We performed a comparison between IBM Power Systems and Oracle SPARC Servers based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Rack Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What we like the most is the ability to upgrade the scaling of the system itself. Whenever we need extra storage, we can do that. Whenever we need extra memory, we can do that as well. It's fast and it's available."
"The uptime feature is great."
"The most valuable features of the solution are disaster recovery, replication, and the ability to migrate to another location."
"The initial setup is simple and straightforward."
"Additionally, the processing power is far superior, especially with the RSA feature for reliability, serviceability, and availability."
"I use the hypervisor of IBM Power Systems a lot."
"I can have what they call multi-tenancy, meaning that I can have multiple tenants within the same server."
"From a software developer standpoint, virtualization is really the key, as we can more easily spin up a new partition, virtual instance of IBM i."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that Oracle Database functions very well with Oracle SPARC Servers."
"The Oracle server is very powerful. They are more powerful and durable compared to Intel hardware. Which has been a benefit to our organization."
"The processor is very helpful and the licensing is very flexible."
"The operating system is rock solid and the best I have ever used."
"Our customers are happy with many features in Oracle SPARC Servers, like the automatic ASR feature."
"I have found the LDAP facilities most valuable. In addition, I like the CPU."
"The performance is the best feature."
"I think IBM needs a little more work on managing the overall environment with eliminating Systems Director."
"I know lab services does a lot of work but systems, if they could include some kind of lab services and bundling of services to get you to the greatest and latest feature at the already included cost"
"It does not offer the ability to run any X86 or X64 Intel architecture-based application on Power Systems. There are a lot of applications, lots of business use cases that do not support this architecture as of now. If somehow application tasks can be ported on to IBM Power Systems, that would be a big improvement."
"No available price list is on the web. Due to this, the customer cannot compare pricing."
"Its pricing could be better."
"IBM systems are old technologies. I couldn't renew and get to use IBM Power Systems, and it offers users very expensive support."
"IBM should provide a platform where users can learn about the storage and security of IBM Power Systems."
"If you asked me what I'd like added, I'd say that it'd be nice if they ran GPUs, however, I know that's not the direction they're going. That said, I would appreciate it if they offered GPU support."
"The solution could improve by giving a clear roadmap about the future. I'm not seeing a lot of improvements on the OS side of the software. They need to work more on the operating system."
"They need some sort of modeling because IBM has different types of models."
"I would like to see a reduced price point."
"Like IBM, Oracle SPARC Servers should be able to run other open operating systems like Linux."
"Oracle doesn't have a good roadmap for the solution because they are moving to the x86 platform."
"They have declared the end of life of the hardware."
"Oracle SPARC Servers should be fine-tuned well enough to work with the other servers and software products in the market, as it is an area where Oracle SPARC Servers lack."
IBM Power Systems is ranked 4th in Rack Servers with 69 reviews while Oracle SPARC Servers is ranked 7th in Rack Servers with 7 reviews. IBM Power Systems is rated 8.8, while Oracle SPARC Servers is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of IBM Power Systems writes "A solution with minimal downtime and quick recovery time in the event of a sudden or unexpected crash". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle SPARC Servers writes "A rock-solid OS and rich virtualization features for hosting many VMs on one box". IBM Power Systems is most compared with Intel Server System, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers and HPE Apollo, whereas Oracle SPARC Servers is most compared with Intel Server System, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers, HPE Apollo and Dell PowerEdge FX. See our IBM Power Systems vs. Oracle SPARC Servers report.
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