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You can deploy {{site.data.keyword.BluVirtServers}} in a matter of minutes. The virtual servers are deployed from your choice of virtual server images and in the geographic region that makes sense for your workloads. {:shortdesc}
When creating a virtual server, you can choose from hourly or monthly billing, public (multi-tenant) environment or dedicated (single-tenant) environment, and high performance local disks or enterprise SAN storage.
Before you begin
Before you begin, review the following prerequisites.
- You must have an upgraded account to order virtual servers. This process can take some time and requires your request to be approved before you can continue. For more information about upgrading your account, see Upgrading and unifying Bluemix and SoftLayer billing accounts.
- Review and choose your deployment options. For more information, see the following topics:
| Deployment options | Description |
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| Public virtual server | IBM-managed, muti-tenant virtual server deployments |
| Dedicated virtual server | Single-tenant virtual server deployments |
| {: caption="Table 1. Deployment options" caption-side="top"} |
Provisioning a virtual server
After you decide upon a deployment option, begin the provisioning process.
| Provisioning Instructions | Description |
|---|---|
| Provisioning public instances | Provision public instances with various options |
| Provisioning dedicated hosts and instances | Provision private instances or dedicated instances on dedicated hosts. |
| {: caption="Table 2. Provisioning information" caption-side="top"} |
What's next?
After your virtual server is provisioned and available to use, you can configure your virtual servers by using the Customer Portal or Softlayer APIs. For more information, see Configuring virtual servers.