We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM and Oracle VM 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."You can increase resources with it automatically."
"Managing other operating systems is also straightforward with IBM PowerVM."
"IBM PowerVM's most valuable feature is stability."
"The stability is the most valuable aspect of this solution. IBM is the most powerful and stable platform."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is easy to configure."
"A valuable feature of PowerVM is a feature that is used for higher availability plus stream for posting, which is very useful. There's a flash copy feature which we are using. PowerVM itself, I know, helps us to control and manage our Oracle licensing compliance, since it is our hardware partitioning. This is very important. If you use VMware, there will be a licensing issue. This PowerVM is a hardware partitioner, which is very important for license compliance. We are happy with this solution."
"The tool's performance is top-notch."
"The feature that I like most is the versatility."
"It provides enhancements for network and storage configuration, policy-based management for delivering application resource flexibility, and a GUI."
"Oracle VM is user-friendly and facilitates compliance with Oracle Licensing, a feature not provided by competitors like VMware or Hyper-V. Oracle prefers customers to use their technology. It is also easy to implement, clone, and deploy machines with Oracle VM, making it a convenient solution."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"It is highly esteemed for its ability to efficiently optimize and enhance the operational speed and responsiveness of virtualized environments."
"It's not a very expensive product."
"The most valuable aspect of the solution is the resource management from the OVM Manager."
"It's quite stable."
"The ability to live migrate VMs on the fly from one hypervisor to another has been very useful."
"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."
"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."
"The performance should be improved."
"The solution is quite pricey."
"I would like for IBM to be more focuses on the cloud."
"The solution should be advanced to fit with the container constantly."
"The hardware licensing model could be improved because the licensing model is a bit different from the standard hardware procured."
"IBM PowerVM could improve the price because it is expensive."
"Oracle VM is not very stable. When you encounter any issue, it's unclear what is happening."
"Oracle VM could provide integration with backup solutions."
"I think more Command-Line options for the product, for deployments."
"The pricing could be cheaper. It is very pricey."
"Productivity in Oracle VM could still be improved, and an additional feature to make the product better is compatibility with Kubernetes and other modern technologies."
"Incorporating analytics related to performance, particularly within the dashboard interface, would be beneficial."
"Integrating with the internal system is not very easy."
"I would say third-party plugins to other storage vendors. There are a lot of converged infrastructure setups; one that we have, multiple different hardware vendors. So that would be something we could definitely be looking for."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 25 reviews while Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 76 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while Oracle VM is rated 7.8. 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 Oracle VM writes "A cheap option available for Linux environments which is useful for many workloads". IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), whereas Oracle VM is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, Proxmox VE and Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI). See our IBM PowerVM vs. Oracle VM report.
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