IBM Power Virtual Server
September 23, 2023

IBM Power Virtual Server

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Power Systems Virtual Server on IBM Cloud for IBMi

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Power Virtual Server

Extend workloads and take advantage of pay-as-you-use billing to manage costs.Work on non production tasks and production environments simultaneously. Use virtual machines to help resolve issues faster.Seamlessly move and manage your workloads across cloud and on-premises environments.We use IBM Power System Virtual Server. The auto-scaling function is quite helpful, and it has resolved all of our customers' issues. IBM Power Virtual Server are also used for our databases because they are more secure and reliable.
  • IBM Power Virtual Server designed to drive performance, security and automation
  • End-to-end security continues to be a key aspect of IBM Power Virtual Server as well as latest virtualized offering, IBM Power Virtual Server
  • Containerized workloads are changing the way develop, deploy and manage applications for enterprises.
  • Achieve high levels of performance without wasting resources.
  • There are a few UI tweaks that must be made.
  • Deployment can be challenging and perplexing.
  • For IBM AIX we require the IBM Power Hardware, we can't run on the different hardware model
  • Window OS connectivity is not well

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?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy IBM Power Virtual Server again?

Yes

  • Maintain a consistent and recoverable copy of the data at the remote site, created with minimal impact to applications at your local site.
  • Replicate more data in less time to remote locations.
  • Eliminate costly dedicated networks for replication and avoid bandwidth upgrades
With the IBM Power Virtual Server, we can quickly create and deploy one or more virtual servers (that are running either the AIX, IBM i, or Linux operating systems). After the provision the IBM Power Virtual Server, one get access to infrastructure and physical computing resources without the need to manage or operate them.
Yes days availablity improved since I started using IBM Power Virtual Server. It helped a lot in securing my data in less time
With the right servers, storage and technologies, one can apply a zero-trust approach to protect against breaches, keep data private across hybrid ecosystems and unify data protection with cyber resilience.
It is easy to do the OS provision over physical server with help of HMC. IBM Power Virtual Server provide the business stability and reliability.Provides high performance. Resource scalability Some negative are Window server connectivity issue. IM support is a bit costly and documents need to be improve

IBM Power Virtual Server Feature Ratings

Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
8
Dynamic scaling
8
Elastic load balancing
9
Pre-configured templates
8
Monitoring tools
8
Pre-defined machine images
9
Operating system support
8
Security controls
7
Automation
8