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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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  • Operating system support (186)
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  • Dynamic scaling (187)
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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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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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Frequently Asked Questions

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 Monitoring tools highest, with a score of 9.1.

The most common users of IBM Power Virtual Server are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Yes, Power Virtual Server greatly reduces the need for downtime to do maintenance. Also, it has proven to be very reliable and has a number of built-in features to eliminate single points of failure, which also goes a long way to reducing downtime.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Yes, reliability in an Investment Bank trading environment is critical and IBM Power Virtual Server has helped us meet and exceed our targets. Developers also have more time to focus on delivering projects and spend less time managing or finding resources for their computing needs.
Hemant Chaturvedi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Yes, I have found IBM cloud resources and services to be more reliable than other prominent cloud services in the market. It has notable infrastructure backbone and fabulous network infrastructure to ensure seamless connectivity in and out of the IBM cloud components.
I have found the overall network performance to be at par when compared to Azure network and firewall performance which is a major market player worldwide.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Yes data availability has improved a lot, before it use take a lot time on management of past data of drug product. With IBM data is available in max one day. This help us a lot in resolve out market complaints which sometime also involve recall of drug from market which is equal to saving patient life. Before it use to take months some time because of unavailability of data now date wise data is available on sever which is easily accessible previous batch data helps us in investigation and make right decision of drug to be sold in market or not. overall IBM have made a huge impact on pharma industry.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
ResellerIncentivized
Maintain the security and trusted, high performance of IBM Power while modernizing at your pace and price point on and off premises. We have we surprisingly found it very simple improve the benefits of hybrid cloud with a consistent experience and connectivity to your Power infrastructure. We also kept our business running with reliable failover solutions including backup, high availability and disaster recovery.
Kashifahmed Sayyad | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Yes data availability has improved a lot, before it use take a lot time on management of past data of drug product. With IBM data is available in max one day. This help us a lot in resolve out market complaints which sometime also involve recall of drug from market which is equal to saving patient life. Before it use to take months some time because of unavailability of data now date wise data is available on sever which is easily accessible previous batch data helps us in investigation and make right decision of drug to be sold in market or not. overall IBM have made a huge impact on pharma industry.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Yes, It has really good data protection and recovery options and due to this, we were able to meet our target for uptime without any hustle. Also, They have built the whole platform based on principles to make data-intensive applications so data availability and backup capabilities are crucial very crucial.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Data availability is one of the essential features of IBM Power Virtual Server which makes us love the product. We have used many products of competitors in the past and have had data loss scenarios and outages were really frequent. The support provided by IBM team is also seamless and has improved our SLA's with business on several layers.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
IBM has been in forefront of providing secure services. We have been using a lot of their services and security has never been a concern. Data is moved in an encrypted form. Its periodic security patches provide protections against latest vulnerabilities.
Alfred Brock | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
IBM Power Virtual Server has helped secure our business by providing standard security safeguards. In combination with our internal work, we find that IBM Power Virtual Server is sufficient for reducing vulnerabilities normally associated with the software of its type and class. The redundancy of the service has been helpful in avoiding business interruptions. Data availability has not been impacted positively nor negatively by the introducution of IBM Power Virtual Server into our business operations.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Yes, it has definitely helped us in terms of security. We get patch updates regularly from IBM, and this has improved our data availability. We have also overcome vulnerabilities because of the IBM Power System Virtual Server. We haven't felt so confident with Microsoft Windows or RHEL.
Jesus Mora Luna | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
The data is always available since it is on such reliable equipment on premises where the protection is from the construction of the hardware and is combined with the software so that together, it is the most reliable platform that exists. This same has been transferred to Power Virtual Server, ensuring that all the information generated and executed on these servers is protected.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 environments.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 availability is clear and perfect to have a view on when to monitor it.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 capacity that helps us to restore and backup the data.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
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.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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 and other important applications, but it has also provided us with ample server capacity.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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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