We performed a comparison between Hyper-V 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."The interface is quite good."
"It is an affordable platform."
"The initial setup is easy."
"I like the functionality."
"Hyper-V provided freedom to spin up development and test environments. As projects were created, an environment could be created and applied."
"I like that Hyper-V comes for free with Windows Server. You don't need to buy the license, and you only have to pay for the management aspect in System Center."
"The support with Microsoft is great."
"We appreciate how easy this solution is to implement on standalone severs."
"The tool's performance is top-notch."
"The stability is the most valuable aspect of this solution. IBM is the most powerful and stable platform."
"It's scalable. Whenever we buy another product other than hardware, it's easily integrated into the virtualization software that we download."
"The feature that I like most is the versatility."
"You can increase resources with it automatically."
"The most valuable feature of IBM PowerVM is the performance of the database workload."
"The valuable feature of the solution is the technical aspects, focusing on elements like processor infinity."
"PowerVM's most valuable features include swift optimisation and real-time migration."
"VLAN is not very easy to configure."
"The solution is heavily reliant on Microsoft's active directory for authentication, for coordination between nodes. Therefore, it inherits all the issues that are within the active directory."
"The biggest problem with Hyper-V is that the virtual machines are mostly running on top of the Windows Server, so we often need to reboot the machine and virtual machines when updating the host level. That's why we prefer VMware. It's much easier to patch the host. Also, Hyper-V has security vulnerabilities. It's easy to attack and compromise the host."
"I think there is room for improvement in terms of the cloud solutions."
"It should be deployed with OS so there is no need to install OS separately, only select the OS and get it ready."
"In general, based on my little experience with Hyper-V, I see a lot of obstacles. I think it falls behind the other competitors."
"ometimes a server or machine shuts down and doesn't automatically restart."
"Security, computing balance, and taking snapshots could be improved. Features like DRS and memory ballooning could be added."
"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."
"The solution should be advanced to fit with the container constantly."
"If it could actually virtualize the entire platform it might be better. If you're having more than one virtualization technology, maybe there's a way to actually have less - one technology to run the data center and maybe one special virtualization for power. If it integrated with other platforms more effectively it might be better."
"A GUI version of VIOS would be a great plus for people moving from Intel-based hypervisors."
"PowerVM's platform build and performance could be improved."
"SRM for site recovery is a feature that should be included."
"IBM PowerVM does not integrate with Microsoft."
"IBM PowerVM could improve the price because it is expensive."
Hyper-V is ranked 3rd in Server Virtualization Software with 134 reviews while IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 27 reviews. Hyper-V is rated 8.0, while IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Hyper-V writes "It's a low-cost solution that enabled us to shrink everything down into a single server ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM PowerVM writes "A stable system for high-end data processing with a great support structure". Hyper-V is most compared with VMware vSphere, VMware Workstation, Proxmox VE, KVM and OpenVZ, whereas IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI), Proxmox VE and Oracle VM VirtualBox. See our Hyper-V vs. IBM PowerVM report.
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