We performed a comparison between IBM Power Systems and Oracle SPARC Servers 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 technical support that clients get from IBM is excellent."
"I can have what they call multi-tenancy, meaning that I can have multiple tenants within the same server."
"Power runs our resilient data systems, our high-end databases, stuff that can't go down."
"The most valuable feature of IBM Power Systems is its performance."
"The backups work great, data recovery works great."
"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."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten...Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten."
"The virtualization and the quality you get from it is one reason we like the solution."
"I have found the LDAP facilities most valuable. In addition, I like the CPU."
"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 operating system is rock solid and the best I have ever used."
"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."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that Oracle Database functions very well with Oracle SPARC Servers."
"IBM Power Systems could improve by having a cloud feature."
"One of the main challenges with IBM Power Systems is the functionality of live partnership mobility."
"IBM should be more flexible with marketing or offer marketing events themselves and invite the partners to attend. That might be far more productive."
"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."
"Better manage heterogeneous footprints of all the different operating systems that are out there across one common interface."
"The number of times IBM refreshes its operating system appears to be very slow."
"I would like to see the scaling model improved so it's not just either tiny or huge."
"The pricing of the product could always be lowered."
"They have declared the end of life of the hardware."
"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."
"Oracle doesn't have a good roadmap for the solution because they are moving to the x86 platform."
"Like IBM, Oracle SPARC Servers should be able to run other open operating systems like Linux."
"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."
"I would like to see a reduced price point."
"They need some sort of modeling because IBM has different types of models."
IBM Power Systems is ranked 4th in Rack Servers with 69 reviews while Oracle SPARC Servers is ranked 7th in Rack Servers with 7 reviews. IBM Power Systems is rated 8.8, while Oracle SPARC Servers is rated 8.2. 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". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle SPARC Servers writes "A rock-solid OS and rich virtualization features for hosting many VMs on one box". IBM Power Systems is most compared with Intel Server System, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers and HPE Apollo, whereas Oracle SPARC Servers is most compared with Intel Server System, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers, HPE Apollo and Dell PowerEdge FX. See our IBM Power Systems vs. Oracle SPARC Servers report.
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