Re: IBM i Cloud Vendors

I agree. Then again, my in house systems were super overkill and now that
IBM doesn't do the Vendor discounts it's no longer worth it to purchase my
own system.

I have a Power 8 with 100x more power than my cloud system just sitting
there. :(

On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 3:05 PM Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

We recently configured an IBM i VM at https://cloud.ibm.com/ costing $425
per month for .25 of a Power 9 core. We've also had discussions with other
cloud providers. The cost of cloud virtual-machine environments seems to
come out at about 10 times higher than the cost of on-premise environments
in terms of price per CPW. So it appears to me that cloud environments are
not practical for "large" IBM i environments.



On Tue, Dec 3, 2024 at 1:16 PM Driver, Adam via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Everyone,

We're in the very early stages of planning and evaluation, and we're
looking for a list of potential cloud vendors for a (Large) IBM i
environment. We are considering the following solutions:

- Hosted
- Full cloud
- Hybrid (Hosted/Cloud) and Hybrid (On prem./Cloud)

So, any suggestions welcome, as well as thoughts and experience,

including

ease of migration from on prem.

Thanks in advance!


*Adam Driver*
*Senior IBM i Engineer*


1250 Techny Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
Cell: 224.250.9049
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