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Description

IBM Cloud's virtual server offerings provide cloud-native solutions that seamlessly integrate with public, private, and hybrid environments. These platforms offer significant cost benefits along with extensive control and visibility, featuring a range of flexible provisioning and pricing options that include both single and multi-tenant setups, hourly or monthly rates, reserved capacity agreements, and spot billing alternatives. With an elastic infrastructure supported by globally distributed data centers and high-quality services, IBM Cloud aims to optimize data utilization regardless of its location. Additionally, users can efficiently run development, testing, and other non-production applications on transient servers, which are designed to be deprovisioned on a first-come, first-served basis, ensuring resource efficiency and availability. This allows businesses to dynamically adjust their resources according to immediate needs without incurring unnecessary costs.

Description

Self-service, remote deployment of operating systems such as Windows, CentOS, ESXi, and Ubuntu on physical servers transforms your data center into a bare metal cloud environment. This Metal-As-A-Service (MAAS) solution enables provisioning for a variety of systems, offering on-demand server capabilities alongside remote edge cluster management. With comprehensive infrastructure monitoring and discovery features, it seamlessly integrates with tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet, SALT, and Juju, ensuring rapid installations from scratch. Supporting VMware ESXi, Windows, CentOS, RHEL, and Ubuntu, it allows for the creation of customized images with pre-installed applications, as well as configurations for disk and network settings. The platform utilizes an API-driven approach for essential services such as DHCP, DNS, PXE, and IPAM, while a REST API facilitates streamlined provisioning processes. Furthermore, it incorporates LDAP user authentication and role-based access control (RBAC) to enhance security measures. Hardware testing and commissioning are integral parts of the solution, which is designed to deliver the quickest operating system installation times in the industry, thanks to its highly optimized image-based installer. MAAS is compatible with all certified servers from leading vendors and efficiently discovers servers located in racks, chassis, and broader data center networks, while also supporting major system BMCs and chassis controllers. The combination of these features allows organizations to manage their infrastructure more effectively and drive operational efficiency.

API Access

Has API

API Access

Has API

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Integrations

IBM Cloud
Airstack
Ansible
Chef
Cisco AnyConnect
HostingPanel
Huawei FusionStorage
Intelligent Management Center
LDAP
PostgreSQL
Puppet Enterprise
SALT
Sesterce
VMware ESXi
Verizon Cloud

Integrations

IBM Cloud
Airstack
Ansible
Chef
Cisco AnyConnect
HostingPanel
Huawei FusionStorage
Intelligent Management Center
LDAP
PostgreSQL
Puppet Enterprise
SALT
Sesterce
VMware ESXi
Verizon Cloud

Pricing Details

$0.04 per hour
Free Trial
Free Version

Pricing Details

$30
Free Trial
Free Version

Deployment

Web-Based
On-Premises
iPhone App
iPad App
Android App
Windows
Mac
Linux
Chromebook

Deployment

Web-Based
On-Premises
iPhone App
iPad App
Android App
Windows
Mac
Linux
Chromebook

Customer Support

Business Hours
Live Rep (24/7)
Online Support

Customer Support

Business Hours
Live Rep (24/7)
Online Support

Types of Training

Training Docs
Webinars
Live Training (Online)
In Person

Types of Training

Training Docs
Webinars
Live Training (Online)
In Person

Vendor Details

Company Name

IBM

Founded

1911

Country

United States

Website

www.ibm.com/cloud/virtual-servers

Vendor Details

Company Name

Canonical

Founded

2010

Country

United Kingdom

Website

maas.io

Product Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Analytics / Reporting
Configuration Management
Data Migration
Data Security
Load Balancing
Log Access
Network Monitoring
Performance Monitoring
SLA Monitoring

Server Virtualization

Audit Management
Health Monitoring
Live Machine Migration
Multi-OS Virtual Machines
Patching / Backup
Performance Log
Performance Optimization
Rapid Provisioning
Security Management
Type 1 / Type 2 Hypervisor

Product Features

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Analytics / Reporting
Configuration Management
Data Migration
Data Security
Load Balancing
Log Access
Network Monitoring
Performance Monitoring
SLA Monitoring

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