Item: IBM Power Virtual Server
Rating: 10
Author: Bhawani Shankar Satapathy

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

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

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 increases our business' productivity because it increases system up-time
IBM Power System Virtual Server has better security control for application data
IBM Power System Virtual Server is easy to update to implement new features
IBM Power System Virtual Server provides high availability
Stability and resource scalability, we can upgrade the server resource online per user needs

Alternatives Considered

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Microsoft Windows

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.

Usability

It is very easy to use IBM Power System Virtual Server from HMC. We can easily create the virtual server and allocate the required resources from HMC to all virtual servers.

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

IBM Power System Virtual Server - Improves the Production Business

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Power System Virtual Server