It Provides High Availability and Excellent Performance.
February 15, 2022

It Provides High Availability and Excellent Performance.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Power Systems Virtual Server on IBM Cloud for AIX/Linux

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Power System Virtual Server

For our customers' application hosting, we use IBM Power System Virtual Servers. The auto-scaling function is quite helpful, and it has resolved all of our customers' issues. Virtual servers are also used for our databases because they are more secure and reliable.
  • Security
  • Auto scaling
  • It is simple to set up in a variety of configurations.
  • A few UI improvements are required because the interface is confusing to new users.
  • Complex user interface

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

  • Services can be offered at a lower cost.
  • It provides 24x7 support.
In comparison to the IBM Cloud, IBM Power System Virtual Server selection, deployments, and updates are simple. To begin with, the user interface is quite simple and allows us to quickly choose and customise in key situations. AWS offers a wide range of instances from which we may choose based on our needs, and upgrading an instance type is fairly quick.
To deploy and host our code in order to execute our instances our main concern was auto-scaling, which IBM Power Virtual Servers handled with ease in our firm. We use it to launch team-specific projects, and we store our database on the server to make it more scalable and safe.
It is beneficial to use a single platform since it eliminates needless processes and allows for faster retrieval. It helps to avoid errors because if there is an error with any action, the user will be unable to complete the work, and it also has a lower impact on business because of the user's perfection. It keeps backups on hand at all times.
IBM PowerVM, Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
IBM Power System Virtual Servers are used to host applications and migrate data. With fewer options, we can easily grow the instances. There should also be a customised OS available from the marketplace, which is currently unavailable and which we are unable to use for all application testing.

IBM Power Virtual Server Feature Ratings

Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
9
Dynamic scaling
8
Elastic load balancing
8
Pre-configured templates
9
Monitoring tools
10
Pre-defined machine images
9
Operating system support
10
Security controls
10
Automation
8