We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM, Oracle VM VirtualBox, and VMware vSphere based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
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"Managing other operating systems is also straightforward with IBM PowerVM."
"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."
"IBM PowerVM has the highest clock speed."
"It is a stable solution with reliable performance."
"It's in English, so its exceptional qualities make the control environment more flexible, easier, more stable, and easy to recover after issues."
"A valuable feature of PowerVM is a feature that is used for higher availability plus stream for posting, which is very useful. There's a flash copy feature which we are using. PowerVM itself, I know, helps us to control and manage our Oracle licensing compliance, since it is our hardware partitioning. This is very important. If you use VMware, there will be a licensing issue. This PowerVM is a hardware partitioner, which is very important for license compliance. We are happy with this solution."
"The tool's performance is top-notch."
"I like that it is free and runs on Linux/Ubuntu - I wouldn't use any other solution. I am able to perform small developing tests."
"The versatility, simplicity, and stability of the product are it's most valuable features."
"The solution is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that there is no cost because it is open source."
"The installation is easy."
"It's very simple to use."
"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."
"It is a stable product."
"It is highly scalable. We need to scale out and up, and we can do that with vSphere. We can easily add more storage, drives, or memory."
"The initial setup is very simple."
"The stability of the solution is excellent."
"Most valuable features of vSphere 6.7, for us, at the management level would be: VCHA is a nice redundancy feature that they added in v6.7. I like the quality of life improvements with the VMFS-6 for using auto UNMAP on the data stores. And we really appreciate the improvements to the Clarity UI where we can manage Update Manager (VUM) and our vSAN stack within the modern interface."
"The web console is the most valuable feature for me. Because no matter what happens with the server, I can still get to it with the web console."
"We are able to patch our hosts during production hours with the ability to keep services running."
"Valuable features include VHA, DRS, VMotion, and redundancy and failover; any DR situation."
"There is the simplicity of management, accessibility, and availability."
"The solution is quite pricey."
"The product's pricing could be less expensive compared to other competitors."
"Any improvements that can be made in the interface will go a long way to helping us work better."
"The interface is not user-friendly in places, so it could use some improvement."
"SRM for site recovery is a feature that should be included."
"The cost of this solution is high."
"I would like for IBM to be more focuses on the cloud."
"A GUI version of VIOS would be a great plus for people moving from Intel-based hypervisors."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox doesn't work properly with an antivirus tool."
"I find the solution to be incredibly unstable, constantly falling over and not working properly."
"The solution needs to improve the methods used for starting and stopping the machine."
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"The solution is not flexible."
"Oracle needs to improve its hot virtual machine migration. It didn't work as intended. It should allow us to migrate between virtual machines, without stopping the database."
"It could improve slightly with enhanced reporting capabilities that show the current status of the network."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
"On Vista, there should be a lot more new features. We would like to see more security features to harden our environment in the future."
"The license fee could be more affordable."
"Inability to get to a single hypervisor environment to support a container environment."
"The biggest thing to improve is to have more self-service in the portals. I would like to receive more help through the web interface."
"The reporting could be improved."
"This solution should have a better backup policy. Furthermore, there should be an ability to expose the universal machine. In the current version, you need to shutdown and use an offline virtual machine to backup."
"It could improve the hyper-conversions."
"The licensing costs for the solution are quite high."
