We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM and VMware Workstation based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Proxmox, VMware, Microsoft and others in Server Virtualization Software."The feature that I like most is the versatility."
"We always recommend PowerVM to our customers; it is better than most solutions."
"The most valuable feature is the flexibility in terms of managing the hardware resources such as RAM, CPU, and the network."
"IBM PowerVM has the highest clock speed."
"Technical support is great."
"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 feature of IBM PowerVM is the performance of the database workload."
"PowerVM's most valuable features include swift optimisation and real-time migration."
"It will not harm any of the computer settings to run a specific program. For example, if a program needs a specific security policy, we don't have to use the shared configuration. We have an individual copy of Windows installed on the virtual machine, so anybody can access that. It helps us a lot."
"VMware Workstation’s most valuable feature is virtualization technology."
"Technical support is very good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is an easy-to-use product."
"The initial setup is simple and takes only five minutes to complete."
"The solution's customer service is good."
"I like that it's easy to use. It's easy to deploy virtual machines. You have to insert your ISO and the image of your OS and configure it. They provide a step-by-step guide, and you have to follow it. In the end, you have to start the machine, and that's all you have to do. I liked that they synchronized the mouse, keyboard, and everything. When you finish the installation, it directly links to your laptop. This makes copying and pasting things from my laptop inside the virtual machine easy."
"I appreciate the ease of backup and snapshot creation. The ability to revert to previous versions without losing data is very useful for our team."
"The solution should be advanced to fit with the container constantly."
"The hardware licensing model could be improved because the licensing model is a bit different from the standard hardware procured."
"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."
"PowerVM's platform build and performance could be improved."
"To make it a ten, I would like for them to add automation and configuration tools in order to help use the manager."
"The product's pricing could be less expensive compared to other competitors."
"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."
"IBM PowerVM could improve the price because it is expensive."
"VMware Workstation uses more resources like CPU and disk space, especially the CPU, which is a shortcoming that needs improvement."
"VMware Workstation has some network limitations which could improve, it is not as flexible as VMware NSX. Additionally, it could support operating systems better. I only run some Linux versions and Windows at the moment but it would be nice to be able to take whatever operating system you want and run it."
"The big issue that we've always had with VMware, was the disparity between what was presented for a Windows-based client and a Linux-based client. The Windows client was always two or three releases ahead of the Linux client. We always wanted VMware to change and improve the feature sets between the client connector on Linux and on Windows."
"The solution freezes sometimes."
"The product's integration capabilities are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required."
"VMware Workstation could improve the export and import of virtual machines."
"The dashboard can be improved."
"It would be better if software updates occur automatically."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 27 reviews while VMware Workstation is ranked 2nd in Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) with 42 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while VMware Workstation is rated 8.8. 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 VMware Workstation writes "An easy-to-manage solution that has really good customer support compared to other market players". IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Proxmox VE, whereas VMware Workstation is most compared with Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, VMware Fusion, KVM and Proxmox VE.
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