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Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server vs IBM Power Systems comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Huawei KunLun Mission Criti...
Ranking in Rack Servers
14th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Power Systems
Ranking in Rack Servers
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Rack Servers category, the mindshare of Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server is 1.7%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Power Systems is 6.5%, down from 9.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rack Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Power Systems6.5%
Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server1.7%
Other91.8%
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Featured Reviews

JO
IT Solutions Consultant at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
A good server with useful features like partitions
Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server support can be better. HP has better support, and more customers have experience with this brand. For clients, there are opportunities to replace the server and take applications from the Huawei server to the Dell server. The server isn't the problem. The problem is with the applications and the database.
Foluso  Jibowo - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at Hiperdist Ltd
Has empowered enterprises with secure and cost-effective solutions
When discussing disadvantages, I do not see many areas for improvement because we have received good testimonies from every client. IBM gives customers peace of mind. One challenge, which I would not really call a challenge, is that initially people have the notion that IBM Power Systems is quite expensive. However, IBM does not lose deals based on price. This is a message we need to keep communicating to people who feel that IBM is on the high side in terms of cost. We encourage them to have a discussion with us about their total cost of ownership over three or five years. There is a notion in the market that IBM is expensive, which is false. However, once we engage and show them their return on investments and their total cost of ownership savings, they tend to embrace IBM.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server is scalable; the others don't have scalability like this, and the CPU and memory are good in this version."
"Features like partitions are useful."
"Reliability, availability, and serviceability of the IBM Power Systems are unmatched, and 99% of the maintenance activities can be performed online without having any outage for customers."
"BM Power Systems get updated every two years and are scalable and stable."
"Our clients choose Power because they trust the platform; they trust IBM i, they are really comfortable with it, and even new customers that had not previously used Power's servers or IBM i are moving to the platform because of trust in the hardware, in IBM, in their delivery, and in their support."
"We go with Power Systems because the reliability and the availability of the systems are key."
"I think the Power system uniquely positions our company with the speed it has, and the processing power."
"IBM has the best solution in the market and is always comparable to any service provider in the market."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Power Systems is its performance."
"The technical support that clients get from IBM is excellent."
 

Cons

"Support can be better."
"Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server support can be better."
"I would like to see the scaling model improved so it's not just either tiny or huge."
"For the most part it's good, when you can get to second-level support. Usually, when you call first-level you get somebody in India who doesn't always know what they're talking about."
"I would like to see firmware available to all of the systems."
"Overall, IBM actually does restrict us, the sellers, at a limited percentage of margin when you're selling the product. We cannot go above 8%."
"If you take advantage of some of these real advanced features, for oversubscribing as an example, it's not supported on Linux on Power. So that stops us, in particular, from going that way."
"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."
"I would say that in general we would prefer it if the software was more transparent, in terms of how you are using it."
"It's not the hardware itself that's unstable as much as it is the software. The hardware is stable enough."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"It's more about the value you get for the price. Considering its stability and performance, the pricing is good."
"I give the cost a one out of ten."
"The price of the solution could be somewhat better and this is what lowers my rating of it to a seven or eight out of ten."
"Price-wise, I rate the solution a five out of ten."
"Its price is too high."
"It is designed for a large workload, as opposed to a small workload. For our circumstances, and even as an independent, I can't buy a Power system to experiment on. It can't happen. You cannot buy them."
"The additional software costs are high."
"When there is an error in the SAS drive of 10,000 RPM, my company buys support for 1,500 USD."
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Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
8%
University
7%
Computer Software Company
7%
 

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Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise42
 

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What needs improvement with IBM Power Systems?
In my opinion, the product can be improved by maintaining it and not sunsetting it; that would be my recommendation for IBM. I used to work for IBM for nineteen years, and I know, unfortunately, I ...
What is your primary use case for IBM Power Systems?
I am an architect and system administrator, and I'm responsible for anything related to IBM Power Systems. In IBM Power Systems, I have found a lot of valuable features such as LVM, TCP, ODM, RSCT,...
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I would recommend IBM Power Systems to others. I have given this review a rating of ten out of ten.
 

Also Known As

KunLun 9008, KunLun 9016, KunLun 9032
IBM OpenPOWER LC
 

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