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."IBM PowerVM's most valuable feature is stability."
"The most valuable features in this solution are you do not get degradation in the performance like you could get in other solutions. There is a physical adapter that is better than a virtual one and you can assign adapters to a VM."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility in terms of managing the hardware resources such as RAM, CPU, and the network."
"It is a complete solution."
"PowerVM's most valuable features include swift optimisation and real-time migration."
"IBM PowerVM has the highest clock speed."
"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."
"The case fileserver on the web server is the most valuable feature."
"It's quite stable."
"It is very useful for the project management of our company."
"I like Oracle VM's vMotion and cloning features."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"Because of the virtualization for Linux, I use just Linux basically in all VMs, a few with Windows."
"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."
"It is a scalable solution."
"We've noticed that when working with Citrix with our Oracle clients who also use Oracle Linux, the monitoring and testing is simpler and easier for us to do."
"IBM PowerVM could improve the price because it is expensive."
"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 hardware licensing model could be improved because the licensing model is a bit different from the standard hardware procured."
"The licensing could be better."
"The solution's interface needs to be integrated with messaging analysis."
"IBM PowerVM does not integrate with Microsoft."
"It is solely command-line based."
"PowerVM's platform build and performance could be improved."
"The performance could be better because I need to purchase a lot of CPUs to perform in the workbench."
"Integration capabilities are a little complicated. It could be made easier. Whether integrating with Azure or other platforms or integration with OIC itself, the integration part is a little complicated."
"Integrating with the internal system is not very easy."
"Integration with cloud products would be beneficial."
"If you do a gap analysis between VMware and Oracle VM, you can't do VM Snapshot. That's one thing you can't do. It's a sort of a snapshot, but it's not really Snapshot technology. It requires that you're running on CFS-2."
"We do have a little trepidation with systemd, as it does have a learning curve."
"The management can be improved more, and become more agile. It would be nice for it to become more rich in terms of UI. In addition, the replication to disaster recovery needs improvement."
"The user interface of the version that we have requires improvement. They have already improved the user interface in the latest version, but we are yet to migrate to that. The new UI is much better. I would like it to be simple. It is serving all of our needs, and I don't think it is necessary to keep adding. We are able to provision a VM in ten minutes, and provisioning it in five minutes will not have any added benefit."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 28 reviews while Oracle VM is ranked 7th in Server Virtualization Software with 78 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while Oracle VM is rated 8.0. 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.
See our list of best Server Virtualization Software vendors.
We monitor all Server Virtualization Software reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.