IBM AIX (for Advanced Interactive eXecutive) is a Unix operating system, developed, offered and supported by IBM.
Cannot tell about prices compared to other products. You get great discounts if using at IBM for
real GUI interface which some people could see as a drawback AIX can be expensive
The server is expensive, so hardware upgrades aren't taken lightly. Because of the requirements … the AIX's fault, however, we are forced to purchase what feels like an expensive dinosaur.
security practices. Using the new Power9 platform we are able to have great price to performance ratios on our workloads. Aix is now available in a cloud option
robust platform (Power systems). It is less appropriate for platforms where cost is a key concern and the architects are ok with limited uptime and failures
we drive to use more open source options. It is very powerful but quite expensive. … Very Expensive Doesn't always handle non-IBM offerings very well Seems to be shrinking, as we find it
