My company has a local solution where there was a database server and application server running on dedicated windows server machine(delphi application server, firebirdsql database). Now a client wants to move its servers to cloud. Is it possible to move both database and application server into ibm bluemix as is without changing code. It runs on windows 64 bit OS. What are the options? Is it not recommended to run windows applications in bluemix? Can it be done with ibm containers - is it possible to run windows in containers?
You could take a look at the Virtual Server (Virtual Machines) on Bluemix and use a custom image running Windows. As reported on Bluemix Virtual Servers docs:
A virtual server image is a file that includes a virtual disk with an operating system installed on it.
You use a virtual server image to create a virtual server. You can use an image that is provided by IBM, a customized virtual server image, or a snapshot that you took of another virtual server.
Important: In Bluemix, you can upload virtual server images that are supported by OpenStack and have qcow2 format only.
For more information, see Virtual server images.