IBM Integration Bus, Version 10.0.0.5 Operating Systems: AIX, HP-Itanium, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS


Cloud overview

When you are deciding on your environment for IBM® Integration Bus, consider your requirements and how you might want to implement a cloud solution.

IBM Integration Bus Version 9.0 introduces the option of installing IBM Integration Bus in the cloud.

Depending on your requirements, you might benefit from reduced operating costs and deployment flexibility for IBM Integration Bus when compared to a static installation.

Using a cloud vendor usually has a higher operating cost than using a static network-based solution, but less upfront capital is required and parts of the infrastructure are automated. Review the following graph as an example of how this can reduce costs overall:

Graph showing that the cost of a static solution remains unaltered but a cloud solution has a variable cost that is based on consumption. This cost can be lower than that of a traditional installation.

While the cost equivalent in computing power is slightly higher than using your own server, you pay for as much resource as you use, thereby reducing the average cost over a period of time. There are many different financial models for cloud vendors that offer different services.

You can use your own cloud solution, if you have the appropriate skills within your organization to ensure maximum cost-efficiency of your resource use.

Types of cloud

You can choose how much control you retain over your cloud installation by deciding whether you want your solution to be on premises or off premises, and whether that cloud is public or private.

  • An on-premises (or private) cloud is accessed and used by solely one organization. If you use a private cloud, you maintain absolute control of the maintenance and configuration, but setting up a private cloud requires significant technical skills, scrutiny of security implementation, time, and resources.
  • An off premises (or public) cloud is a cloud that is available to multiple organizations, who each use parts of the cloud privately or publicly. There is little to no architectural difference to public or private clouds, except for extra and different security considerations for your services. The maintenance, configuration, and security of the hosting servers are controlled by the hosting vendor.
  • A hybrid cloud service contains both on premises and off premises elements. For example, you might host client-sensitive data on premises in a private cloud, but connect to an application that is hosted in a public cloud that processes some of that data.

See the following diagram for a visual representation of the relationship between these concepts:

A diagram that represents the relationship between on premises and off premises clouds to create a hybrid configuration.

You can use IBM Integration Bus in any of these configurations. For example, you might have a traditional installation of IBM Integration Bus privately on premises, but deploy your integration nodes in the cloud.

Cloud technologies

By using cloud technologies, you can choose to abstract parts of your network setup so that the physical components are instead virtual. You can then manipulate the non-physical components to meet the needs of your solution without the associated cost overheads of a physical change, such as changing physical servers or operating system.

This abstraction is collectively known as XaaS or Everything as a Service, and you can create any part of XaaS at different levels of system architecture.

For a cloud installation of IBM Integration Bus, you can benefit from:

Review these topics to learn about each level of XaaS and the advantages of using each layer with IBM Integration Bus.

Note: Each level of XaaS is independent. You do not have to use any of these concepts together in an installation.

You can still install IBM Integration Bus by using the provided installation images to a private file system. You might want to do this if you have a small-scale solution that is unlikely to change in size. To review what is required for a standard installation, see Installing IBM Integration Bus.


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