IBM PowerVM vs. SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines vs. SQL Workload Analysis vs. V Programming Language Comparison Chart

IBM® PowerVM® is server virtualization without limits. Businesses are turning to PowerVM server virtualization to consolidate multiple workloads onto fewer systems, increasing server utilization and reducing cost. PowerVM provides a secure and scalable server virtualization environment for AIX®, IBM i and Linux applications built upon the advanced RAS features and leading performance of the Power Systems™ platform. Secure your enterprise environments with industry-leading hypervisor technology that ensures the integrity and isolation of critical applications and I/O. Scale out or scale up your virtualized deployments without paying underlying performance penalties. Provide services built for the cloud faster by automating deployment of virtual machines (VMs) and storage. Help eliminate scheduled downtime by deploying live mobility between servers. Optimize utilization of server and storage resources to control cost and boost return on investment.

Monitor and diagnose detailed database wait states and application transactions. Problematic SQL queries can severely reduce the performance of SQL Server and the business-critical applications that it supports. With the SQL Workload Analysis add-on, continuously monitor and analyze server workload, leverage the simple user interface that focuses on wait states and application performance, and troubleshoot problematic SQL code from changes made to database applications. Perform real-time analysis with continuous SQL sampling intervals. Know instantly where databases are spending time. Quickly isolate slow SQL statements and drill down for actionable advice. Investigate historical query plan trends. Utilize automatic recommendations to improve query performance.