We Make Secure, Expert IBM i Cloud Hosting EASY

Discover how to get affordable, safe, secure, expert IBM i cloud hosting…and how EASY it is to implement.

IBM i application hosting is way more straight-forward than hosting other platform applications. Plain and simple.

If you are familiar with IBM i architecture, the reasons will be especially clear once you understand what is needed to support applications that run on such platforms as Windows, UNIX, and Linux.

Cloud hosting options for platforms other than IBM i require more elements – adding complexity and higher related costs.

Typical Elements for Non-IBM i Cloud Hosting:

Diagram 1 highlights the key elements that are required for cloud hosting with multiple non-IBM i platforms – particularly to support Windows, UNIX, and Linux.

For starts, notice that the hardware elements for compute, network, and storage are separate. That’s because with other platforms, the servers generally connect to external SAN/NAS storage. In contrast, with our IBM i hosting environment, compute and storage reside in the same server and are easily managed by IBM i single level storage architecture.

Next, to provide for multi-tenant hosting, the hardware elements must be virtualized so that these memory and storage resources are independent of the hardware devices to satisfy the user needs.

A hypervisor is needed to manage the virtualized multi-tenant hosting environment. The hypervisor allows a single console to manage the virtualized memory and storage pooled for the hosting environment.

Provisioning software is needed to allocate the distinct resources each user will need. Provisioning allocates memory capacity, compute speed, and storage capacity. Provisioning also provides for rapid incremental changes – larger or smaller – as needed by the customer.

Typical Elements For IBM i Cloud Hosting:

Diagram 2 shows the same key hosting elements – computer and storage, virtualization, hypervisor and provisioning – all within the IBM i architecture.

The elegant IBM i architecture integrates most of the elements required for hosting.

Single-level storage architecture masks the complexity of memory, computing, and storage management.

The IBM i operating system includes its own hypervisor, virtualization and provisioning. It’s all included in IBM i PowerVM.

The IBM HMC manages the virtualization, hypervisor, and provisioning for the IBM i server.

And because it’s already built into the IBM i operating system, there is no need to make a significant investment in the separate hardware or software management categories needed for cloud hosting other platforms. The IBM i architecture eliminates the related complexity of integrating separate software elements for virtualization, hypervisor, and provisioning.

Most other hosting companies that also manage IBM i servers, approach their hosting environment with all of these hardware and software elements. Because of their investment in these elements as well as a mindset that looks at managing IBM i like Windows or UNIX, they needlessly super-impose these elements on the few IBM i servers they may have – which adds to their higher cost to you.

As you can see, the IBM i architecture already has the key elements needed for multi-tenant hosting. It’s just truly remarkable that the IBM i architects had so much vision to integrate this into the initial design so that nothing extra needs to be added — and you can pay less with IBM i cloud hosting.

We Make Secure, Expert IBM i Cloud Hosting EASY … And AFFORDABLE

How?

First, our Cloud400 team includes certified IBM i experts each with over 20 years of seasoned experience, starting in 1988 when the AS400 was introduced, or it’s predecessor, the System/38.

Second, we take our clients critical systems very seriously. Our IBM i servers are hosted in a safe, SSAE-16 data center with enterprise class redundancy and security. In fact, the data center is a former bank vault that is also bomb-proof.

We offer perimeter and encrypted security. We include daily backups onto VTL (Virtual Tape Libraries).

Third, the IBM i architecture makes cloud setup as easy as a restoration of your system save 21.

Further, you do not pay Cloud400 any extra fees for users, core activation or IBM Licensed Program Products.

Bottom Line: IBM i architecture, SSAE-16 data center, and seasoned IBM i experts make safe, secure IBM i cloud hosting EASY – AND affordable.

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