Item: IBM Power Virtual Server
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In a dynamic and ever changing environment, we rely on the stability and flexibility of IBM Power Systems' environment to deploy and run our workloads at speed and scale.

Pros and Cons

Provides us the ability to quickly provision workloads.
Provides the flexibility to allow targeted groups to control their resources.
Allows us to run multiple operating environments on the same infrastructure.

Configuration interface could use a refresh.

Return on Investment

When compared to commodity hardware the long term ROI is better.
There is support for platforms that cannot be easily replicated on x86.
Our teams have the flexibility to build what they need, when they need it.

We also utilize a private x86 cloud infrastructure for other targeted workloads. We derive great value from the IBM offering but like many other heterogeneous enterprises we utilize a mix of systems and information technologies.

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

Other Software Used

Amazon Web Services, Jira Software, Core Impact

Likelihood to Recommend

Virtual Server is well suited to support companies that are transitioning workloads from more "legacy" architectures to common operating systems. High performance linux with a greater ROI than x86 systems gives a transition step from other environments. We mostly see this happening based upon the loss of long term skill sets that have to be replaced with new individuals that are not proficient in the other architectures.

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Overall Satisfaction with IBM Power Systems Virtual Server