A Better Management Tool
September 12, 2024

A Better Management Tool

Peter Awortwe | 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 Virtual Server

We are using it to manage our AIX servers on Power 8 and Power 9. Since we acquired it, configuration setup for a new server request has been much easier, saving us the time. We have created templates for various requirements and just mount it when a user places a request in SysAid ITSM tool

Pros

  • High availability - it does not go down
  • Handles high volume of I/O
  • Handles it's upgrades very well

Cons

  • Waiting for the day windows can be installed on it
  • It has saved our organization over $1M between 2022-2024
  • The P9 boosted our MobileApp journey as databases hosted on them were more stable ,ending up giving confidence to more customers to onboard on Ecobank MobileApp. Thanks to P9 we met our mobileapp user target of over 1 million users
Yes data availability has improved. With it snapshot feature ,we do not need to wait for a backup tape to be returned from offsites before we can do a restore when there is a downtime and lost of application data. Our AIX servers hardly go down when patches are applied.
One functionality that admire most about the IBM Power Virtual Server is it auto checks before an upgrade. This has eliminated the issue of user error where support could forget to check certain perimeters before upgrade begins. This has helped maintain service stability and increased revenue for the organization.

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?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy IBM Power Virtual Server again?

Yes

From my little experience over this period, i will say it is well suited for server provisioning. The capability of creating templates ,which we have standardized in our environment, and reuse it any time there is a request is great. it saves configuration time. The only less appropriate scenario i can mention is the time i needed to restore a backup and realized the snapshot available did not have the most recent data but it least it had restored to a point.

IBM Power Virtual Server Feature Ratings

Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
9.4
Service-level Agreement (SLA) uptime
10
Dynamic scaling
9
Elastic load balancing
10
Pre-configured templates
8
Monitoring tools
10
Pre-defined machine images
9
Operating system support
10
Security controls
10
Automation
9

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