We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM and Proxmox VE 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 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 valuable feature of the solution is the technical aspects, focusing on elements like processor infinity."
"The tool's performance is top-notch."
"PowerVM's most valuable features include swift optimisation and real-time migration."
"It's scalable. Whenever we buy another product other than hardware, it's easily integrated into the virtualization software that we download."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility in terms of managing the hardware resources such as RAM, CPU, and the network."
"The feature that I like most is the versatility."
"I like that it's secure, and I find its Software RAID very useful. It's way better than the Hardware RAID I was used to. I'm really impressed by their Software RAID feature."
"Proxmox VE has many containers. You need to download the image and do basic configuration, after which it is operational within a few minutes. The solution provides many containers that are light in use and don't use a lot of memory. You don't have to spend a lot of resources."
"It allows us to create an individual VM along with the GPU for machine learning."
"The solution is open source and free to use."
"It's very user-friendly."
"Proxmox VE is very lightweight, and it doesn't take a lot of memory on the device."
"Proxmox is free, very stable, and doesn't require more resources for memory RAM. It's fine for a small data center."
"The solution's compatibility is very good with multiple operating systems. The moving systems are very good and migration is excellent. These are the most valuable features for us."
"The solution should be advanced to fit with the container constantly."
"The cost of this solution is high."
"I don't know whether this has been trialed already, but IBM should give us an alert when we reach seven or eight failovers so that we can automatically switch it to manual mode. That would be great because if we cross the 10-day licensing limit, we have to pay a hefty license cost to Oracle. If IBM could view that feature, it would be helpful in license compliance."
"A GUI version of VIOS would be a great plus for people moving from Intel-based hypervisors."
"The solution is quite pricey."
"The program has very limited solutions for the virtualization of containers"
"The licensing could be better."
"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."
"It could have more security updates such as when a new threat is coming into market."
"Proxmox VE can improve the management of virtual discs. For example, if my virtual disc is 200 GB and I want to decrease it is not easy. I have to do a lot of things to decrease the size of existing virtual machines. If the Proxmox VE team can make it easy for customers to instantly increase or decrease the virtual machine hard disc, it will be very helpful for me. However, the containers I can do it easily."
"Separate physical network for Corosync/Heartbeat should be emphasized in the Quick Start or Getting Started documentation."
"The solution needs to improve its stability."
"Proxmox VE needs to make a deal with Veeam. I was also unable to make version upgrades. I have also encountered backup problems."
"The tool needs to add a lot of containers."
"We are using servers individually, and we are looking for a reliable application that allows us to hop between servers with high availability."
"The scalability could be better."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 25 reviews while Proxmox VE is ranked 1st in Server Virtualization Software with 58 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while Proxmox VE 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 Proxmox VE writes "Easy to use and supports multi-monitors on multiple VMs in KVM". IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle VM VirtualBox, whereas Proxmox VE is most compared with VMware vSphere, Oracle VM VirtualBox, KVM, Hyper-V and Odin Virtuozzo Containers. See our IBM PowerVM vs. Proxmox VE report.
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