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Use PowerHA to keep your critical applications running
July 19, 2021

Use PowerHA to keep your critical applications running

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM PowerHA SystemMirror

PowerHA is used across the organization for our most critical apps. It is used to reduce downtime on our critical apps in the event of a system failure.
  • Reduces downtime
  • can automatically failover the apps and start them up
  • Lots of customization options
  • Sometimes has problems with starting or stopping the applications
  • automatic failover
  • ability to DLPAR CPU and memory resources
  • customization
  • It does require two separate servers which is an extra expense
  • If there is a failure the downtime for the apps is limited

Do you think IBM PowerHA SystemMirror delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM PowerHA SystemMirror's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM PowerHA SystemMirror live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM PowerHA SystemMirror go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM PowerHA SystemMirror again?

Yes

It is well suited if you have a mission-critical application that you need to keep running. While there will still be some downtime while it fails over, it is greatly reduced.