We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor and IBM PowerVM 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."Citrix Hypervisor is quick to deploy and easy to manage."
"I've found the following features to be the most valuable: user personalization layer, app layering, provisioning, and notification services for integration between different domains."
"The solution is easy to deploy. It's very easy to understand problems and read logs."
"Scripting can automate procedures."
"We find there are good central maintenance and central management panels."
"The price is the solution's most valuable feature."
"The solution integrates well with other solutions, which makes it really strong as a primary solution to deploy."
"The support for this solution is phenomenal."
"IBM PowerVM's most valuable feature is stability."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is easy to configure."
"Active Memory Sharing dynamically reallocates memory of running partitions based on changing workload demands. The memory for the pool is carved out from Physical memory and is made logical memory. The said memory is not available to be assigned to partitions as dedicated memory. A min, max and desired as well as weight is assigned to the memory of each lpar to help hypervisor make a decision in case a condition where priority is to be given to a certain lapr to use the memory form shared pool."
"We always recommend PowerVM to our customers; it is better than most solutions."
"IBM PowerVM has the highest clock speed."
"PowerVM's most valuable features include swift optimisation and real-time migration."
"Technical support is great."
"The case fileserver on the web server is the most valuable feature."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"Assigning the order of virtual server startup is not very easy and this can be improved."
"We'd like them to add more automation to the product."
"It needs improvement with the security features."
"Integration with other vendors and other applications could be improved."
"Citrix could provide more tools to help the client manage the solution because we need to build our own tools in some cases. Everything is available through PowerShell, but then you need to build your own scripts to do the more advanced work."
"Network management needs improvement because it is not very stable."
"I am not very sure about how flexible Citrix Hypervisor is with different types of infrastructures. I only know it is flexible with Nutanix, but I am not sure if it is also flexible with others. They can make its integration with other platforms or OEMs easy. They should also make it easy for users to manage their infrastructure. Citrix should make compatibility information related to a hypervisor easily available in a datasheet. Citrix isn't really recognized in this part of the world, and they need to expand their solution and make it more available. There are a lot of customers and companies that are looking for a solution like Citrix, and it should be available in this part of the world. They need to educate people more. Technically, it is good and flexible and has good ability, but it is not as much known as VMware or Microsoft. Their support should also be improved. Currently, if you don't have an updated version, they will not give you the attention."
"PowerVM's platform build and performance could be improved."
"The cost of this solution is high."
"The licensing could be better."
"IBM should review the price of this solution in my opinion; it is too high."
"The hardware licensing model could be improved because the licensing model is a bit different from the standard hardware procured."
"A GUI version of VIOS would be a great plus for people moving from Intel-based hypervisors."
"Any improvements that can be made in the interface will go a long way to helping us work better."
"As understand it, IBM sells all its hardware to Lenovo, and only PCs servers are managed by IBM. It's uncertain how much longer IBM will continue in this way, especially with the current trend of transitioning from on-premises to cloud and hybrid models. The market is evolving. Given this market shift, it's essential to identify areas for improvement. IBM has introduced the PowerVM Series, including Linux, which is a positive step. However, customers are already moving towards x86 servers due to cost considerations. The cost of PowerVM compared to x86 servers appears to be a significant factor."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 45 reviews while IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 25 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "Good features, fair pricing, and excellent reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM PowerVM writes "A stable system for high-end data processing with a great support structure". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and Oracle VM VirtualBox, whereas IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle VM VirtualBox. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. IBM PowerVM report.
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