We performed a comparison between IBM PowerVM and Nutanix AHV Virtualization 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."It's in English, so its exceptional qualities make the control environment more flexible, easier, more stable, and easy to recover after issues."
"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 tool's most valuable feature is administration."
"IBM PowerVM's most valuable feature is stability."
"IBM PowerVM has the highest clock speed."
"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."
"The case fileserver on the web server is the most valuable feature."
"It is the simple non-consideration we get with this product that's great. It just works."
"We use Prism Central, the centralized management console for AHV clusters. It allows administrators to manage multiple clusters from a single interface and provides a unified view of the entire infrastructure."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature of Nutanix AHV is the prism, it is a beneficial central management console."
"This solution is very stable and it has been running for the last three months, with no issues."
"The entirety of the infrastructure resides in the same product, which makes it easy to troubleshoot and investigate problems."
"Using AHV, we have a built-in VR solution. It operates using a reduplication-based unique package transfer process."
"The storage features and volume system are great."
"IBM PowerVM does not integrate with Microsoft."
"The licensing could be better."
"PowerVM's platform build and performance could be improved."
"SRM for site recovery is a feature that should be included."
"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."
"Any improvements that can be made in the interface will go a long way to helping us work better."
"A GUI version of VIOS would be a great plus for people moving from Intel-based hypervisors."
"It is solely command-line based."
"The licensing costs are a little bit expensive."
"I haven't come across any limitations. Nutanix doesn't support externally attached storage through Fibre Channel. However, Nutanix doesn't support Fibre Channel connectivity. This, in my opinion, is a weakness of Nutanix. For instance, it does not support Cyber Talent. To clarify, you cannot connect external Fibre Channel storage or NAS storage resources with Nutanix. However, VMware vSAN supports such solutions."
"I would like to see better decompression or degrouping of the VMs so that we can use a single number of SQLs with two servers. We don't need a huge number of DXSPs."
"The management console needs to improve to make it easier for administrators. For example, to be able to reorganize our VMs, folders, and subfolders, similarly as it is provided in VMware. We can sort, manage, and organize VMs, folders, or subfolders in VMware."
"It should focus on providing more detailed and helpful error messages. One area we'd like to see enhanced is better support for guest VMs, especially in a heterogeneous environment."
"When we need to share, publish, or encrypt something, we still need to perform it using the command line."
"It worked well in the beginning but after using it for some time, we found some limitations in terms of compatibility with other software."
"There is no web interface for AHV."
IBM PowerVM is ranked 9th in Server Virtualization Software with 28 reviews while Nutanix AHV Virtualization is ranked 5th in Server Virtualization Software with 48 reviews. IBM PowerVM is rated 8.4, while Nutanix AHV Virtualization 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 Nutanix AHV Virtualization writes "Lightweight, integrates well, and the technical support is responsive". IBM PowerVM is most compared with VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix Cloud Infrastructure (NCI) and Proxmox VE, whereas Nutanix AHV Virtualization is most compared with Proxmox VE, Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, KVM and Citrix Hypervisor. See our IBM PowerVM vs. Nutanix AHV Virtualization report.
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