IBM PowerVC Reviews & Product Details

Power11 (and Power10) cores provide exceptional performance-per-core for IBM i batch, OLTP and AI workloads, enabling 3:1 consolidation ratios while reducing energy use and footprint. PowerVM virtualization is mature and secure, allowing seamless live partition mobility (LPM) for zero planned downtime and efficient resource sharing across multiple tenants. The platform’s inherent security, including rapid ransomware detection and 99.9999% uptime, gives confidence for banking and regulated workloads, plus tight integration with PowerHA, BRMS and Spectrum storage simplifies DR design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Migration from older Power7/8 to newer hardware or PowerVS cloud requires careful planning to handle custom RPG code and dependencies without disruption. While management tools have improved, the ecosystem still demands specialized skills for advanced PowerHA clustering, firmware updates and performance tuning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Deliver end-to-end encryption and extreme scale for business-critical apps. IBM Virtual Servers provide the lots of method to install the OS and backup solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Hard to get the experience people and knowledge base it is not easy to do work on it they need some experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it's an all-in-one system that can be built to handle every aspect of the business. It's extremely fast and reliable. There is its own database system that works very well. DB2 is a great database system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

On the outside, it uses green screens which make users think it's old but it is quite efficient at these greens screen. Even though the hardware is current and the OS is current, if uses are on a green screen, they will think it's old. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like most about this system is how robust and reliable it can be, I have used it for many years now using version 7.4 and it is a fairly fast, secure system with great capabilities to be the main system within your organization .

Currently we can develop in different languages ​​in this system but its main one is RPG which has been very effective and that the applications developed in it run quite well since it is native to the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This can be very complex for users who do not have some experience in IBM systems and at the same time it takes a lot of practice and courses to master this system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For many years it has supported our main computer operations. We have been able to provide stable and well performing solutions. The graphical interface is easy to use and the user learning curve has been minimal. The platform's suite of utilities saves us time in developing software solutions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not easy to acquire for price reasons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One of the fastest computing available in the world. Data processing is at lightening speed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It still relies on old green screen. Though they have some Third party tools for User Interface. It is not the best. More improvement is needed on the user interface. No one would like to develop there application on the green screen. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

An amazingly stable system. Hardly ever is there downtime. There are a lot of ways to minimize IT costs by creatively using the resources available. Legacy business systems continue to run while new and modern workloads can also be implemented. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is always a struggle with people that this is a dinosaur and won't be around much, yet that has never come to pass - after hearing that for more than twenty years. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.