IBM Power Systems Reviews

IBM Power Systems are used mainly in large organizations, generally in the financial industry, government, telecommunications, oil and gas sectors for their high availability environment. These systems are used for enterprise applications such as OLTP, data warehousing, and databases in mission-critical environments. Most organizations have chosen IBM because of their reliability, security, high performance, and low cost.

In addition to FlashSystem, I work with IBM Power Systems servers.

When speaking about advantages of the product, low cost, reliability, and security are the best features in IBM Power Systems that stand out the most. For over 13 years, IBM systems have been the most secure in the industry. Especially now with Power11 that has just been released, we have less than one minute planned or unplanned downtime. With IBM Power11, downtime is virtually eliminated because the system has been fully optimized.

The encryption IBM uses, along with the technology incorporating matrix math, ensures that data is fully encrypted at rest and in flight. This provides top-notch security that ensures client data is not exposed to attack or theft.

IBM has been an advocate of AI for many years, starting with Watson. They have incorporated excellent AI features into IBM Power Systems over the years. The advantage of IBM's AI is that it is embedded into the CPUs of the IBM Power Systems, which means AI is available at the data point. This helps organizations get quick insights into their data that helps them arrive at intelligent decisions. Another advantage is that it helps customers save money because they do not need to purchase separate AI systems such as GPU systems or inferencing systems, as everything is already embedded in the IBM Power Processor.

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.

I have been working with IBM Power Systems for about six years.

My clients deploy IBM Power Systems in the cloud or have it on-premises. IBM is a hybrid cloud company solution offering both on-premise solutions and cloud solutions. In the cloud, we call it the Power Virtual Server. For customers that have data residency compliance requirements, they can have the private cloud within their on-premise environment.

IBM is a leading business solutions company and they are driving innovations in technology. They keep improving their products and services. IBM just released IBM Power11 last month with significant improvements, eliminating the need for downtime in your environment.

IBM Power Systems is a completely scalable solution. We have both scale-up solutions and scale-out solutions.

IBM Power11 has just been released. Customers had very good impressions of IBM Power10, and now IBM Power11 represents significant improvements. We have made numerous sales around the world on IBM Power11, and customers will be reviewing it over time.

Technical support from IBM is excellent. IBM has what we call a TLS service that handles the technical support.

Positive

I have worked with similar solutions from other vendors, but I prefer to discuss IBM Power Systems.

IBM has certified installers, implementation companies, and organizations. IBM also has their own lab services that help with deploying and implementing the power solutions.

IBM has certified installers, implementation companies, and organizations.

The return on investment is very high. Initially when sizing it, people say IBM is quite expensive. However, IBM rarely loses deals based on pricing because we have a very good ROI. There is a team within IBM that calculates the ROI, and they can work with interested customers to demonstrate this.

Initially when sizing it, people perceive IBM Power Systems as quite expensive.

In comparison with Oracle, pricing in IBM is more fair. We do not really compare based on pricing as IBM has a very good pricing model, and Oracle has their own pricing model.

For the midrange, we use IBM FlashSystem 5300 and FlashSystem 7300. For the high end, we use FlashSystem 9500. For the SMEs, which are low-end systems or storage systems, we use the FlashSystem 5045 and 5015.

The encryption IBM uses, with the matrix math technology, ensures that data is fully encrypted at rest and in flight. This provides top-notch security that ensures client data is not exposed to attack or theft.

The technical support rating is 9.9 out of 10.

As a Product Manager for Central, East and West Africa, I can confirm that IBM Power11 has just been released. Customers had very good impressions of IBM Power10, and now IBM Power11 represents significant improvements. We have made numerous sales worldwide, and customers will be reviewing it over time.

Overall rating for IBM Power Systems: 10/10

I use IBM Power Systems for online transactional processing, and in parts, also for online analytical processing.

We mainly use IBM Power Systems' IBMI, which is an operating system with an integrated database. For that system, the database is just another file system, which is ingenious because it saves you a full database administrator, or multiple database administrators, and that's a fairly cool thing.

They are reliable, their availability is very good, and their scalability is second to none. I can go from really small to very, very large, and still stay on the same platform, still go with a single server, rather than using multiple boxes and clustering them. To give you an idea, when considering Lotus Notes, that was an email workload, workflow software from IBM. When I ran that on a Windows X86 server, I could do something around 1,000 users per server. Beyond that, I needed additional servers. A couple years back, we introduced the same system for the US Department of Defense, and we had 275,000 users running on one and the same hardware, running on one machine.

There are multiple layers to the reliability aspect of IBM Power Systems. The hardware itself is very reliable due to the fact that I only have a very reduced set of hardware, so driver problems are pretty rare. I need to support two or three different ethernet drivers here and not thousands of ethernet drivers as with Intel. The hardware is very redundant, so high availability or disaster recovery becomes a breeze because normally, I just end up calculating one room, one local system, one remote system.

There are several features of IBM Power Systems that significantly improved processing efficiency. These machines come with built-in server virtualization, which has been there for the last 20 years. We started in 2005 with that. This allows me to put multiple workloads on the same machine, and those multiple workloads can communicate with each other very fast. In a normal network, I often encounter latencies because I need to travel through many cables, and I have switches in between that may not be available right away for forwarding my signal. With an IBMI, or with a Power System in general, I have a virtual network, meaning from one partition, I copy my data into the RAM, across to the next partition, and then put it through a network driver again. This is a latency-free network.

I am just starting with AI workloads and initiatives that are supported by IBM Power Systems. The reason for that is that IBM was slightly slow with supporting this. For commercial workloads, I wouldn't see anyone doing that before the end of this year because OpenShift Red Hat OpenShift for AI will not be available much earlier than that. I've been playing with that in a lab environment for about a year now, and it runs quite well.

There are definitely areas for improvement, but that's not really from the technological side of things. I rarely find any people with Power skills on the market. When I get young people from university these days, all they can do is Intel, which is everywhere. They can't do any DB2; all they can do is Oracle because that's what they've learned in university. I'd IBM to do more in the university space to attract more people with specific skills.

From the features perspective, we're really looking forward to AI co-processors such as the Spyro cards announced for later this year. We would be very interested in those having the capability to also train models on the platform, which would really make it a great AI platform.

If I know what I'm doing, it's very simple to set up IBM Power Systems. But I've seen people struggle; it's somewhat complex as I've got to think in very different levels. For example, I need to set up my hardware management console first, then set up my service processor because the HMC is the Dynamic Host Configuration Server for that. If I set up the machine first and the HMC second, the addresses will go to the wrong address range. But those are typical beginner's mistakes that can be avoided by reading the manual. IBM's documentation is great on that, so it is easy yet straightforward.

Their stability, reliability, and scalability are the main benefits that IBM Power Systems bring to the table, improving the way my organization functions. They scale from almost desktop size up to major mainframe levels. They are very stable; even on a single system, I can easily get 99.999% uptime. Unscheduled downtimes are very rare. They have features such as alternate processor retry, where the processor computes something, then notices due to a self-test that this can't be right. When I need eight bits, it provides 10 bits, incorporating one detection bit and a correction bit. If I notice one bit is off, out of those eight, I use the correction bits to replace that one bit. Even if RAM goes haywire over time, the machine doesn't hang; it first replaces that with a replacement bit. If that's not possible anymore, the machine will automatically disable that particular RAM region, so I have slightly less RAM, but the machine will still run stable.

They are reliable, their availability is very good, and their scalability is second to none. I can go from really small to very, very large, and still stay on the same platform, still go with a single server, rather than using multiple boxes and clustering them.

My experience with IBM technical support really varies. Their level one support consists of personnel collecting data. They can get tiresome by asking redundant questions, which are probably going to be redundant for the supporter I'm going to end up with, but they ask them because they're in the list. With the second level support, it really depends on where I end up. Usually, if I end up in the US, the support is very good. However, if I end up in Eastern Europe, which is another typical support region because it's cheap, the support gets worse than in the US. In East Asia, the support gets abysmal. I try to get my support calls pre-routed to the US; I'd rather wait a couple of hours for support becoming available there than going to support somewhere in the Philippines or Indonesia.

I've worked extensively with Lenovo systems and Dell systems, and I've always preferred IBM Power Systems.

The main pros of IBM compared to Lenovo and other solutions start with the mechanical engineering of those systems, which are usually well thought out. There are many hot plug capable components, and components are easy to reach. It's easy to get somewhere; usually, I can slide them out of a rack without disconnecting the cables if they were mounted the correct way. IBM spends a lot of effort on stuff other manufacturers don't prioritize. The big con with IBM is the price. If I look at a project purely from a total cost of acquisition perspective, IBM is usually very expensive. But when I consider total cost of ownership, or how much that thing is going to cost me over the first three or five years, then IBM is really far ahead of the others. However, the moment I buy that system, it's not all that apparent that I'm saving on two database administrators.

IBM Power Systems require hardware maintenance and software maintenance. But if I manage that, they're actually quite easy to maintain.

I don't have metrics to share, but I have seen excellent ROI from IBM Power Systems.

On average, for smaller systems, it usually takes about six to twelve months to see the benefits from IBM Power Systems. For larger systems, it can be either very fast because I can do things on there that I just cannot do on X86. But if I'm looking just for the cost benefits, that can take anywhere from a couple of months to a couple of years.

The big con with IBM is the price. If I look at a project purely from a total cost of acquisition perspective, IBM is usually very expensive. But when I consider total cost of ownership, or how much that thing is going to cost me over the first three or five years, then IBM is really far ahead of the others.

I would advise other organizations considering IBM Power Systems to think before they buy, plan before they buy, and calculate before they buy. When I buy the right machine for what I'm trying to do, it's a great machine. But I shouldn't compare apples to oranges; for instance, if I have a 20-core Intel system running somewhere, to get the equivalent processing performance, I do not need a 20-core IBM Power System. The equivalent would be more a five-core IBM Power System or a Power System with five cores activated. So, don't compare apples to oranges. If I say a 20-core IBM Power System costs 100 grand, and a 20-core Intel server costs me 50 grand, this is expensive, it's not because it's actually four times the performance per core compared to Intel. So I need to be smart.

Our experiences so far are that IBM Power Systems is a very good platform for running AI workloads. It's not yet a great platform for training large language models, but then I train once in a great while and run them all the time. So for having a decent runtime environment or a decent governance environment for my AI, it's brilliant.

It's very good at integration because it sticks to the norms, sticking to the RFCs. There are sometimes problems with other vendors in the market such as Microsoft because they do not stick to the norms, or even Cisco because they stick to the final draft usually to be on the market fast. But even with that, I can work around it, so it integrates quite well.

I rate IBM Power Systems 10 out of 10.

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, and many components, having worked with AIX since version 4.3. We have not implemented AI capabilities from IBM Power Systems in our organization.

IBM Power Systems' virtualization tools have contributed to workload optimization as we are obviously using a lot of virtualization, utilizing Virtual Fiber Channel and Shared Ethernet Adapter along with LACP, deciding to use only virtual adapters instead of physical adapters because we are using LPM to move LPARs between different IBM Power Systems.

I assess the throughput performance of IBM Power Systems in my database management tasks as very good for our needs.

I assess the role of IBM Power Systems in managing my complex data analytics as excellent; it's an excellent platform, very robust and very reliable.

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 still stay in touch with IBM Romania. Unfortunately, the hardware models and all those things have gone down a little bit, and there's no such diversity of models, and again, IBM is getting more and more expensive.

I think they could have additional features in the future such as extended support for various storage devices, which would be very beneficial, and unfortunately, updating the live kernel still has a lot of things to improve, but it's on the right path.

Live kernel update is going to require, under the cover, a restart of the operating system; if you could do a fully re-entrant kernel, if the kernel is developed to be fully re-entrant, that would not restart the operating system at all.

I have been working with IBM Power Systems for more than twenty-five years.

I would rate the technical support by IBM for IBM Power Systems as excellent; I still stay in touch with a couple of people from IBM support.

My experience with the implementation was good because, as I mentioned, I had prior experience, and it was fairly simple for our environment; I did more complex implementations for other customers before my current role.

I have seen a return on investment with IBM Power Systems; the investment has paid off.

I would recommend IBM Power Systems to others. I have given this review a rating of ten out of ten.

We have been providing IBM Power Systems. We do government bidding also, in which certain cases have specific requirements that are catered by IBM Power Systems.

IBM Power Systems are very good. Performance-wise, IBM Power Systems are very, very good.

IBM normally has their own ecosystem, with their hardware on top of their OS and file systems, and their tightly integrated hardware is very good. I am very fond of their file system also, GPFS, that is very good.

When I say product, that means IBM Power Systems are more capable because they have their own file system, CPUs, and accelerators, making them more capable than the other OEMs.

What I see is that with HP or Dell systems, there may be power failures in India, twice in a year. We have faced such situations where abrupt shutdowns occur due to cooling or power, and when the system encounters an abrupt restart, there are high chances that the IBM Power System may not survive that abrupt restart or it may come up with a total failure or some error on the board or somewhere, while HP or Dell systems will sustain that abrupt failure.

IBM Power Systems need to improve aspects such as power outage handling, simplifying the setup, and possibly lowering the price.

Earlier there was System x which comes with Intel series of CPUs, and I have worked on that. IBM has their own CPUs also; they have P-series CPUs. I have personally not worked on that, but from our company perspective, we have also deployed the P-series systems in some of our installations, and for those installations, IBM team performed the installation; it was not done by us from our team.

Their technical support is very good.

We can say at some points of time, they are actually at par; I would not say HP's support is not good, but in some cases, it happens that IBM also may have some technical critical problems that could have been resolved earlier, but it took time.

It happens with all actually; all are in the same scenario. If I rate HP a seven, then I will rate IBM as an eight, seeing IBM as a better performer in terms of data collectiveness, alerts, and the information we get from their tool regarding hardware issues; it is more effective when I say IBM, and I think HP has to work on that.

Positive

The implementation process may be a bit complicated and might require specific expertise for that, but there are IBM engineers who will support you, and once you are enabled, you can take over and do the day-to-day system administration.

We are also dealing with other rack servers, including the competitors of HP Apollo Systems.

Actually, if we say the portfolio wise, we have the range with HP, they are more diversified rather than other hardware, and they are better presently, particularly in a market in India. The portfolio of HP is more diversified in terms of networking equipment, storage, compute, and the stack they are having on top of hardware.

IBM is a bit expensive since they now have a limited portfolio; they sold their System x to Lenovo, and earlier they had more in servers, and they are more in compute and storage, but now they have limited themselves to P-series only.

I have worked on IBM Power Systems; they are very good systems, very fast, and very capable systems.

I may not be able to answer that about additional features for the next release of IBM Power Systems because I have not worked much on that system, mostly because I have a separate team managing all those systems, and I was just a consulting or pre-sales guy, more focused on HP, Dell systems, or Intel AMD systems rather than P-series systems.

I am more into Dell PowerEdge and BL ProLiant series systems from HP. I have worked on 560, 780 systems, which are used in HPC, but recently, I haven't worked on Dell systems; I have worked more on HP systems.

On a scale of one to ten, I rate IBM Power Systems an eight out of ten.

We are running two of our ERPs with IBM Power Systems.

The best features of the solution are its robustness and service level.

The solution is highly-priced. The first thing for me in terms of improvement is reducing the price.

I have been using IBM Power Systems for ten years. I am a customer of the solution.

Breakdowns are there in the solution, but since their service level is high, such issues get taken care of within 24 to 48 hours maximum.

In my company, we have around 250 or 300 end users.

The support team of IBM is good. I rate the technical support a seven or eight out of ten.

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I also have experience with IBM iSeries.

The initial setup is easy. There's nothing great in it. With the help of IBM, one can do the setup.

The price of the solution depends upon the configuration part of it. Based on what configuration you want to go for it, there is a range like IBM Power Systems POWER9 and IBM Power Systems Power10. The price depends on what you want to have and what configuration you want for yourself, which varies.

Without a doubt, I can say that IBM Power Systems are strong. They are also good at processing. However, we do not have actual experience with Intel servers since it is only used as an entry-level system.

The disadvantage of the solution is its price. Also, the database is paid. Regarding the subscription for the OS, there are different AMCs. Based on robustness, service level, and stability, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

In my company, we use the system for the data center and our IBM Cloud Pak System.

The most valuable features of the solution are disaster recovery, replication, and the ability to migrate to another location.

IBM systems are old technologies. I couldn't renew and get to use IBM Power Systems, and it offers users very expensive support. The aforementioned areas can be considered for improvement in the product.

I have been using IBM Power Systems for about fifteen years. My company is a customer of the product.

My company deals with 5,000 to 6,000 clients who use the solution.

The product's initial setup phase is done with the channel or server connection channel. The setup is using CLI. For Oracle's setup phase, my company uses a web-based GUI, so management and configuration are very easy. IBM offers old technologies.

When there is an error in the SAS drive of 10,000 RPM, my company buys support for 1,500 USD.

My company plans to move from IBM Power Systems to Oracle SPARC.

In the future, I may consider recommending the product to those who plan to use it. Presently, I work in a new data center with new systems in a government department where we can't change any systems due to a lack of capital.

I rate the overall tool a seven out of ten.

We are consultants. Usually, those permissions are provided for core banking operations, so we need to do the infrastructure sizing first.

We tailor the hardware to their specific needs. 

It is primarily used for core banking solutions.

Compared to x86 platforms, their reliability is unbeatable. They also excel in security, especially with specific features like HIPs, Postgres, intrusion prevention systems, and even built-in AI for specific goals. 

Additionally, the processing power is far superior, especially with the RSA feature for reliability, serviceability, and availability.

We've found that sometimes, certain setups require better servers. Ideally, the next level of model that IBM offers would be perfect for those situations.

Sometimes, the availability of additional services can be a challenge for some software. Certain IBM software takes time to deliver to the client. It can be slow.

So deployment is an area for improvement.

We have been familiar with this product for about nine years. 

It's very, very stable. I've never seen it go down for any reason. I would rate the stability a ten out of ten. 

IBM is much more stable than Oracle or HPE. We find it the most stable system in the market.

Scalability depends on the person scaling the solution. Web applications do the horizontal scaling, while databases get vertical scaling. We keep 30-45% of the headroom for future needs.

Scalability depends on who sizes the hardware. If they choose the right configuration, it can be very scalable. 

I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. Our clients are mostly enterprise businesses.

We've been getting excellent service from IBM resellers and their management teams.

The resources and support depend on location. For example, metro cities get better service.

Positive

We had Oracle SPARC.

It definitely requires more expertise than x86 systems, especially considering the importance of reliability and availability for our clients' banking solutions.

So, I would rate my experience with the initial setup a seven out of ten, where one is difficult, and ten is simple.

The hardware installation itself is quick, but migrating data from old systems or integrating new solutions can take time. Usually, it's anywhere from a few weeks to a month or two, depending on the complexity of the application being migrated. Usually, a team of three to four people is needed.

It's more about the value you get for the price. Considering its stability and performance, the pricing is good. So, it is fairly priced after getting a good discount. In India, we get a good discount. 

If your application is designed for IBM OS servers, it can be a very stable and reliable solution. Otherwise, it might not be the best fit.

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten. 

We use the solution for call banking and other critical applications.

In general, we provide services to customers more quickly, with faster application performance and no downtime. Our boxes are highly resilient and redundant, thanks to their work components and servers, which ensure high availability.

The most valuable feature of our machines is their ability to replace faulty parts without causing any downtime. Our servers are equipped with advanced technology, making it possible to replace defective parts without having to bring down the servers. This is crucial, as any disruption to our services would result in inconvenience to our customers. Therefore, being able to service the machines and replace parts without causing any downtime is highly beneficial.

The price has room for improvement.

I have been using the solution for ten years.

I give the stability a ten out of ten. There is never a moment of system downtime since it is designed to be both rugged and agile, with a focus on resilience.

I give the scalability a nine out of ten. When configuring GUI devices, we can easily scale up resources on the fly without the need for instructions or services. This process is very easy and straightforward. As a result, we recently upgraded our capacity by simply entering licenses. This process does not require any service downtime and ensures top-notch scalability.

Technical support is good, but sometimes we require urgent attention, particularly due to time differences. Although the response time may be delayed, it is still satisfactory. However, not all engineers are located in my region, which poses a challenge in terms of support.

Positive

We had previously utilized an alternate solution, but we switched to IBM licenses due to the need for a more resilient option. We have been satisfied with this change and have not considered going back to our previous solution.

We spent two weeks on the deployment process. The first three days were dedicated to allowing the team to acclimate to the data center. The IBM team took care of the initial setup, including firmware updates on the servers, while we handled assigning IP addresses. Once those tasks were completed, we were able to access the system network and begin creating virtual machines based on specific requirements from different units. A team of five people consisting of the administrator, network administrator, storage administrator, IT operational person, and power and data center administrator was required for the deployment.

The implementation was completed by the IBM team.

We have observed a positive return on investment as our services have improved, resulting in increased customer acquisition, a rise in the number of new accounts being opened daily, and prompt response times due to the absence of any downtime. I give the ROI a nine out of ten.

IBM Power Systems is expensive. I give the cost a one out of ten. We pay an annual licensing fee.

We evaluated Oracle and HP but ultimately chose IBM due to our past positive experience with them. We have previously used IBM for a few applications and were satisfied with their performance. Since our storage software systems are also IBM, it made sense to opt for IBM servers and storage for better compatibility.

I give the solution a nine out of ten.

We have more than 5,000 users with diverse job roles, such as branch tellers, operational personnel, software developers, business analysts, and data engineers.

There is always room for growth, and we aim to achieve higher performance in the next three to four years by increasing our data, transactions, and customer base. Our plan involves upgrading our systems and expanding usage accordingly.

I recommend the solution and it would serve an organization well.

We use the solution as a database server. The core banking database runs on IBM Power LAPR with terabytes of memory (20 TB of database size). Performance and availability is top-notch. With database clustering, we ensure the high availability of our database. Runtime resource allocation made life easy when required.

It can be used as an application server as well. With the application server's HA (IBM Power HA) clustering, we ensure the high availability of our application.

We also used IBM power for CBS application for banks and for IBM MQ for Messaging.

IBM Power system is the most reliable server in terms of RAS (Reliability, Availability, Sustainability). These features give us a boost of performance in our application which in terms runs our business. 

Performance, uptime, manageability, runtime resources allocation (Using Power VM), and longevity are other key features that ensure our business application runs smoothly.  

Also, Power VM gives us the flexibility to increase or decrease machine resources when required. this gives us the benefit of growing or shrinking in terms of scalability over time, ensuring ROI.

The most valuable features include:

• RAS (Reliability, Availability, Sustainability)
• Reliability (Reliable on performance, uptime, and  longevity)
• Availability (Available for applications running on it)
• Sustainability (Sustainable for backward compatibility of application growth and parts availability)
• Accessibility (The server gives performance even if the CPU is 100%. No new user can connect, however, the existing user will not understand that the server CPU is 100% full)
• Machine Performance, Uptime, manageability, and runtime resource allocation (Using Power VM) are highly beneficial.

Feature-wise, the power system is great, however, IBM should work on pricing. No available price list is on the web. Due to this, the customer cannot compare pricing and have a perception that IBM Power server price is high. Also customer wants to have a comparison with RICS server with INTEL server which never should be done we can not compare Mango with Apple. So in my opinion price transparency should be there, so people can understand. No new feature is not in my mind which may be add in IBM Power.

I've used the solution for 13 years. I've used it from IBM Power 5 to IBM Power 10.

The stability is great.

The scalability is great.

We did not use a different solution. 

The initial setup is complex for the machine setup potion. 

We implemented the solution with the vendor. They were good.

We have witnessed an ROI of 130%.

The setup cost, pricing, and licensing are high. That said, you will get your ROI if you are in a CAPEX model operation. If your operation runs on an OPEX model, this is not an ideal option.

We did not evaluate other options. 

We use IBM Power Systems for bank systems and databases. All banking systems use IBM Power Systems. Our additional operating and virtual and vRO systems, expansion systems, everything is IBM.

IBM Power Systems get updated every two years and are scalable and stable. It is 99.99% easy to update.

Power VMA integrations are unique to IBM in that they are free.

In my country, there are power supply interruptions. IBM could find ways to make the product stable through these interruptions.

Also, each time we have to go outside the storage, it fails.

We've used IBM Power Systems for about 12 years.

The product is stable.

I rate the scalability an eight out of ten.

The service and support are up-to-date.

Positive

The initial setup is not complex. You just connect it to the systems, the PCs, and all the laptops before starting.

We deployed the product ourselves.

The machine is good and has a comparatively good price.

A second option after IBM Power Systems is HP Unix servers.

IBM is better than HP Because IBM is a product where all things have to be integrated, including the operating system. But HP is just software.

The IBM product is one of the first power supply systems in the world, and the second is HP. I rate IBM Power Systems a ten out of ten. The only issue is that my country has unreliable power systems.