IBM Power Virtual Server

IBM Power Virtual Server

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IBM Power Virtual Server

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What is IBM Power Virtual Server?

IBM presents their Power Systems Virtual Server as a scalable, cost-effective way to run IBM AIX, IBM i and Linux workloads​.
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Security

Data availability really increased since we start using the IBM Power servers. We have reduced the lots of systems down since we using the IBM Power servers. The vulnerability has really reduced because we keep applying the latest IBM release patch over the servers to make more secure our …
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Security

Yes, it is less vulnerable and more effective and efficient towards the tasks and it can be up by itself. Manual interaction is required for it is very feasible. It is taking very little time to come up and to start again. Usually, a user needs it more than anything because of its speed. Its data …
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Usability

It helps to use a single platform because to avoid unnecessary activities and actions to maintain it as a safer one and moreover it can retrieve back in a shorter time. It helps to avoid errors where there is an error towards any activity the user can't go ahead and complete the task and it also …
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Security

IBM Power System Virtual Servers are the best in quality and are well designed to reduce vulnerabilities. The system's SLA uptime provides us with accuracy in our data that help us to reduce vulnerabilities. The security control of this system is the best on the market since it has a huge storage …
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Usability

IBM Power System Virtual Server has many features that make it the best for the organization and easy to use. IBM Power System Virtual Server has a considerable memory or storage to restore the data, the system even has the capacity to backup data during disasters. This system also helps to run …
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Security

IBM regularly innovates to add new advanced security features to reduce vulnerability and make the system more secure. We keep applying every new patch in every patch cycle to gain the new feature.
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Usability

Its always been a good option for every client to get a single platform to use the servers and reduce to user errors. We have benefited from features and improved the business goals.
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Security

We have reduced the number of vulnerabilities in IBM Power Virtual Servers as we apply for every new patch release. Our system availability and performance have increased after applying every new patch.
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Usability

We did not face any major issue with IBM Power Virtual Server, in case of any issue we take the IBM support team's help to fix the issue. IBM provides excellent support to fix the problems to bring the server to a healthy state.
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Security

In my experience, it has improved system security, decreased vulnerability exposure, increased application and database availability, and ultimately boosted business outcomes. We use both automated and manual measures to ensure that our servers are always available to our users.
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Usability

Since IBM is a dependable product, we knew that using it would guarantee that our efforts would yield flawless results and that we'd be able to accomplish all of our professional goals. The product's high performance and scalability have been crucial to our success with it. The user interface is …
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Security

We've developed relationships with services and architectural patterns that are facilitating the evolution of our business models. We feel at ease knowing that our business has adequate security measures in place. IBM Power System Virtual Server has not only helped us manage our company's website …
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Usability

Companies that need to ensure the safety of their infrastructure would benefit greatly from the initiative. For many different kinds of industrial tasks, I recommend IBM's Power System Virtual Server. It is particularly useful for fast-growing small and medium-sized firms that will soon require …
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Security

IBM Power Systems, specifically IBM I have always proved to provide bulletproof security to your applications and services. This reputation is only increased with the use of the Power System Virtual Server.
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Usability

End users are not required to possess technical knowledge. Drastically less downtime has increased end-user satisfaction, while the ease of disaster recovery and high availability options has kept our system techs extremely happy.
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Security

It is more reliable, its accuracy is too good, and its performance is top-class performance. It is going to be the one as competitive for all the virtual power systems and its connectivity also seems good. Engaging less and limiting itself to web services, aids in the system's security. It's a …
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Usability

Single commit and reverse functionality are available on the IBM Power System. The IBM Power System can be extremely beneficial. The IBM Power System Virtual Server has excellent storage connectivity. The banking industry benefits from IBM Power Server because it is simple to maintain and can …
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Security

The system's security is enhanced by engaging less and confining itself to web services. It's a system in general, and it's a particularly lovely and effective system for managing discs and calculating complex numbers. Its rapid response time is crucial for avoiding business interruptions.
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Usability

On the IBM Power System, there is single commit and reverse functionality. The storage connectivity on the IBM Power System Virtual Server is great. IBM Power Server is ideal for the banking industry since it is easy to maintain and can handle millions of processes per day without producing …
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Security

Engaging less and limiting itself to web services, aids in the system's security. It's a system in general, and it's a very lovely and good system for managing discs and computing complicated numbers. Its quick response time is essential for avoiding business disruptions.
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Usability

Single commit and reverse functionality are available on the IBM Power System. The IBM Power System can be extremely beneficial. The IBM Power System Virtual Server has excellent storage connectivity. The banking industry benefits from IBM Power Server because it is simple to maintain and can …
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Security

Engaging less and limiting itself to web services, aids the system's security. It is a system as a whole, and it is a really nice and good system for managing discs and handling complicated numbers. Its short response time is critical for avoiding business disruptions.
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Usability

The use of a single platform saves time and effort by eliminating needless stages. It helps to prevent errors because if any action is performed incorrectly, the user will be unable to continue the work, and it also has a reduced influence on business owing to the user's perfection. It ensures …
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Security

In order to run our instances, we need to deploy and host our code. Our primary worry was auto-scaling, which our IBM cloud virtual servers handled admirably. We utilize it to start projects for individual teams, and we keep our database on the server to make it more scalable and secure.
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Usability

The usage of a single platform is advantageous since it removes unnecessary steps and allows for faster retrieval. It aids in the prevention of errors because if any action is incorrect, the user will be unable to complete the task, and it also has a smaller impact on business due to the user's …
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Security

It helps the system in securing by interacting less and being limited to web services. It is a system as a whole and a very nice and good system to achieve disk management and complex numbers solving. Its quick response time is the key to avoiding business interruptions.
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Usability

IBM Power System offers single commit and reverts functionality IBM Power System is very helpful. IBM Power System Virtual Server provides good SAN storage connectivity. IBM Power Server works well in the banking sector because it is easily managed and runs millions of operations daily without any …
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Security

Yes, our business productivity has really increased because the IBM Power System Virtual server has increased the application uptime. We did not face any major system vulnerability since we start using the IBM Power System virtual server.
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Security

IBM Power System Virtual Server provides excellent security control and helps reduce system vulnerability. IBM released a new security update and asked their clients to update their system with the new security feature, to increase system availability.
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Security

Vulnerabilities can be mitigated via timely OS and VIO upgrades, as well as firmware upgrades. When commissioning a server, we always upgrade the OS, VIO, and Firmware levels, as well as the adapter microcode. Vulnerabilities can be reduced by employing these methods.
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Usability

IBM's HMC, Power VC, or another platform can be used to administer it. If we had ESA in such a state, in the event of a service event, an auto-trigger would occur, and an OEM ticket would be raised immediately, allowing them to take action. Another way to encounter the issue is to use the ERRPT …
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Security

IBM Power system virtual server is properly designed to reduce vulnerabilities because it provides accuracy to data which helps to reduce errors and improve data consistency. The system has the best uptime which helps to avoid business interruptions and easily manage time and cost. Data …
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Usability

IBM Power system virtual server is best uptime upto 99.9% even accuracy is also efficient as compared to other systems in market which help to reduce errors. IBM Power system has enough storage system that helps to restore the data properly in a systematic way.
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Security

IBM systems have a large storage capacity that helps to maintain and safeguard our data. IBM systems also have the ability to restore and backup data in the event of a disaster.
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Security

Vulnerabilities can be remediated by performing necessary upgrades on time in respect of OS level and VIO level as we upgrade its firmware. We always go with the practice to have an upgrade of OS level, VIO level, and Firmware level along with its adapter microcode in commissioning of the server. …
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Usability

IBM can be managed via its HMC, Power VC, or some other platform. If we had ESA in such condition in case of service events auto-trigger will happen and directly ticket will be raised by OEM to take necessary without delay. There is some other method to encounter the error such as one of the …
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Security

We apply the IBM Standard to correct system vulnerabilities in order to improve system stability and business productivity. To take advantage of new features and increase system uptime, we patch our system with each major release.
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Usability

When it comes to project management and reducing user errors, a single platform is always preferred. IBM Power System Virtual Servers offer the ability to automatically log a case with the vendor if a major fault develops in the system. This feature is extremely useful for preventing a large-scale …
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Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and infrastructure for building, deploying, and managing applications and services through a global network of Microsoft-managed datacenters.

What is IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC?

IBM Cloud Virtual Servers are customizable, public or private, cloud-based servers available from IBM. User can launch applications and software across blended, hybrid environments as the servers integrate with all cloud models.

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IaaS provides the basic building blocks for an IT infrastructure like servers, storage, and networking, in an on-demand model over the Internet

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Product Details

What is IBM Power Virtual Server?

IBM® Power® Systems clients who have typically relied upon on-premises-only infrastructure can extend their Power IT resources onto IBM Power Systems Virtual Server to avoid the large capital expense or added risk when migrating essential workloads.

IBM Power Systems Virtual Server are colocated and connected with IBM Cloud®, integrating IBM AIX® and IBM i capabilities. The solution boasts fast, self-service provisioning, flexible management both on premises and off premises, and access to a stack of enterprise IBM Cloud services — with pay-as-you-use billing so users can more easily scale up and out.

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IBM presents their Power Systems Virtual Server as a scalable, cost-effective way to run IBM AIX, IBM i and Linux workloads​.

Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Compute Engine are common alternatives for IBM Power Virtual Server.

Reviewers rate Security controls highest, with a score of 9.4.

The most common users of IBM Power Virtual Server are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Power System Virtual servers we used for different applications and databases in all environments like Test, Development, and production. IBM Power Virtual servers provide reliable, scalable, and good stability to our client business. IBM Power virtual servers allow us to hosts different OS and applications.
  • Easy to do the OS provision over physical server with help of HMC
  • IBM Power Servers provide the business stability and reliability
  • High performance
  • Resource scalability
  • For IBM AIX we require the IBM Power Hardware, we can't run on the different hardware model
  • Window OS connectivity is not well
IBM Power Virtual servers are well designed for huge data systems and heavy workload projects where needed to manage and execute millions of daily operations. IBM virtual servers allow us to scale up and scale down the existing server resource as per requirement. Easy to do the OS provision, better SAN storage connectivity, and it provide the AI solution.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
It's really helpful in terms of support to a service which we used for almost 7 months. It reduced the effort to run the workloads and while copying the data. Its AI is the major one where the decisions made it is really genuine and more efficient towards work. It's one of the best things I have ever seen from IBM. That's really awesome.
  • Usually it's fast when compared to other virtual power systems and low latency
  • Its accuracy and reliability makes it top notch
  • Its services and performance is pretty good
  • Sometimes it may get stuck due to more usage... It's in very rare cases and for a short time only... It's not a drawback but it may cause work disturbance.
It is more reliable, its accuracy is too good, and its performance is top-class performance. It is going be the one as competitive for all the virtual power systems and it's connectivity also seems good. It is also available for low cost, but it's good enough to have this much systems with more efficiency at lower cost. Small thing is that in very less cases it may stuck due to more usage like restless work that time it may cause disturbance to work.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
We are using IBM Power System Virtual Server for our Insurance and banking project to maintain high transaction performance. We achieved high security for our data as its really needed for the banking and insurance sector.
  • Server Stability with less downtime
  • IBM Power System Virtual Server is easy to configure and implement with minimum time
  • We can boot it with SAN disk
  • Recover are too easy in case of system crash
  • I did not face any major issue or challenge to work on IBM Virtual servers, as per my experience IBM should reduce the cost of training .
IBM Power System Virtual Server is well suit for Banking, Insurance and Defence sector because these sector need high security and performance. IBM Virtual servers well know for stability, security and performance. IBM Power System Virtual Server can be use in every situation and project as per the requirement. Cost are bit high as compare of other virtual OS.
Score 9 out of 10
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Reseller
We are IBM Business Partners and we helo customers migrate to IBM PowerVS.
We also provide support and managed services.
  • Performance is great
  • Good backup options with BRMS+ICC or VTL
  • Low latency
  • We can scale from a small lpar to a high-end system
  • It's not 100% self service
  • Support sometimes get slow
  • IBM i / AIX web-console is ugly and disconnects randomly, even when using it
  • Management Console sometimes get stuck
  • Management Console sometimes doesn't reflect actual status
  • Too much job queuing on pick hours so we need to wait for our LPAR to shutdown or start
  • No firewall setup on PowerVS side
I think IBM PowerVS is an amazing platform for production environments. Maybe is not the best on smaller lpars for developers, but great for real life workloads.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Power System Virtual Server helps us to manage our resources in the best way possible. IBM Power System Virtual Servers have many features which also help to scale up and down the business as per the situation and need. So we can say it is the best for our business.
  • Data migration and configuration is best.
  • Scalability of system is best.
  • It helps to run multiple applications.
  • It has the best operating support system.
  • Sometime data migration is difficult.
  • Installation cost is heavy and not affordable for small and medium businesses.
IBM Power System Virtual Server is the best automation and elastic load balancing feature that helps us in data migration and management systems. This system also allows us to choose the pre-made templates, reducing the time and financial cost of the organization so that we can say this system is trustworthy and well suited for our organization.
Gurpreet Singh | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Used in environments like including test, development, and production, for various applications and databases. Business benefits from IBM Power Virtual servers because they are reliable, scalable, and stable.
  • Great performance
  • Simple to provision an OS on physical server
  • Scalable
  • Improve windows OS connectivity
  • Remove IBM hardware dependency
It is well suited for testing development, and production of applications and databases
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Power System virtual servers are being used in my company in different projects in every environment like Test, Dev, and Production. We are using the IBM Power Virtual servers in my project for SAP, Oracle Database, and TSM backup solutions.
  • Resource allocation as per need between the virtual servers.
  • Server Uptime.
  • Performance
  • Hybrid cloud solution.
  • Easy to install and configure the AIX OS on IBM Power servers.
  • IBM Virtual Servers provide the lots of method to install the OS and backup solution.
  • For new comers its not easy to do work on it they need some experience.
IBM Power virtual servers are well suited for that client who wants to move their infrastructure from physical to virtual to save lots of money for the project; it can be a great idea for them. They can expect lots of good security features along with high system performance and uptime.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
We are using IBM Power Virtual Server in our banking project to get better performance and advanced security features to make more secure the user data. IBM Power Virtual Servers provide high-level security and performance as compared to other vendors' OS. It easily handles millions of operations without any delay.
  • IBM Power Virtual server provides flexibility in the project and provides the option to install and configure the different OS in the same physical server.
  • We can create and configure the virtual network and HBA adapter to save the cost.
  • Live partition mobility - we can move the virtual server to another physical server online and can balance the resource.
  • SAN disk Boot.
  • IBM hardware dependency to configure the IBM Virtual servers.
IBM Power virtual servers are well suited for large-scale databases and applications where millions of operations/processes are run. It reduces the count of physical server infrastructure, and we can create and configure the virtual environment, like network and storage connectivity. Easy to boot from the SAN storage disk, the restoration process is much easy and quick.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
IBM Power System Virtual Servers are being used in my projects for oracle DB and SAP applications for different work. Our Client has saved lots of costs in the data center to implement the IBM Virtual Server over IBM Power Physical server. We have reduced the total number of physical power servers due to virtual servers.
  • IBM Power Virtual Servers reduce the cost of data center infra structure.
  • We have reduced the number of running Physical Power servers in DC since we start using the Virtual environment.
  • IBM Power Virtual Server provides more flexibility to implement different oOS like Linux, SUSE, AIX, etc in the same power physical server.
  • Performance are excellent.
  • Vendor support is costly.
IBM Power Virtual Servers are well knowns to manage the heavy load database and applications with high system performance. IBM Virtual Servers provide a more flexible environment where we can run the Linux, SUSE, and AIX in the same Physical servers as per user requirements.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The most cutting-edge and robust servers for managing our company's websites and other mission-critical applications are provided to us by IBM's Power system. The IBM Power System Virtual Server is presently being used in several of my projects. Recycling data reduces the time and effort needed to carry out data and operations.
  • It's flexible and easy to scale up or down.
  • The primary benefits of this program are increased speed and enhanced quality of virtual storage.
  • It's simple to put into action.
  • Unfortunately, only a limited number of data center locations provide server access.
  • The UI is not intuitive, making it difficult to use.
  • The software seems built for non-programmers, making changes harder.
IBM's operating system has a high-security feature that keeps client information private and secure while in transit, which contributes to its overall reliability. Users can adjust the resource's scaling to meet their needs. This tool not only has a quick response time but also facilitates efficient document management. When compared to other platforms, IBM Power systems excel in performance, making them ideal for use with large-scale applications and databases.
Score 9 out of 10
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Verified User
Accelerating AI operations and huge data applications are two areas where the IBM Power System Virtual Server shines. There are less complex, less expensive, and quicker to set up options for doing common tasks like running automation. It has great performance qualities and a scalable architecture that makes good use of available resources. In addition, integrating the instrument with another helpful and productive program like the SAP system can boost its efficiency.
  • Trust in its accuracy and reliability is not misplaced.
  • The UI is really easy to use and comprehend.
  • It's a complete set of features, and it works with more languages other only the ones listed.
  • Using speedy central processing units is essential.
  • The back-end processes may require some tweaking.
  • Updates may be difficult to implement because the software appears to be made for users with minimal programming experience.
For enterprises of all sizes with aspirations for expansion, IBM's Power System Virtual Server is a great option. Minimizing initial capital outlay is beneficial in the long term. Read Application Hosting to learn about the many types of application hosting and container technologies. The IBM Power System Virtual Server is ideal for businesses in the financial sector, manufacturing, and the logistics industry. It excels at solving challenging computational problems of significant scale.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Power Systems Virtual Server helped us cut down on the costs of our data center by eliminating the use of physical servers. We have lowered our expenses by lowering costs for environmental control. It has also eliminated the need for automated tape libraries and the inherent issues that come with ATLs and physical storage media by utilizing the virtual servers' Flash-based storage. Cloud flash-based storage and the HA options have drastically improved the efficiency of system backups and restore, allowing for an absolute minimum down time for end-users running 24/7 mission-critical applications
  • Server customization options
  • Efficient back up and recovery
  • Reduce cost of running physical servers
  • Cloud flash storage has eliminated the need for Automated Tape Library and physical tape media
  • Deployment can be a slightly difficult
  • Improve the ease of use of the user interface
  • Migrating from Physical servers to the Virtual Server can be difficult for advanced systems
IBM Power System Virtual Servers are best utilized and suitable for smaller businesses. It eliminates the need for data center space, as well as physical storage systems. It also allows for superior flexibility and customization options. Dynamic storage options are extremely beneficial. The efficiency and ease in disaster recovery scenarios are a must for any mission-critical system.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
It's really helpful in terms of support for a service which we used for almost 7 months. It reduced the effort to run the workloads while copying the data. Its AI is the major one where the decisions made it is really genuine and more efficient towards work. It's one of the best things I have ever seen from IBM. That's really awesome.
  • Its accuracy and reliability makes it top notch
  • Usually it's fast when compared to other virtual power systems and low latency
  • It's because of its accuracy, efficiency, and speed. It's been really helping towards the work, and helps do a finite number of tasks in less time and has been our choice because it's the best. The price is also favorable and to maintain it so easy so one can choose it only.
  • Sometimes it may get stuck due to more usage... It's in very rare cases and for a short time only... It's not a drawback but it may cause work disturbance.
  • Deployment can be challenging and perplexing
It helps to use a single platform to avoid unnecessary activities and actions to maintain it as a safer one and moreover it can retrieve back in a shorter time. It helps to avoid errors where there is an error towards any activity the user can't go ahead and complete the task and it also has less impact on business by having a perfection towards the user. It has backups ready all the time.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller
IBM's Power System is a high-performance computing system. Virtual servers house both applications and data. Using fewer variables, we can rapidly expand the instances. A customized operating system, which is currently unavailable and cannot be utilized for all application testing, should be available in the marketplace as well.
  • Services can be given for a lower cost.
  • The IBM Cloud service is always available.
  • There are a few UI tweaks that must be made.
  • Deployment can be challenging and perplexing.
Our clients' applications are hosted on IBM Cloud Virtual Servers. All of our customers' concerns have been handled thanks to the auto-scaling capability. We use virtual servers for our databases as well because they are safer and more stable.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller
The IBM Power System is a high-performance computing platform from IBM. Applications and data are hosted on virtual servers. We can quickly expand the instances using fewer variables. A customized operating system, which is currently unavailable and cannot be used for all application testing, should also be accessible in the marketplace.
  • Services can be provided at a reduced rate.
  • The IBM Cloud service is available at all times.
  • There are a few UI adjustments that need to be performed.
  • Deployment can be difficult and confusing.
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers host the applications of our clients. The auto-scaling feature has solved all of our customers' problems. Because virtual servers are safer and more stable, we utilize them for our databases as well.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Reseller
IBM Power System Virtual Servers are used to host applications and transfer data. With fewer variables, we can quickly extend the instances. A customized operating system should also be available in the marketplace, which is currently unavailable and which we cannot use for all application testing.
  • Services can be given for a lower cost.
  • The IBM Cloud service is accessible around the clock.
  • There are a few UI tweaks that must be made.
  • Deployment can be challenging and perplexing.
IBM Cloud Virtual Servers host the applications of our clients. The auto-scaling feature has solved all of our customers' problems. Because virtual servers are safer and more stable, we utilize them for our databases as well.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
To host applications and move data, IBM virtual servers are used. We can easily expand the instances with fewer options. A customized OS should also be accessible in the marketplace, which is currently unavailable and which we are unable to employ for all application testing.
  • Services can be provided at a reduced price.
  • The IBM Cloud service is available 24 hours a day
  • a few UI adjustments are required.
  • Deployment can be difficult and confusing at sometimes.
Our clients' applications are hosted on IBM Cloud Virtual Servers. The auto-scaling feature is quite helpful, and it has resolved all of our customers' issues. We use virtual servers for our databases as well because they are more secure and stable.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We have a CRM application running on IBM Power System Virtual Server. This server allows us to easily manage our production load and since our company is based on a dealer management system it requires a robust and faster run time, IBM Power System allows us to achieve this very easily without any issues and breakouts in between. We hardly face any challenges during its usage. I highly recommend using this.
  • We can create servers and install multiple OS within IBM Power System
  • Memory management, configurations, tapes processing can easily be done within this system
  • IT provides options to find the errors easily and help in maintaining the system efficiently
  • The cost of setup and maintenance is quite high compared to other cloud solutions
  • LPAR partitions setup is pretty complex to achieve as it requires multiple steps to be performed
IBM power system is a significant player in managing the production systems and it helps in making system availability much easier as it does not get crashed frequently.
It can help us in supporting various systems like warehouse management, Dealer Management etc.
It provides dynamic storage capability which is essential for any business.
Good storage connectivity and PowerHA cluster
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are running the SAP application over IBM Power System virtual server to manage the company production workload. Our company main work like billing and ERP are running over IM Power system Virtual Server. We did not face any major crashes down and performance issues since we start using of IBM Power System Virtual server.
  • IBM Power System virtual Servers are easy and quick to create on a Physical server, We can install the OS with multiple different easy options in a very short time.
  • IBM Power System Virtual server provides many easy command-line environments to configuration the disk management and other server configuration in comparison to another vendor Operating system
  • IBM Power System Virtual server provide lots of easy option to find out the system error to troubleshoot quickly.
  • LPM - Live Partition Mobility procedure should more easy
  • IBM Power System virtual server support is costly and not affordable for a small budget company
IBM Power System Virtual server is well suited for all types of work and organization, Especially IBM Power System Virtual servers known to manage heavy work data, Maximum system uptime, and High data processing speed. IBM Power System Virtual server provides good SAN storage connectivity, it provides lots of easy ways to find out the system error and troubleshoot quickly.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
We use IBM Power System Virtual Server for SAP and Oracle databases in both Production and DR. IBM Power System Virtual Server provides better compatibility with SAP HANA and Oracle databases. We have improved our production application performance. IBM Power System Virtual Server provides high data security.
  • IBM Power System Virtual Server provides high performance in heavy workload SAP and Oracle databases
  • IBM Power System Virtual Server provides application stability which helps increase the production business
  • System up-time
  • IBM Power System Virtual Server allows us to maximum the utilization of physical server resources
  • IBM Power System Virtual Server does not provide better connectivity with Windows servers
  • IBM Power System Virtual Server has IBM hardware dependency
IBM Power System Virtual Server is well suited for SAP HANA, Oracle Database, and ERP systems. IBM Power System Virtual Server also provides better compatibility with Veritas NetBackup to manage all other servers' application data backup. IBM Power Server works well in the banking sector because it is easily managed and runs millions of operations daily without any performance issues. IBM Power Server support is a bit costly so it may not be recommended for small organizations.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
For the past five years, we've been using IBM Power System Virtual Server to move some of the load of our mid-range business support systems from physical to virtual. For the time being, it's being used throughout our company's business department to help with client administration, billing, and accounting. The key business concerns that this solved were (1) replacing our old infrastructure and (2) giving our systems a much-needed performance and availability boost. We can now do maintenance windows considerably less frequently, and our uptime has increased dramatically. As a result, we've become more efficient in completing our daily tasks. Batch processes, for example, are no longer required.
  • It creates a far more productive working environment.
  • Provides a superb platform for servers that were formerly physical.
  • Complex systems may take a long time to transition from physical to virtual.
  • The cost of converting existing systems might increase depending on how complicated the conversion is.
IBM Power System Virtual Server is well-suited to mid-range systems that execute a lot of batch processing and have physical limits such as memory, hard drive capacity, and networking performance. In comparison to a physical server environment, these issues can be rectified considerably more readily in the IBM Power System Virtual Server environment.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
IBM Power system virtual server is used in organizations to deliver the virtual workload with scalability and flexibility. IBM Power system helps to extend the workload with flexible resources and at an affordable cost. IBM Power system gives us proper security and safety for our data. IBM Power system is very helpful for business problems.
  • Good Scalability and flexibility
  • Uptime is best
  • Provides accuracy to data
  • Help to extend the workload with limited resources
  • Data migration or transfer is difficult
  • There should be improvements in GUI
IBM Power system virtual server is well suited for our organization because it helps to manage the cost of heavy workload and critical applications. It helps to manage the resources properly which reduces extra costs. The system has scalability and flexibility which help to extend the workload in our organization with existing resources.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
An IBM Power System Virtual Server is used by our company to manage critical workloads and database systems. We're overjoyed to be able to use this server and, as a result, have fewer maintenance windows. The system provides excellent scalability and flexibility, as well as the highest uptime, guaranteeing that our data is accurate and that undesirable errors are avoided.
  • Flexibility and scalability
  • The accuracy uptime is 99.9%
  • The initial financial investment is substantial. Small businesses find it difficult to afford.
  • For beginners, configuration should be simple but is difficult.
The IBM Power System Virtual Server is well-suited to our company needs. The system provides exceptional performance as well as the best database and application administration operating support. It also contributes to our organization's cost-cutting efforts. The power system is the best at conveying information from one source to another at rapid speeds and with high accuracy.
Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
We've been running the most critical applications and Databases on IBM Power System Virtual Servers for years to support our customer requirements for different geographical locations. Our major applications like billing and ERP applications have been deployed on the IBM Power System Virtual Servers where we observe the optimal performance with fewer and minor issues. We can proudly say that we have decreased the P1 & P2 issues while comparing with other competitive vendors of the hardware.
  • Quick deployment compared to other vendors.
  • Error handling with detailed descriptions where we can fix it instead of waiting for vendor support.
  • Centralised management for all the geographical locations.
  • LPAR power on features can be added via ASMI.
  • LPAR profile snapshot options can be added.
  • HMC GUI can be enhanced.
So far, we have had a long experience on IBM servers where we have huge transactions at regular intervals. In such scenarios, we need better I/O 's along with powerful computing and memory whereas scalability options should have to meet per business demands, so that we can get the optimal performance that we experienced with IBM Power System Virtual Servers.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
The IBM Power System Virtual Server is utilized to operate the servers that host our company's websites, as well as for a variety of other operations, in addition to providing us with the most powerful and critical servers now available. Its most significant advantages are that it is simple to use, that it is a true collaboration tool due to its architecture, and that it increases workplace productivity.
  • Errors and logs are easy to understand.
  • It protects my data and resources.
  • The user interface could be enhanced.
  • Extend support for Windows
It is ideal for our company since it offers numerous benefits, such as space savings, time management, and cost control. The system is fully compatible with all applications. IBM Power System Virtual Server's capacity to execute backups during disasters, as well as data restoration, makes it a good fit for the enterprise.
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