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Overview
Logical isolation. Quick provisioning. High network performance.
IBM Cloud® Virtual Server for VPC offers fast-provisioning compute capacity with the highest network speeds and most secure, software-defined networking resources available on the IBM Cloud. Built on IBM Cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and featuring powerful, 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Processors, this developer-friendly infrastructure helps drive modern workloads faster and easier with pre-set instance profiles, rapid deployment and private network control in an agile public cloud environment. Choose multi-tenant or dedicated, add GPUs, and pay-as-you-use by the hour.
How it’s used
Self-contained microservices

Self-contained microservices
Application scale and availability is essential. Build and dynamically add or remove virtual server instance groups with auto scale templates and server pool control.
SAP workloads

SAP workloads
Ultra High Memory virtual server profiles deliver the highest vCPU to memory ratios, with 1vCPU to 28 GiB of RAM to serve in-memory OLTP databases such as SAP.
HPC workloads

HPC workloads
Accelerate AI, machine learning, and inferencing workloads with an NVIDIA GPU family of virtual server profiles.
The IBM Cloud® VPC difference
Build a secure space in the public cloud. Accelerate high-production workloads with faster networking performance and deploy globally across multizone regions.
Hyperscale provisioning
Provision and deploy 1,000 virtual server instances in 4 minutes or less, consistently.
Best-in-class networking performance
Get up to 80 Gbps across general purpose virtual server profiles.
Developer-friendly
Use the REST-based API that’s aligned to industry norms, with easy integration into existing tooling.
Logically isolated
Keep granular control over which IP addresses and applications can access your resources.
Security-rich environment
Effectively maintain your regulated environment with support for KYOK, BYOK, and the highest level of FIPS certification.
Cost-effective high availability
Strengthen fault tolerance and help keep key specific workloads from being under or over-utilized.
Frequently asked questions
IBM Cloud Virtual Server for VPC explained
What are the benefits of choosing virtual servers on IBM Cloud VPC?
IBM Cloud Virtual Server for VPC lets you provision virtual servers across an infrastructure with the security of a private cloud and the agility of a public cloud. Your workloads and applications are logically isolated from other networks, and you can quickly provision resources with maximum scale and flexibility.
What are the network differences between virtual servers on IBM Cloud VPC and other IBM Cloud Virtual Server offerings?
IBM Cloud Virtual Server on our classic infrastructure operates on native subnet and virtual LAN (VLAN) networking to communicate within a data center and single pod. IBM Cloud Virtual Server for VPC operates with an additional network orchestration layer that eliminates the pod boundary, creating increased capacity for scaling instances.
What are my deployment options on IBM Cloud Virtual Server for VPC?
You can deploy multi-tenant virtual servers based on your workload profile requirements. Or you can deploy single-tenant dedicated hosts to carve out compute capacity for specific security permissions and workload purposes.
Virtual server options
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