We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, IBM Power Systems, and Oracle SPARC Servers based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lenovo and others in Rack Servers."For us, the most valuable feature is the iDRAC. It helps us to solve problems when a server is stuck or hung or we don't have any network access."
"Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are user-friendly."
"The convenience, because we can swap very easily swap hard drives when one goes down."
"Reliability is important for us. They are reliable, and the service is very good."
"Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers powered by Intel are easy to use, are easy to manage with OpenManage, and have extended support for five years."
"The standout feature is the remote control accessibility, which allows our team to access and manage the servers locally or remotely."
"I like the iDRAC feature. I have also seen long life from each part and haven't had to call support, as far as I remember. I use competitors like HPE and we need spare parts every year."
"It's helped us reduce unplanned downtime."
"We value the stability and technology capability of this solution the most. It is very stable, and the processor technology of IBM is very good. When you have a CIO and you are dealing with C-level every day, you can, without any doubt, support the core banking or critical applications with this solution."
"BM Power Systems get updated every two years and are scalable and stable."
"The main feature that I have found most valuable is PowerVM - its virtualization feature which is the most powerful."
"IBM Power Systems' best features are its reliability, resilience, and performance per rack unit."
"We've been using it for a long time, and it's stable."
"The performance is the solution's most valuable asset. It has one of the highest levels of performance I have ever seen. It's quite remarkable, in that sense."
"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."
"On the security side, we get regular security patch updates and system hardening. There are free tools available to harden the system."
"The processor is very helpful and the licensing is very flexible."
"The performance is the best feature."
"The operating system is rock solid and the best I have ever used."
"The Oracle server is very powerful. They are more powerful and durable compared to Intel hardware. Which has been a benefit to our organization."
"I have found the LDAP facilities most valuable. In addition, I like the CPU."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that Oracle Database functions very well with Oracle SPARC Servers."
"Our customers are happy with many features in Oracle SPARC Servers, like the automatic ASR feature."
"The scalability has room for improvement."
"The Industrial and healthcare areas both need improvement."
"The time it takes the machine to boot up, when I turn it off and on, could be quicker."
"They need to improve the support, as they are not very responsive, and they don't get back to you right away."
"The BIOS interface could be improved; it is very poor. PowerEdge is very good overall, but if you compare the BIOS interface with HPE, it is not very good."
"The product must provide more options to add GPUs to the machines."
"Their support can be better. The speed of their support is not always great because the access to the data centers is sometimes complicated, so there is back and forth."
"Unfortunately, PowerEdge Rack Servers do not support NVMe storage."
"The solution is highly-priced."
"We have a problem with the storage software. The media to restore data is also not found."
"No available price list is on the web. Due to this, the customer cannot compare pricing."
"IBM Power Systems could improve by having a cloud feature."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"Sometimes, the availability of additional services can be a challenge. Certain IBM software takes time to deliver to the client. It can be slow."
"I would like to see IBM Power Systems integrate with all cloud types."
"I would like to see firmware available to all of the systems."
"They need some sort of modeling because IBM has different types of models."
"Oracle doesn't have a good roadmap for the solution because they are moving to the x86 platform."
"I would like to see a reduced price point."
"They have declared the end of life of the hardware."
"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."
"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."
"Like IBM, Oracle SPARC Servers should be able to run other open operating systems like Linux."
