We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM and Oracle VM VirtualBox 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."PowerVM's most valuable features include swift optimisation and real-time migration."
"PowerVM is perhaps the only virtualization platform that offers 99.999% availability."
"IBM PowerVM's most valuable feature is stability."
"The product never fails to work and is very stable in general. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is easy to configure."
"The case fileserver on the web server is the most valuable feature."
"The feature that I like most is the versatility."
"The valuable feature of the solution is the technical aspects, focusing on elements like processor infinity."
"The scalability of the solution is very good."
"This solution creates a snapshot of virtual machines so you can create test environments."
"I like that it has a snapshot feature."
"Oracle VM Virtualbox is easy to use and does not require much training."
"I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox has a platform where the support team responds to frequently asked questions by its users. Every time I have had issues with Oracle VM VirtualBox, I always get a solution from Oracle's online platform or GitHub."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that there is no cost because it is open source."
"SRM for site recovery is a feature that should be included."
"IBM should review the price of this solution in my opinion; it is too high."
"The solution should be advanced to fit with the container constantly."
"It is solely command-line based."
"This solution is lacking the ability to have servers act as a cluster, such as in VMware. IBM has come out with a feature similar to VMware's vCenter but it is not as mature. They need to add LPM shared-nothing feature, such as in vMotion."
"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."
"The performance should be improved."
"The licensing could be better."
"When I select the Ubuntu operating system from within the virtual machine, it sometimes hangs."
"The installation is difficult and could be improved."
"It would be good if we could use Hyper-V Windows subsystems with Linux and VirtualBox on the same instance. Currently, to be able to use VirtualBox, we have to restart the machine into an instance of Windows where Hyper-V is disabled, which is understandably very inconvenient."
"It could improve slightly with enhanced reporting capabilities that show the current status of the network."
"The solution lacks some open source remote administration tools. The reload of individual virtual machine definitions through the vboxweb service (via its API) without restarting it and the access to shared storage (to use teleport functions) need to be improved."
"The memory and hardware usage could be a little bit lighter. Right now, it's quite heavy on the usage. The CPU usage should be lower."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 27 reviews while Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 62 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 8.2. 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 VirtualBox writes "The solution is versatile, simple to use, and stable". IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle VM, whereas Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with Proxmox VE, KVM, Hyper-V, Oracle VM and RHEV. See our IBM PowerVM vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox report.
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