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What do you like best about IBM AIX?

IBM AIX is a very robust and high-performance OS. Heavy Databases like Oracle ,SAP, and DB2and 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 install on intel hardware Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.

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 compatibke with Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about IBM AIX?

Stability of the system , ease of management, not much updates , secured connectivity through SSH Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

Lack of helping resources and the poor community when you are looking for support or to resolve issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about IBM AIX?

I worked on many UNIX-based operating systems but this IBM AIX is the most commonly used OS in my organization. I work to manage the bank data center. Our major applications like mobile banking and internet banking are hosted on the IBM AIX server with no or minimal service disruption. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

Nothing to dislike in fact i must say thanks that the IBM team is continuously working to improve its software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about IBM AIX?

I like most that service disruption is minimal while hosting VMs on IBM AIX servers. Almost all banking and financial industries use IBM AIX servers to host their infrastructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

There is nothing to dislike as such. Regular updates are already coming, which enhance the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about IBM AIX?

IBM AIX has many great features that make it the best choice for a larger enterprise. Features such as High Availability, High performance in heavy workloads, resources Scalability, Stable, better data security, Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

OS support could become expensive, OS cost is higher, Hardware cost is higher for this OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about IBM AIX?

The commands are easy to remember and east to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

It is not free for use, IBM charges for AIX Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about IBM AIX?

It's having lot of good features as mentioned below.

1) Robust set of security options and tunnel authentication.

2) It is a very stable server product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

As of now I don't have any issues with the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you like best about IBM AIX?

I have worked with every major (and many minor) UNIX/LINUX distributions over the last 25 years, and AIX is hands down the most stable and configurable one I have ever used. For example, we had 0 seconds of unplanned down time with our hospital system's Electronic Medical Record for the seven years that it ran on AIX.

As with any UNIX/LINUX, if your a skilled and creative administrator, if you can imagine something with regards to configuration, then you can probably make it happen.

Finally, IBM support is excellent. You don't get flunkies when you call in a support ticket. You get a professional, seasoned expert who knows what they are doing, often with a direct transfer from the initial call-taker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IBM AIX?

The IBM sales team has never been great for us, as it seems bloated and bureaucratic, and they seem to take the attitude that they don't really care if they have our business (maybe IBM is too big?). Also, licensing of AIX is very expensive compared to other operating systems we use, and you don't get any slack regarding licensing (if your contract has expired, you don't get any grace for support...period), so we don't have it deployed for every small use case (firewalls, DNS, etc) where UNIX/LINUX is a good choice; in those cases we use Linux. But the stability of AIX and their Power servers makes up for the licensing cost and subpar sales team.

Also, the initial opening of a ticket seems to take longer than it should, but the support you get is great. Finally, IBM's knowledgebase search for AIX is pretty much useless for me (no relevant results ever -- Google works better). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.