Project Manager Cloud Infrastructure at Path Infotech ltd
Real User
Top 5
2024-01-10T07:16:00Z
Jan 10, 2024
IBM PowerVM is a stable operating system, and we haven't experienced any performance impact in AIX. It is very reliable. Currently, the main purpose for using it is customer migration to Linux or server consolidation based on their requirements. The market is changing with more customers shifting towards Linux.
Systems PreSales Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Reseller
Top 20
2023-03-09T21:59:51Z
Mar 9, 2023
Our primary use case for IBM PowerVM is helping customers move more than one machine. We use PowerVM to create virtual machines, even if the use case is for an enterprise and resealable. We always recommend PowerVM to our customers; it is better than most solutions.
Our primary use case for this solution is for coding systems and applications. IBM PowerVM has a separate market segment for systems and servers. It has Intel systems and Power Systems. Intel-based or RISC and CISC-based systems are generic. The standard system is CISC-based, so it's a Compact Instruction Set of Computers. In contrast, Power Systems, which we usually procure, is RISC-based, a Reduced Instruction Set system. Power Systems has a separate market segment regarding systems or servers. So you have Intel systems, and you have Power Systems. Intel-based or RISC and CISC-based are very generic. The standard system you get is CISC-based systems, so it's a Compact Instruction Set of Computers, whereas Power Systems that we usually procure are RISC-based, which is a Reduced Instruction Set system. Primarily, they differ in the way they process data. Secondly, we have a workload requiring higher clock speed, so when we buy a processor, we look at multiple things. First, we look at how much clock speed the processor gives, which means the power for a single thread of the processor to process data. So let's say you have two processors, one with one gigahertz of thread speed and a second with 40 hertz. The 40 hertz is going to work four times faster when it is processing data. So clock speed is what matters. So when we need higher clock speeds, which means we have heavily dependent or heavy threads or multiple applications with heavy threads, we go for systems with higher clock speeds, and in that case, IBM PowerVM has the highest clock speed up till now. Secondly, when you need higher memory bandwidth, data travel from disc to memory and from memory to processor for processing. So if the road connecting your disc with your memory and your professor is more comprehensive, you can track and send multiple higher traffic. The other important factor is that in use cases where you need higher bandwidth, throughput from memory is where you should use IBM PowerVM. And third, IBM PowerVM has a higher cache processor. So when the data is processed in a processor, it must first travel to the cache. There are multiple levels, levels 1, 2, 3, and so on. So you will need higher cache memory, which means fewer round trips from memory to processor and cache. It means faster performance. So you procure IBM PowerVM or systems alike. We deploy the solution on-premises.
It is a complete solution. The virtual fibre, virtual network and SRIV are all stable and fit heavy load requirements. Therefore, the solution is suitable for its purpose and targets specific customers, which requires high stability and a high profile.
Chief Information Officer at a paper AND forest products with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
2021-12-27T19:59:00Z
Dec 27, 2021
We use PowerVM and PowerHA for our ERP system. The primary datacenter has two Power S922 nodes on a PowerHA failover cluster. Each node has two LPARs - one LPAR for Oracle database and another for e-business suite application. The disaster recovery datacenter has one Power S922 node with two LPARs - one for database and another for application.
Gatron Industries is rolling out one of the largest Digital Transformation program of the Country and require a platform that can provide industry leading Reliability, Availability and Scalability to host the Critical Tier 1 workloads. A no compromise approach was to be taken to ensure that the platform on which our SAP Landscape is hosted performs consistently. It was also required that the Virtualization technology should perform equally well for both OLTP and OLAP workloads. The platform also required to be flexible and must adapt to the changing workloads.
We're using the solution primarily on power machines and the default specialization software, IVM Power. Our power machines are specifically used to run Oracle databases.
We are a system integrator and IBM PowerVM is one of the solutions that we implement for our clients. I am not a solution architect, but I provide assistance with PowerVM. It is primarily used for business-critical operations like SAP or Oracle databases.
PowerVM is used to virtualize IBM Power Servers. It is for IBM Power Servers. It needs specific experience and needs to be professionally managed. Our customers needed proficiency and practical experience with it and it's not easy to find experienced engineers for it.
Unix Team Lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2020-01-29T08:35:00Z
Jan 29, 2020
Our primary use case of PowerVM is for our core banking system. We split our servers into multiple partitions, each one has a specific task for the project.
Power is server virtualization without limits. Businesses are turning to PowerVM server virtualization to consolidate multiple workloads onto fewer systems, increasing server utilization and reducing cost. PowerVM provides a secure and scalable server virtualization environment for AIX, IBM i and Linux applications built upon the advanced RAS features and leading performance of the Power Systems platform.
IBM PowerVM is a stable operating system, and we haven't experienced any performance impact in AIX. It is very reliable. Currently, the main purpose for using it is customer migration to Linux or server consolidation based on their requirements. The market is changing with more customers shifting towards Linux.
As a consultant, I primarily use IBM PowerVM for solutions related to SAP and Oracle.
Customer use the software for core and critical systems.
We use it to create logical partitions.
Our primary use case for IBM PowerVM is helping customers move more than one machine. We use PowerVM to create virtual machines, even if the use case is for an enterprise and resealable. We always recommend PowerVM to our customers; it is better than most solutions.
I primarily use PowerVM for Oracle databases and the Oracle WebLogic server.
Our primary use case for this solution is for coding systems and applications. IBM PowerVM has a separate market segment for systems and servers. It has Intel systems and Power Systems. Intel-based or RISC and CISC-based systems are generic. The standard system is CISC-based, so it's a Compact Instruction Set of Computers. In contrast, Power Systems, which we usually procure, is RISC-based, a Reduced Instruction Set system. Power Systems has a separate market segment regarding systems or servers. So you have Intel systems, and you have Power Systems. Intel-based or RISC and CISC-based are very generic. The standard system you get is CISC-based systems, so it's a Compact Instruction Set of Computers, whereas Power Systems that we usually procure are RISC-based, which is a Reduced Instruction Set system. Primarily, they differ in the way they process data. Secondly, we have a workload requiring higher clock speed, so when we buy a processor, we look at multiple things. First, we look at how much clock speed the processor gives, which means the power for a single thread of the processor to process data. So let's say you have two processors, one with one gigahertz of thread speed and a second with 40 hertz. The 40 hertz is going to work four times faster when it is processing data. So clock speed is what matters. So when we need higher clock speeds, which means we have heavily dependent or heavy threads or multiple applications with heavy threads, we go for systems with higher clock speeds, and in that case, IBM PowerVM has the highest clock speed up till now. Secondly, when you need higher memory bandwidth, data travel from disc to memory and from memory to processor for processing. So if the road connecting your disc with your memory and your professor is more comprehensive, you can track and send multiple higher traffic. The other important factor is that in use cases where you need higher bandwidth, throughput from memory is where you should use IBM PowerVM. And third, IBM PowerVM has a higher cache processor. So when the data is processed in a processor, it must first travel to the cache. There are multiple levels, levels 1, 2, 3, and so on. So you will need higher cache memory, which means fewer round trips from memory to processor and cache. It means faster performance. So you procure IBM PowerVM or systems alike. We deploy the solution on-premises.
It is a complete solution. The virtual fibre, virtual network and SRIV are all stable and fit heavy load requirements. Therefore, the solution is suitable for its purpose and targets specific customers, which requires high stability and a high profile.
We use PowerVM and PowerHA for our ERP system. The primary datacenter has two Power S922 nodes on a PowerHA failover cluster. Each node has two LPARs - one LPAR for Oracle database and another for e-business suite application. The disaster recovery datacenter has one Power S922 node with two LPARs - one for database and another for application.
We primarily use this solution for virtualization to consolidate workloads efficiently.
Gatron Industries is rolling out one of the largest Digital Transformation program of the Country and require a platform that can provide industry leading Reliability, Availability and Scalability to host the Critical Tier 1 workloads. A no compromise approach was to be taken to ensure that the platform on which our SAP Landscape is hosted performs consistently. It was also required that the Virtualization technology should perform equally well for both OLTP and OLAP workloads. The platform also required to be flexible and must adapt to the changing workloads.
We're using the solution primarily on power machines and the default specialization software, IVM Power. Our power machines are specifically used to run Oracle databases.
Our primary use case is to migrate the server from a standalone server to a VM server.
We are a system integrator and IBM PowerVM is one of the solutions that we implement for our clients. I am not a solution architect, but I provide assistance with PowerVM. It is primarily used for business-critical operations like SAP or Oracle databases.
PowerVM is used to virtualize IBM Power Servers. It is for IBM Power Servers. It needs specific experience and needs to be professionally managed. Our customers needed proficiency and practical experience with it and it's not easy to find experienced engineers for it.
Our primary use case of PowerVM is for our core banking system. We split our servers into multiple partitions, each one has a specific task for the project.
We use this solution for virtualization in an on-premises deployment.