We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor 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."Citrix Hypervisor is quick to deploy and easy to manage."
"It is quite flexible and rugged. It is also easy to understand and user-friendly. It is not as complicated as some of the other solutions. It has its technicalities, but it is easy to understand. You can easily pick up in a short period of time and understand how to manage the infrastructure."
"The initial setup is easy."
"I find it very easy to manage and at a cost that small customers would never refuse (free)."
"What I find most valuable in Citrix Hypervisor is its licensing policy, because you'll get it for free if you buy a Citrix XenDesktop license. You don't need to spend additional money on the Citrix Hypervisor because you can manage both the Citrix XenDesktop and the Citrix Hypervisor with just one license, so you can save on cost. I also like that the solution is good support-wise. Hardware support is also faster compared to other solutions."
"We can easily migrate VMs from one host to another."
"Ability to move your virtual machines from one host to another."
"The most valuable features are being able to host many virtual machines and being able to patch machines."
"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 valuable feature of the solution is the technical aspects, focusing on elements like processor infinity."
"IBM PowerVM's most valuable feature is stability."
"The tool's performance is top-notch."
"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."
"What I like about this solution, is that it is easy to configure."
"You can increase resources with it automatically."
"We always recommend PowerVM to our customers; it is better than most solutions."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"There are several areas that need improvement including the stability of the networking stack and networking management."
"Overall, I can't think of a feature that is lacking. We've been pretty satisfied overall."
"I would like the possibility of updating the hypervisor by applying security patches."
"It needs to have a more robust backup solution."
"The licensing costs are too high on the solution. They should work to make the costs more reasonable."
"I am not very sure about how flexible Citrix Hypervisor is with different types of infrastructures. I only know it is flexible with Nutanix, but I am not sure if it is also flexible with others. They can make its integration with other platforms or OEMs easy. They should also make it easy for users to manage their infrastructure. Citrix should make compatibility information related to a hypervisor easily available in a datasheet. Citrix isn't really recognized in this part of the world, and they need to expand their solution and make it more available. There are a lot of customers and companies that are looking for a solution like Citrix, and it should be available in this part of the world. They need to educate people more. Technically, it is good and flexible and has good ability, but it is not as much known as VMware or Microsoft. Their support should also be improved. Currently, if you don't have an updated version, they will not give you the attention."
"I find that the features in Citrix Hypervisor are not as rich as with VMware. It would be a benefit if they had some of the other features VMware has, such as the ability to expand a drive on the fly. You do not have to take down the machine to do it but in Citrix you do."
"A GUI version of VIOS would be a great plus for people moving from Intel-based hypervisors."
"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."
"To make it a ten, I would like for them to add automation and configuration tools in order to help use the manager."
"IBM should review the price of this solution in my opinion; it is too high."
"The interface is not user-friendly in places, so it could use some improvement."
"Any improvements that can be made in the interface will go a long way to helping us work better."
"The solution is quite pricey."
"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."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 45 reviews while IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 25 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "Good features, fair pricing, and excellent reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM PowerVM writes "A stable system for high-end data processing with a great support structure". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and Oracle VM VirtualBox, whereas IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle VM VirtualBox. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. IBM PowerVM report.
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