Supported deployment options
Cloud Pak for Data comes in three deployment options: software, system, and as-a-Service, offering significant choice to customers as to where they deploy and run their software and how they manage Cloud Pak for Data:
- Cloud Pak for Data software runs on any private or public cloud, including AWS, Azure, and GCP. Also supported are managed OpenShift on IBM Cloud (ROKS), managed OpenShift on AWS (ROSA), and managed OpenShift on Azure (ARO).
- Cloud Pak for Data system is a true plug-and-play, all-in-one, enterprise data and AI platform that comes with all the necessary hardware and software components.
- Cloud Pak for Data as a Service runs on IBM Cloud and third-party clouds such as AWS through IBM Cloud Satellite.
For enterprise customers who cannot yet embrace the public cloud or would prefer a non-IBM cloud, the options are as follows:
- Private cloud: Cloud Pak for Data software, with its embedded Red Hat OpenShift, enables customers...