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Project Manager | Service Delivery Coordinator at kyndryl
Despite the fact that we are living in the cloud era, in my opinion, we still need hardware in our own datacenters. I believe that the hybrid cloud is the future, and we are going to keep buying hardware adequate for this solution, even more so in third-world countries, where computing power needs are not as big. In my opinion, modular hardware technology is disappearing. There is a tendency to buy standalone servers that are much cheaper and offer similar or better performance. IBM replaced the BladeCenter line with the Flex Chassis. However, that Flex system is way more expensive than the BladeCenter, and it doesn’t sell as well as Blades. My recommendation is, if you have the money and you have significant experience with modular servers, go for the IBM Flex System Chassis.
Support Engineer-Enterprise System at a tech services company
We have separate compute module know as FSM for management
Easy to deploy with better performance and less maintenance.
Integrated DVD/CD ROM.
Five years.
No issues to date.
It is every important that you should be very clear with your future plans. We have had no scalability issues to date.…
Design and Develpement Engineer at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
FCoE, CPU, and RAM capacity: Requires a low cost for passive jobs in the data center Small rack space: With only 11 units, we can have about 1THz CPU and 3.5 TB memory
We use it as a virtualization server with ESX. We provide telecom services on it.
The storage part of this product needs to be…
Central management of all blade servers and performance: It helps us to access blade servers remotely even at boot time, as well, when we can access the BIOS setup remotely. Other than that, we can restart and shut down blade servers from a single console.
What needs improvement?
The blade center and blade server’s hardware firmware upgrade should be easy.
The hardware firmware upgrade option of blade servers and chassis should include the blade center admin console itself.
*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
System Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of Lenovo Blade Servers [EOL]
Oct 31, 2015
Product version discussed: 3100. 3200, 3400, 3650, 3850, 3950,
It's enabled us to run critical applications, back up of critical data, and storage systems on the same products without downtime issues that could otherwise be caused by hardware/software issues.
The servers have enabled us to run critical applications, back up of critical data, and storage systems on the same products without downtime issues that could otherwise be caused by hardware/software issues.
What needs improvement?
Warranty extension may be required at times. After the warranty elapses, IBM can organize this so that clients who are still using servers or any other IBM products, can continue using the products.
*Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: We're business partners.
The features of this product that I value most are:
A datacenter in 8U; you can accommodate 14 servers in a BladeCenter H chassis.
Total redundancy in all its components: power, cooling, communications, fiber, administration and blades
Stacking features, you can configure several BladeCenters to have redundancy
Excellent support in case of any failure (and I am not saying this because I worked for IBM)
One point of management
The ability to combine Intel, AMD, and POWER blades
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using, installing, and implementing this solution for eight years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
I had no problems installing the equipment.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
So far, I have had no stability problems.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
If we talk about scalability, it is quite expensive , especially when you need to buy more blades. It's even more expensive if you configure them for high performance parts.
How are customer service and support?
Customer Service:
Exelent
Technical Support:
Technical support is excellent.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I had some experience with its direct competitor, the HP Blade line. In my opinion, the HP product has a higher rate of failure than IBM Blades.
How was the initial setup?
Initial setup was not complex at all. The wizard integrated in the administration module (AMM) made things fast and easy.
What about the implementation team?
I implemented the chassis by myself.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My recommendation is to always have your maintenance contract up to date. This product has been on the market for more than 10 years; it is the obvious thing to do.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I try to implement the options of both Cisco and HP, I was convinced the superiority of the IBM proposal
What other advice do I have?
Despite the fact that we are living in the cloud era, in my opinion, we still need hardware in our own datacenters. I believe that the hybrid cloud is the future, and we are going to keep buying hardware adequate for this solution, even more so in third-world countries, where computing power needs are not as big.
In my opinion, modular hardware technology is disappearing. There is a tendency to buy standalone servers that are much cheaper and offer similar or better performance.
IBM replaced the BladeCenter line with the Flex Chassis. However, that Flex system is way more expensive than the BladeCenter, and it doesn’t sell as well as Blades.
My recommendation is, if you have the money and you have significant experience with modular servers, go for the IBM Flex System Chassis.
*Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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