We performed a comparison between Citrix Hypervisor and IBM PowerVM 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."The solution is easy to deploy. It's very easy to understand problems and read logs."
"We can easily migrate VMs from one host to another."
"What I like the most is the support of the GPU Graphics and the VM Live migration."
"It is quite flexible and rugged. It is also easy to understand and user-friendly. It is not as complicated as some of the other solutions. It has its technicalities, but it is easy to understand. You can easily pick up in a short period of time and understand how to manage the infrastructure."
"The solution's security is its most valuable aspect."
"We find there are good central maintenance and central management panels."
"Citrix is easy to use and is stable."
"Citrix Hypervisor integrates easily and I can manage the infrastructure better. If I need to take a machine down to expand the hard drive, I do not have to physically be here. I do not need to order new equipment or new hard drives. I can shut it down, increase the drive space and bring it back up."
"It is a complete solution."
"The tool's performance is top-notch."
"IBM PowerVM has the highest clock speed."
"It's scalable. Whenever we buy another product other than hardware, it's easily integrated into the virtualization software that we download."
"Managing other operating systems is also straightforward with IBM PowerVM."
"The feature that I like most is the versatility."
"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."
"IBM PowerVM's most valuable feature is stability."
"The solution would benefit from faster technical support."
"Citrix is not investing in the virtual surroundings."
"I think the technical support could be better."
"It can be useful to have a web management program because we have to install our client-server. We have to properly manage the host, if we had administration tools through a web interface it would be a benefit."
"The manageability of the solution needs improvement. It's an extremely bad product to handle."
"The USB support for the virtual server needs improvement."
"The solution is only in English. It would be ideal if it was in Portuguese."
"There's a learning curve, especially for those coming from a Microsoft background. Setting it up and managing it can introduce some complexity."
"The solution is quite pricey."
"IBM PowerVM could improve the price because it is expensive."
"The licensing could be better."
"I would like for IBM to be more focuses on the cloud."
"The solution should be advanced to fit with the container constantly."
"The performance should be improved."
"Any improvements that can be made in the interface will go a long way to helping us work better."
"PowerVM's platform build and performance could be improved."
Citrix Hypervisor is ranked 8th in Server Virtualization Software with 46 reviews while IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 28 reviews. Citrix Hypervisor is rated 8.2, while IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Citrix Hypervisor writes "Allows us to allocate CPU, memory, storage, and network resources across VMs and minimizes downtime in case of hardware failure or maintenance". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM PowerVM writes "A stable system for high-end data processing with a great support structure". Citrix Hypervisor is most compared with Proxmox VE, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM and Oracle VM VirtualBox, whereas IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Proxmox VE. See our Citrix Hypervisor vs. IBM PowerVM report.
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