of two deployment models: dedicated hosts and dedicated instances. Dedicated hosts help with control over workload placement and dedicated instances offer single-tenant isolation.

Note: Dedicated instances do not provide some of the control features offered by dedicated hosts. See the following table for more details.

Table 1. Control features
Dedicated virtual server feature Dedicated hosts instances Dedicated instances
Single-tenant isolation X X
Virtual server placement control X
Resource visibility X
Instance billing X
Host billing(1) X
Post-deployment control X
Capacity reservations X

(1)Pricing of host is inclusive of core, RAM, Local SSD and network speeds. Premium operating system (OS), storage area network (SAN) storage and software add-ons will be priced per instance with existing pricing and licensing in an hourly or monthly model.

Keep in mind the following when you’re ordering a dedicated host(s) and dedicated host instances:

  • Your host location; you can currently select from 16 IBM Cloud Data Centers:
Data Centers
AMS03 OSL01
CHE01 PAR01
DAL09 SAO01
DAL10 SEO01
DAL12 SJC03
DAL13 SJC04
FRA02 SYD01
LON02 SYD04
LON04 TOK02
MEL01 TOR01
MEX01 WDC04
MIL01 WDC06
MON01 WDC07
{: caption="Table 2. Supported data centers" caption-side="top"}
  • The size of your host(s) is determined by your workloads that you will be running on it. The default is 56 Cores X 242 GB RAM X 1.2 TB.
  • You can order only two hosts at a time. For example, if you need six hosts, you will need to place three separate orders.
  • Each host will need its own unique name and you can automatically assign your POD.

What's Next?

After you have reviewed and decided upon your deployment options, it's time to provision your virtual server. To get started, see Provisioning dedicated hosts and instances.