We performed a comparison between HPE ProLiant DL 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."The solution is stable and reliable."
"The solution's deployment was easy."
"Where there is a need to actually expand on the capacity, it's easily done, especially when more memory is needed."
"It is stable and easy to set up."
"The solution has always been very stable and reliable."
"This product is feature-rich and is easy to install."
"Support is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"It is a very scalable solution."
"We have had a good experience with the technical support team at IBM."
"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."
"BM Power Systems get updated every two years and are scalable and stable."
"The virtualization and the quality you get from it is one reason we like the solution."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The technical support that clients get from IBM is excellent."
"Power Systems' best features are that it's reliable, stable, and easily available. It's also really scalable and can be virtualized without third-party software support."
"The processor is very helpful and the licensing is very flexible."
"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 operating system is rock solid and the best I have ever used."
"The performance is the best feature."
"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 most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that Oracle Database functions very well with Oracle SPARC Servers."
"On the software side, I would like for the management of the server overall (including reviewing its health) to be a bit easier. Right now, we have something that sits on the server to make sure all hardware drivers and other thing are up to date. This is a pain to set up."
"The technical support is pretty good, however, they could be a bit faster and more responsive."
"In terms of what could be improved, if I could have faster processors with less cores, that would be good."
"HPE ProLiant DL Servers are customizable, but when you first deploy them, you basically have to rebuild configurations on them. This is true for large orders. But for small orders, you will be tied up with previous configurations of some other brand like Dell."
"The servers should include OneView for intelligence provisioning."
"They should work with Microsoft to make licensing costs better. That's because the physical servers have processors with all these cores, and Microsoft now licenses Windows virtual server desktops based on the number of cores and the serving servers. So, if you got to build 10 or 20 servers on that desktop, you got to license them all with Microsoft. They should have a partnership with Microsoft to decrease the virtual licensing of servers in partnerships so that when you purchase the servers, you also get licensing for Microsoft on top of them. That's because it gets very expensive to license virtual operating systems to run on physical servers."
"ProLiant servers could be more scalable. For example, some models can only contain four hard drives, but many of our customers expect six. If they were to add another extendable hard drive slot, it would be easier to sell the servers to our customers."
"They should continue to maintain the stability that is there."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"IBM should provide a platform where users can learn about the storage and security of IBM Power Systems."
"The pricing of the product could always be lowered."
"The solution is highly-priced."
"I think IBM needs a little more work on managing the overall environment with eliminating Systems Director."
"Power Systems' price could always be lower."
"Everyone likes speed. Not that speed has been an issue up until now but you can never be too fast."
"We have a problem with the storage software. The media to restore data is also not found."
"They have declared the end of life of the hardware."
"I would like to see a reduced price point."
"They need some sort of modeling because IBM has different types of models."
"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."
"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."
