IBM Power System Virtual Server: Great for hybrid cloud and powerfull
September 27, 2023

IBM Power System Virtual Server: Great for hybrid cloud and powerfull

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

Software Version

Power Systems Virtual Server on IBM Cloud for AIX/Linux

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Power Virtual Server

Our organization had on premise servers, but has been transitioning to cloud since last 2 years. This product has enabled us to reduce number of physical servers and thus saving costs. It is currently being used in different projects ranging from our application to simulations by research team (which is heavy on computation and needs to be robust.

Pros

  • High performance computing
  • Supports multiple OS
  • Provides partition mobility
  • Runs Linux loads efficeently
  • Provides information of estimated cost

Cons

  • UI is basic and can be made more intuitive
  • Costly (with support)
  • Managing and migrating physical and virtual workloads can be tricky

Do you think IBM Power Virtual Server delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

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?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Power Virtual Server again?

Yes

  • Reduced cost of maintaining physical servers
  • Enabled hybrid workflows
  • Robust service
  • vSphere and Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)
IBM Power Virtual Server has been easier to use in hybrid environments than any other options considered. Workload balancing works amazing. Our organization was already using IBM services for storage and managing databases, which influenced us to go for the service. Some of these services are connected with IBM Power Virtual Server.
In my opinion, the service is well suited when you have critical tasks (which require high performance compute, high reliability and availability) to run. I recommend it for hybrid operations as it enables management of workloads in physical as well as virtual servers. I think banking services can use these advantages to provide robust services.

IBM Power Virtual Server Feature Ratings

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
8.6
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
9
Dynamic scaling
8
Elastic load balancing
8
Monitoring tools
8
Pre-defined machine images
9
Operating system support
10
Security controls
9
Automation
8

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