We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM and Oracle VM VirtualBox 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."Managing other operating systems is also straightforward with IBM PowerVM."
"You can increase resources with it automatically."
"The valuable feature of the solution is the technical aspects, focusing on elements like processor infinity."
"It's scalable. Whenever we buy another product other than hardware, it's easily integrated into the virtualization software that we download."
"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 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 of IBM PowerVM is the performance of the database workload."
"The feature that I like most is the versatility."
"It is easy to use and does not require complex knowledge."
"Oracle VM VirtualBox is easy to use."
"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."
"I think VirtualBox has good stability because I use it in an environment with several resolutions."
"Technical support is good."
"The flexibility as well as performance wise and as well as data volume, we have huge volume stored."
"This product is very user-friendly and easy to use."
"VirtualBox provides an isolated, consistent environment"
"The solution is quite pricey."
"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."
"This solution is lacking the ability to have servers act as a cluster, such as in VMware. IBM has come out with a feature similar to VMware's vCenter but it is not as mature. They need to add LPM shared-nothing feature, such as in vMotion."
"IBM should review the price of this solution in my opinion; it is too high."
"The cost of this solution is high."
"IBM PowerVM could improve the price because it is expensive."
"The product's pricing could be less expensive compared to other competitors."
"It would be good if we could use Hyper-V Windows subsystems with Linux and VirtualBox on the same instance. Currently, to be able to use VirtualBox, we have to restart the machine into an instance of Windows where Hyper-V is disabled, which is understandably very inconvenient."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The interface should be easier to comprehend"
"The solution could be more user-friendly."
"There are a few bugs that need to be updated."
"It's not as robust as server platforms, nor does it need to be."
"The product lacks scalability since it is for desktops and not for servers."
"The solution is a bit less stable than I would like."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 27 reviews while Oracle VM VirtualBox is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 62 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while Oracle VM VirtualBox is rated 8.2. 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 VirtualBox writes "The solution is versatile, simple to use, and stable". IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Oracle VM, whereas Oracle VM VirtualBox is most compared with Proxmox VE, KVM, Hyper-V, Oracle VM and RHEV. See our IBM PowerVM vs. Oracle VM VirtualBox report.
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