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IBM PowerHA SystemMirror vs. Red Hat Cluster Suite

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    IBM PowerHA SystemMirror

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AIBM offers PowerHA SystemMirror, for high availability clustering.N/A

    Red Hat Cluster Suite

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AClustered systems provide reliability, scalability, and availability to critical production services. Using Red Hat Cluster Suite, the user can create a cluster to suit an organization's needs for performance, high availability, load balancing, scalability, file sharing, and economy.N/A
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    IBM PowerHA SystemMirrorRed Hat Cluster Suite
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    IBM PowerHA SystemMirrorRed Hat Cluster Suite
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    IBM PowerHA SystemMirrorRed Hat Cluster Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
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    User Testimonials
    IBM PowerHA SystemMirrorRed Hat Cluster Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    In every organization, we have some of the critical applications in on Premise datacentre were a lot of dependencies in a picture in terms of application as well as a business where we can make highly available to this application by using Power HA Systemmirror by using this we can avoid last time surprises.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • High performance during peak business hours
    • No downtime during critical business operations
    • Easy updates
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    Red Hat
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    Cons
    IBM
    • IBM Sybase replication has been an issue for those who don't [use] MIMIX on their systems to keep the Sybase up to date.
    • The graphical interface really needs an update.
    • Technical support isn't as responsive as it should be.
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    Red Hat
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    IBM
    As I am having long experience with this so no doubt, I am very confident for it where I can deploy easily and manage easily in terms of any issues can go with multiple logs and take further actions on it to fix the issue in a swift manner which matters a lot to me. That's why I have given higher priority to it.
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    Red Hat
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • There will is no single point of failure in PowerHA SystemMirror
    • High performance in PowerHA SystemMirror
    • TL upgrades are easy without any impact
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    Red Hat
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