Item: IBM Power Virtual Server
Rating: 9
Author: Rajneesh Bhatt

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

[IBM Power System Virtual Server delivers] flexible [computing] capacity for power system workloads.
You get fast, self-service provisioning. Flexible management both on premises and off premises and access to stack of enterprises IBM cloud services.

Pros and Cons

IBM Power System Virtual Server is well suited for load requirements where you have large numbers of applications and require multiple prod and non- prod instances to deploy, run, test and [integrate] changes on fly without having move them to different platform.
It provides single platform to manage everything at ease.

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?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Power Virtual Server go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Power Virtual Server again?

Yes

Return on Investment

IBM Power System Virtual Server [is] the best for highly [specialized] and computational workloads where large amounts of data and computation being handled.
If you want to accelerate artificial intelligence operations or big data applications this is perfect.
For simple task such as running automation there are cheaper alternatives that are easier to setup.

Alternatives Considered

IBM Power System Virtual Server was easy to setup. Ease to scalability has lead to no mistakes been made with overburdening the server with too great workload.

Security

We have 99.9% uptime and no interruptions to normal business when we moved to IBM Power System Virtual Server compared to on premises solutions. This has lead to our developers being less agitated and time constraints, which has boosted morale and productivity.

IBM Power System Virtual Server

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Power System Virtual Server