Our IBM Power Systems (i/AIX) and AWS Hybrid Architecture are now available in an AWS Marketplace listing. This listing will help enterprises seeking to securely run IBM Power Systems (IBM i and AIX) workloads in a high-performance hybrid architecture with ultra-low latency (<2ms) connectivity to AWS.

Connectria’s hybrid architecture allows you to run your existing IBM i and AIX workloads with ultra-low latency connection to AWS without rewriting or refactoring the IBM i or IBM AIX based workloads. By connecting IBM Power workloads to AWS, you can:

• Improve availability and resilience
• Accelerate cloud adoption and innovation
• Transform the capabilities of your critical applications

Highlights

There are many different ways this solution can work for you and your business. To ensure quick and successful deployment, we provide end-to-end project management, migration, and ongoing managed services throughout the engagement. Highlights for this solution include:

• Run IBM LPARs and AWS instances on the same secured network with ultra-low latency (<2ms) speeds and 24×7×365 managed services for IBM and AWS.
• Powered by high-performance IBM POWER9 hardware and NMVe flash storage, with O/S support for v7R2, v7R3, v7R4, and O/S upgrade support services available for v5R4 through v7R1.
• Extensive system migration options including minimal outage solutions for mission-critical 24×7 operations, zero downtime backups, and custom backup retention periods for compliance or business requirements.

Flexible Configurations

Our IBM Power Systems + AWS hybrid architecture features extensive O/S support, including IBM i 5.4, 6.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 and AIX 7.1 & 7.2. Connectria also provides cost-effective, scalable configurations based on your CPU, memory, disk capacity, and performance requirements.

Learn more by downloading our Solution Brief here.

Comprehensive Managed Services for IBM and AWS

As an audited AWS Managed Services Provider and Advanced Consulting Partner, Connectria can also provide strategic guidance, professional services, migration, and managed services across the entire IBM and AWS infrastructure.

We’re also the largest IBM Power Systems (i/AIX) hosting and managed services provider in North America. Therefore, we are able to provide a complete range of managed services including dedicated IBM i and AIX engineering resources, 24/7 monitoring and alerts, 24/7 Security Operations Center (SOC), advanced compliance services (HIPAA/HITECH, HITRUST, PCI, GDPR, SOX, ISO 27001, and others), disaster recovery, data replication (MIMIX, SAN-to-SAN), advanced intrusion prevention, vulnerability scanning and more.

Unified Management Platform

Our cloud management platform, TRiA, brings our hybrid solution together under a single pane of glass. This platform provides performance management, security, compliance, and cost-optimization across AWS and IBM Power Systems environments from a single interface. Additionally, we deliver a unified conversion for production, on-premises workloads, and your cloud environments. We provide continuous 24/7 maintenance, managed services, monitoring, security services, and other additional support to properly provision the operational state of both environments.

Want to Learn More?

Contact us today to discover how combining IBM Power Systems with AWS can work for your business. We’ll connect you with one of our IBM and AWS hybrid architecture solution experts to answer your questions and help you get started. You can also find answers to common questions about this solution here. Prefer to talk with someone right away? Give us a call at 1-800-704-4058