We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM and Proxmox VE based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Server Virtualization Software solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of IBM PowerVM is the performance of the database workload."
"PowerVM's most valuable features include swift optimisation and real-time migration."
"It's scalable. Whenever we buy another product other than hardware, it's easily integrated into the virtualization software that we download."
"IBM PowerVM has the highest clock speed."
"Technical support is great."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is easy to configure."
"Managing other operating systems is also straightforward with IBM PowerVM."
"PowerVM is perhaps the only virtualization platform that offers 99.999% availability."
"It is easy to deploy."
"It is a community-based solution."
"The solution's compatibility is very good with multiple operating systems. The moving systems are very good and migration is excellent. These are the most valuable features for us."
"It's very user-friendly."
"It allows us to create an individual VM along with the GPU for machine learning."
"The solution's maintenance part was very easy."
"Saves a lot of time compared to imaging physical desktops."
"The virtualization is good."
"The solution should be advanced to fit with the container constantly."
"The solution is quite pricey."
"The licensing could be better."
"I don't know whether this has been trialed already, but IBM should give us an alert when we reach seven or eight failovers so that we can automatically switch it to manual mode. That would be great because if we cross the 10-day licensing limit, we have to pay a hefty license cost to Oracle. If IBM could view that feature, it would be helpful in license compliance."
"SRM for site recovery is a feature that should be included."
"The product's pricing could be less expensive compared to other competitors."
"To make it a ten, I would like for them to add automation and configuration tools in order to help use the manager."
"Automatic LPM is an area that is currently not available in IBM PowerVM, and it is a feature I want to see in the product's future releases."
"Proxmox VE needs improvement in cloud computing."
"Proxmox VE needs to make a deal with Veeam. I was also unable to make version upgrades. I have also encountered backup problems."
"I can't speak to any improvements. It is not lacking features."
"The availability of the solution could be a bit better."
"Some of the more advanced features and options required for setup still need to use the console and hand edit config files."
"My impression is that currently, this solution is not stable even after multiple versions of improvements."
"The process for deployment is complicated."
"Proxmox VE can improve the management of virtual discs. For example, if my virtual disc is 200 GB and I want to decrease it is not easy. I have to do a lot of things to decrease the size of existing virtual machines. If the Proxmox VE team can make it easy for customers to instantly increase or decrease the virtual machine hard disc, it will be very helpful for me. However, the containers I can do it easily."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 28 reviews while Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while Proxmox VE is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of IBM PowerVM writes "A stable system for high-end data processing with a great support structure". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle VM VirtualBox, whereas Proxmox VE is most compared with VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Nutanix AHV Virtualization and Odin Virtuozzo Containers. See our IBM PowerVM vs. Proxmox VE report.
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