Item: IBM Power Virtual Server
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have an ERP product. We use IBM Power Systems Virtual Server for data copy - Disaster recovery as a service and also Platform as a service for DB2 workloads. Power system virtual servers keep our product high availability, and web application remains available for all times. Which gives better performance and services without any hassle.

Pros and Cons

Data copy service, best option for disaster recovery.
DB2 workload - best for web application.
Resource scaling no need to worry about resources.

Serverless application

Key Insights

Do you think IBM Power Virtual Server delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Power Virtual Server's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Power Virtual Server live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of IBM Power Virtual Server go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Power Virtual Server again?

Yes

Return on Investment

Not any negative impact

Alternatives Considered

DMI Inspection Platform as a Service, Acronis Disaster Recovery Service and CGI Asset & Resource Management (ARM) Suite

Security

Yes. As ERP stores more data and data is important aspect for this we use disaster recovery service to take backup of all db2 workload.

Usability

Yes, by creating template of installation unit we are able to install our product without any issue or dependency problem.

Other Software Used

Azure Backup, AWS CodeDeploy

Likelihood to Recommend

So basically, IBM Power Systems Virtual Server is best suited for web application and database activities. If you have ERP or CRM product IBM Power Systems Virtual Server is best suited for you. These are highly scalable and we can take backup of db2 workload by using server services. There is [a] development and testing platform also provided by IBM.

IBM services for ERP

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Power System Virtual Server