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Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server vs Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Huawei KunLun Mission Criti...
Ranking in Rack Servers
15th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Ser...
Ranking in Rack Servers
7th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the Rack Servers category, the mindshare of Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server is 2.3%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers is 7.0%, down from 15.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rack Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers7.0%
Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server2.3%
Other90.7%
Rack Servers
 

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.
Mike Bellemans - PeerSpot reviewer
Project manager at Sopraco NV
One of the products in the market that is the easiest to set up and maintain
Performance and scalability-wise, there are certain areas where the product lacks and needs improvement as it does not provide a lot of fancy features presently. In general, it is a normal product that is good enough for our company. For the time being, my company does not need any extra features.

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."
"Technical support was very good. IBM support is very helpful."
"I would say the stability of the system itself would be the biggest advantage."
"The hardware is good."
"Technical support has been very good and we've been satisfied with the level of service we get."
"The installation and configuration are a bit difficult but the product's performance is unbeatable."
"The hardware performance is very valuable."
"The product is designed to make adding RAM and disk space easier for users."
"The server itself covers all of the bases — my clients are really happy with it."
 

Cons

"Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server support can be better."
"Support can be better."
"The RAID Management and the RAID Configuration tools need to be improved."
"From a user's perspective, it not so straightforward if you want to add some features."
"The solution is not stable."
"IBM hardware takes time for building/assembling."
"For the price my company pays for Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, we can have more from other vendors offering the same functionalities that are present in Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers at a lower price."
"From our side, our budgets are really not there. The availability of cash is a little bit limited. We buy as much as we can, If it was less expensive, we could buy more."
"The GUI of the system is really bad. HP has a very good UI for smart memories and everything inside, but in Lenovo, we have a black-and-white UI."
"The solution's initial setup was complicated."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The price of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers is competitive."
"As the costs got high, we had to use the virtualization feature to consolidate the server farm.​"
"It is too expensive. Because we are a university and we have to look for our money, many times we buy some refurbished machines or equipment at reasonable prices from IBM or Lenovo. We are a little bit limited in terms of money, and we buy as much as we can. If they were cheaper, we would buy more."
"The price of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers is highly competitive. Many customers prefer this solution because of the price. However, the price could be reduced."
"The licensing cost is the same as HP. It doesn't have any additional cost. However, the price, for example, for the memory option, does not match other vendors such as HP or Dell. They should work on the pricing of Lenovo. It is a great competitor, and it should compete with the price."
"It costs around $8,000. There is an additional cost for the support for a year."
"Your budget determines the scalability."
"In India, the solution is cheap compared to its competitors."
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Top Industries

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Manufacturing Company
9%
University
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

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Small Business18
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise9
 

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Also Known As

KunLun 9008, KunLun 9016, KunLun 9032
SR Series, Lenovo SR Series, ThinkSystem Rack Servers, IBM Rack Servers, ThinkSystem SR Series, Lenovo Rack Servers,
 

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