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Time to Implement

5 months

Return on Investment

25 months

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Implementation Time

5 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

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IBM AIX Reviews (70)

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Users consistently praise the stability and reliability of IBM AIX, noting its effectiveness for mission-critical workloads and minimal downtime. The operating system is recognized for its robust security features and scalability, making it a preferred choice in enterprise environments. However, many reviews mention the high costs associated with licensing and hardware as a common limitation.

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SHAFIK S.
SS
SHAFIK S.
Senior SAP Basis Consultant
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"World number one operating system"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM AIX?

Stabilities and security, predictable for our existing customer base. Fully supported for all versions of Oracle. Excellent performance. Very high performance. Handles load very well. Solid vendor support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

The cost is expensive when compared to it peers. Bringing new features online. Easier VIO management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Saumen G.
SG
Saumen G.
Senior Auditor (IT Technical Audit)
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Sytem Administration of IBM AIX"
4.5/5
What do you like best about IBM AIX?

IBM AIX is a scalable, well thought system having feature of sharing memory, CPU, and disk access between jobs and manage system operaitons thru LPAR. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

The IBM AIX is available for on-premise only....awaiting to get Cloud version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gaurav K.
GK
Gaurav K.
Lead Software Engineer-I : Informix Product Support
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"IBM AIX is superb"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM AIX?

IBM AIX is the best OS I have used in my career. It is much more advanced and secure than Amazon Linux. Commands are a bit different than Linux, which makes it more secure than other flavors. We all were very comfortable using this AIX box for our banking transactions without any fear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

We should have knowledge of AIX separately to learn and have to run commands to have a look and feel of this OS. This makes it more secure and reliable. But as far as dislikes are concerned, I don't think there would be any. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

YW
Yeo W.
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Is good product"
3.5/5
What do you like best about IBM AIX?

Container and ease of use

The IMB have good topology Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

Training and documentation

Resources are limited Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

EC
Elf C.
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Stable and Powerful but expensive"
3.5/5
What do you like best about IBM AIX?

High performance great support through out different generation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

Implementation cost is higher then other platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Salin K.
SK
Salin K.
Sr. Presales Consultant - Microsoft Solutions
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"IBM-AIX"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM AIX?

The features and product specialities in detail Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

Nothing specific but the user interface was slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ravinder H.
RH
Ravinder H.
AIX Lead
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Powerful Operating System"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM AIX?

IBM AIX is one of the most reliable and powerful operating systems in the IT market. IBM AIX is easy to manage and runs heavy workload applications and databases with performance. System uptime is excellent, and it is a highly secure system. Easy to manage and run, it provides many good features like resource allocation, backup, and restore. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

IBM AIX server does not have good connectivity with Windows servers. IBM vendor support is a bit costly compared to other OS vendors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pradeep S.
PS
Pradeep S.
Associate Consultant
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Pradeep - IBM AIX"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM AIX?

IBM AIX is a very robust and high-performance OS. Heavy Databases like Oracle, SAP, and DB2 and Applications like MQ, Middleware, and WebSphere easily run on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

IBM AIX can only run on IBM P-series servers. It would be great if it can be installed on Intel hardware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Goods
AC
Verified User in Consumer Goods
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"One of the best UNIX environments to work with"
5/5
What do you like best about IBM AIX?

It is very powerful with options that you can apply with minimal impact in systems and applications Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

Not from technical point of view I am very satisfied, but a little more from commercial and pricing of hardware Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
UB
Verified User in Banking
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"IBM'S Advanced Interactive executive"
4/5
What do you like best about IBM AIX?

It is fully supported for all versions of Oracle and we can apply patches without system restart also and reliable servers with high security. High performance with large clusters. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

IBM AIX multi threaded architecture makes it difficult to estimate required CPu power for new systems and would help if AIX shell command set would be completely compatible with Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Ferozuddin N.
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Ferozuddin Nohri
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Last activity over 3 years ago

How do I get the IP address of the machine?

Saurabh P.
SP
Saurabh Prakash
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Last activity about 3 years ago

How you guys are going to position Power Linux ? We will look ahead running ansible smoothly on IBM AIX.

Pricing Insights

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Time to Implement

5 months

Return on Investment

25 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$
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