Compute services
Your server is the base of your infrastructure. Depending on your needs, you have various options, or you can mix it up if that's what your environment requires. Check out the following table for a summary of your compute options.
VPC infrastructure
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Virtual Servers for VPC | Scalable virtual servers for VPC that are purchased with core and memory allocations. |
| Bare Metal Servers for VPC | A bare metal server is ideal for expanding capacity of applications that benefit from elastic, quick provisioning and deprovisioning. |
| Hyper Protect Virtual Servers | Hyper Protect Virtual Servers is an IBM Cloud® service that provides highly secure virtual servers that can run Linux applications and containerized workloads. |
Classic infrastructure
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Bare Metal Servers | Hourly or monthly, single-tenant servers that are dedicated to you and not shared in any part, including server resources, with other customers. |
| Virtual Servers | Scalable virtual servers that are purchased with cores and memory allocations. |
Next steps
To continue, see Building your infrastructure with networking services.