We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge FX and IBM Power Systems 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."The features that I have found most valuable are that it has very robust servers and a very heavy load. We've been working on servers now for 10 years and those servers are still up and running. Those servers are still very powerful until today."
"The best feature is PowerEdge's ability to stack up eight blade servers in one 2U chassis."
"We like PowerEdge for its high-performance computing architecture."
"The setup is straightforward. It can take anywhere from an hour to half a day."
"The most valuable feature is its stability."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerEdge FX is you can customize the solution to your specifications, such as speed. Additionally, part orders are shipped and received quickly when a part needs to be replaced."
"It is a scalable solution. My company hasn't faced any difficulties related to the product's performance and scalability since Dell ensures to provide a high-performance service."
"It has extremely high performance, and it is easy to manage."
"Power Systems is like a dream solution for every IT person because it has redundancy, and it doesn't stop. It doesn't get affected easily. I don't see any weaknesses in this solution. At the moment, we have Power8. It is stable and runs smoothly. We have a big load, and it is working very well. It can be customized based on our needs. Flash copy is helping us amazingly. We have virtualization for vDisks, which is again very helpful. We are working on this virtualization technology, and we have a team that is working on redundancy and architecture."
"The solution does not require any maintenance."
"We have had a good experience with the technical support team at IBM."
"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 feature of the solution stems from the fact that the hardware is really good and reliable."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"The backups work great, data recovery works great."
"The installation is easy."
"There are times when a part might break down and we need to have Dell replace it."
"Before the cloud solution and virtualization, we relied on Dell hardware from specific vendors. The lifecycle for cloud infrastructure is shorter than it used to be. We need a longer lifecycle from the IT supplier providing the computing solution."
"I don't have any technical issues, but I would like to see the commercial side improve as compared to all other OEMs."
"There are certain shortcomings with Dell PowerEdge FX's integration capabilities with different operating systems, where improvements are needed."
"The product must provide more integration."
"The positioning of the power supply is not ideal. Both of them are on the same side, so you need to untie the cabling when you're installing the server. Another thing is storage separation. The storage can only be used by a particular server blade. I want the ability to use a storage unit for more than one server."
"In terms of the cost, it is a little bit high, meaning, there is some difference in the cost compared to the equivalent product with HP servers."
"When it comes to Dell PowerEdge FX, the area of concern revolves around the delivery time where improvements are required."
"Its price can be improved. It is too high."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"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."
"I would like to see the scaling model improved so it's not just either tiny or huge."
"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"
"Price and complexity related to the management of the solution are areas of concern in the solution where improvements are required."
"Software testing and the compatibility of software products that are available in the market should be addressed."
"In Power6, latency was an issue, but nowadays, we are on Power8, which doesn't have any such problems. Sometimes, we have issues when we are moving to a new version, which is the case with almost every company. Some new issues or problems show up suddenly, and you do not have the time to research and find the solution. That's when we contact IBM technical support."
Dell PowerEdge FX is ranked 8th in Rack Servers with 12 reviews while IBM Power Systems is ranked 4th in Rack Servers with 69 reviews. Dell PowerEdge FX is rated 8.4, while IBM Power Systems is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge FX writes "A highly stable product that seamlessly integrates with the storage portfolio and provides excellent technical support". On the other hand, 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". Dell PowerEdge FX is most compared with HPE Apollo, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, Lenovo Edge Servers, HPE Moonshot and Oracle SPARC Servers, whereas IBM Power Systems is most compared with Intel Server System, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, Oracle SPARC Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers and Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers. See our Dell PowerEdge FX vs. IBM Power Systems report.
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