Yeah, I think what you’re using is probably more affordable and flexible than the IBM Cloud option.
I’ve been playing with the IBMi cloud, but you have to do SSH tunnels to connect, but I believe you do get a fixed IP address.
What I like the IBMi cloud for is when you need a temporary machine for a day or so you can set one up.
BUT, you do need to know how to use the IPL control panel and do some initial setup.
Liam mentioned the other day that possibly Code for i V3.0 will speed things up. He says should be coming out soon.
Regards,
Richard Schoen
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message: 4
date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 09:38:13 -0600
from: Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: VSC Speed
Just looked into it. It's about double what I'm paying now, but a lot more
power. And a lot more confusing since you have to use IBM's website to set
it up.. haha.. And not sure if it gives you an external static IP (for
running websites). Still digging in.
On Sun, Feb 1, 2026 at 7:42?PM Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Might be worth looking into the IBM Cloud Power Virtual Servers. Their
minimum is .25 core which will probably perform a bit better. Although it?s
about $380-500 per month range.
Regards,
Richard Schoen
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Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Subject: Re: VSC Speed
From: Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2026 19:28:01 -0600
ya, that's what I'm thinking, Richard.
IBM doesn't allow me to get a dev system anymore so I moved to the cloud
with a small CPU percentage.
On Sun, Feb 1, 2026 at 7:21?PM Richard Schoen <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
If you're using a low-end processor with only .05 core it will be slow.
There are lots of SSH commands being run and the SSH threads are slow.
I have found that RDI blows it away performance wise on a low-end
processor.
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