We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization 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."It's scalable. Whenever we buy another product other than hardware, it's easily integrated into the virtualization software that we download."
"You can increase resources with it automatically."
"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."
"The tool's performance is top-notch."
"IBM PowerVM's most valuable feature is stability."
"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."
"Managing other operating systems is also straightforward with IBM PowerVM."
"Integration is the most valuable feature of the product."
"Nutanix AHV is very scalable. It can go to unlimited nodes."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is the prism, it is a beneficial central management console."
"The initial setup of Nutanix AHV Virtualization is straightforward."
"The feature that has had the most impact is data locality. That is a feature that makes Nutanix different from other hypervisors. It helps us to get application performance that is probably double what we got with the legacy, three-tier architecture."
"The most valuable aspect of this solution is that you don't need to pay for it, it's free, as opposed to paying for a VMware license."
"Simplicity is the most valuable feature."
"This solution is very stable and it has been running for the last three months, with no issues."
"The performance should be improved."
"IBM should review the price of this solution in my opinion; it is too high."
"A GUI version of VIOS would be a great plus for people moving from Intel-based hypervisors."
"IBM PowerVM does not integrate with Microsoft."
"The product's pricing could be less expensive compared to other competitors."
"The cost of this solution is high."
"The licensing could be better."
"PowerVM's platform build and performance could be improved."
"It should focus on providing more detailed and helpful error messages. One area we'd like to see enhanced is better support for guest VMs, especially in a heterogeneous environment."
"There are some issues with the interface and integration."
"If we have to opt for a high level of capacity planning and need more analytics—like deciding on new purchases or budgeting, or if we need additional resources in the near future—we need to pay for Prism Central. I would suggest that Nutanix improve a bit on the analytics part of Prism Element so we can calculate those kinds of things within that flavor."
"I would like to see better decompression or degrouping of the VMs so that we can use a single number of SQLs with two servers. We don't need a huge number of DXSPs."
"The initial installation is complex. It took approximately four days."
"It would be better if the solution's replication to another site could be efficiently optimized."
"The solution can be pricey."
"It worked well in the beginning but after using it for some time, we found some limitations in terms of compatibility with other software."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 25 reviews while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 6th in Server Virtualization Software with 44 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is rated 8.6. 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 Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle VM VirtualBox, whereas Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and Citrix Hypervisor. See our IBM PowerVM vs. Nutanix AHV Virtualization report.
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