Virtualization capability
| PowerVM
| Sun Logical Domains 1.1
| PowerVM Business Benefit
|
Support across entire product line
| All POWER5, POWER6 and BladeCenter JS21 and JS22 servers
| Sun UltraSPARC T1 and T2-based servers only
| Standardize on one virtualization solution
across an entire line of servers
|
Graphical User Interface
| Yes
| No
| Easily change system configuration
|
Dynamic Logical Partitioning
| Yes
| Add/remove CPU
Add virtual I/O*
| Adapt to changes without downtime
|
Support for Live Partition Mobility
| Yes
| Warm migration w/ numerous constraints
| Decrease downtime in your enterprise
|
Support for dedicated I/O
| Yes
| No
| Superior performance
for I/O intensive workloads
|
Virtualization capability
| PowerVM Editions
| HP Integrity Virtual Machines 4.0
| Business Benefit
|
Partition scalability
| 64 CPUs
4TB RAM
| 8 CPUs (max) 1
1 CPU (recommended) 2
64GB RAM1
| Helps improve TCO from consolidating
more workloads
|
Dynamic Logical Partitioning
| Yes
| VM reboot3
| Adapt to changes without downtime
|
Security/fault isolation
| CAPP/EAL 4+4
| No Certification
| Secured environment for mission critical
applications
|
Support for dedicated I/O
| Yes
| No5
| Superior performance for I/O intensive workloads
|
Dynamic Processor Sharing
| Yes
| No6
| Highly flexible configuration, with automatic
deployment of resources where needed
|
Support for Live Partition Mobility
| Yes
| No
| Decrease downtime in your enterprise
|
Externally Published References
| 1007
| 18
| PowerVM is mature, proven technology
and runs on 65% of POWER6 systems
|
Feature
| POWER6
| SPARC
| Integrity
| Xeon
|
Application/Partition RAS
|
Live Partition Mobility
| Yes
| No
| No
| Yes
|
Live Application Mobility
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|
Partition Availability priority
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|
HW Isolated Partitions
| No
| Yes1
| Yes1
| No
|
System RAS
|
OS independent First Failure Data Capture
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|
Redundant System Interconnect
| No
| Yes
| No
| No
|
Memory Keys
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|
Processor RAS
|
Processor Instruction Retry
| Yes
| Yes
| No
| No
|
Alternate Processor Recovery
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|
Dynamic Processor Deallocation
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| No
|
Dynamic Processor Sparing
| Yes
| Yes2
| Yes2
| No
|
Memory RAS
|
Chipkill™
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
| Yes
|
Redundant Memory
| Yes3
| Yes3
| Yes3
| Yes3
|
I/O RAS
|
Extended Error Handling
| Yes
| No
| No
| No
|