IBM Power Systems vs Intel Server System comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 6, 2024
 

Categories and Ranking

IBM Power Systems
Ranking in Rack Servers
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Number of Reviews
69
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Intel Server System
Ranking in Rack Servers
9th
Average Rating
6.6
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Rack Servers category, the market share of IBM Power Systems is 9.2% and it increased by 11.7% compared to the previous year. The market share of Intel Server System is 6.1% and it increased by 10.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Q&A Highlights

Nasser Seif - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 11, 2023
 

Featured Reviews

Adalberto Giaretta - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 10, 2023
Great performance, excellent support, and very good reliability
We use the solution for Oracle databases mostly. We are trying to bring in some new workloads, like Open Shift and Linux.  It's been very reliable for Oracle databases. The performance has been very good.  The reliability and availability are both excellent. It offers very good security. The…
SA
Oct 4, 2023
A stable product that constantly enhances its functionalities like multithreading and caching
I face different problems, though I wouldn't have much of a different story. In my company, we host Intel Server System as we face network hard drive problems almost every month The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is more stable than AMD for VMware. Intel Server…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The main feature that I have found most valuable is PowerVM - its virtualization feature which is the most powerful."
"Power Systems' best features are that it's reliable, stable, and easily available. It's also really scalable and can be virtualized without third-party software support."
"It scales a lot, you can just keep on adding frames, you can add on CPUs, you get capacity on demand, you can tune the machine very easily to handle different workloads."
"We've been using it for a long time, and it's stable."
"What we like the most is the ability to upgrade the scaling of the system itself. Whenever we need extra storage, we can do that. Whenever we need extra memory, we can do that as well. It's fast and it's available."
"The solution does not require any maintenance."
"The technical support that clients get from IBM is excellent."
"IBM Power Systems provides very good performance and stability compared to other brands or processors."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is more stable than AMD for VMware."
"It is stable and easy to manage."
"It uses well known architecture and it's easy to develop for."
 

Cons

"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 like to see IBM Power Systems integrate with all cloud types."
"The scalability process should be simplified."
"IBM systems are old technologies. I couldn't renew and get to use IBM Power Systems, and it offers users very expensive support."
"In the next release, I would like to see additional graphical dashboards to help the administrators access information more easily."
"We have a problem with the storage software. The media to restore data is also not found."
"I think IBM needs a little more work on managing the overall environment with eliminating Systems Director."
"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."
"The shipment time can be improved. When we order Intel products, we have to wait for a long time. They can increase the local services and engineers in China. Local engineers will be able to know and understand customer problems much better."
"We have to scale it ourselves but it scales. It depends on the software because it's mostly the hardware platform that Intel is managing."
"When you have an Intel Server System, the prices may be much higher since it is a different processor, making the solution's pricing part one of its shortcomings where improvements are required."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost model is great. There is so much built in to the technology, that if you know how to use it you can save yourself a lot of money."
"Power Systems is very cheap and provides good value for money."
"The price of IBM Power Systems is expensive and could improve."
"There is a yearly licensing cost, and it's an expensive solution."
"IBM Power Systems is very expensive."
"IBM Power is more expensive than other rack-mount servers, and you have to have a license for everything, including cores and memory."
"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."
"The licensing costs are okay. With IBM Power Systems, it's inclusive, so you can differentiate the price of the hardware from the software itself."
"I rate the pricing a ten on a scale from one to ten, where one is inexpensive, and ten is very expensive."
"It is not expensive."
"The price is competitive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Computer Software Company
14%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
9%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about IBM Power Systems?
IBM Power Systems provides very good performance and stability compared to other brands or processors.
What needs improvement with IBM Power Systems?
IBM should provide a platform where users can learn about the storage and security of IBM Power Systems.
What is your primary use case for IBM Power Systems?
In my company, we use the system for the data center and our IBM Cloud Pak System.
What do you like most about Intel Server System?
The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is more stable than AMD for VMware.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Intel Server System?
I rate the pricing a ten on a scale from one to ten, where one is inexpensive, and ten is very expensive.
What needs improvement with Intel Server System?
When you have an Intel Server System, the prices may be much higher since it is a different processor, making the solution's pricing part one of its shortcomings where improvements are required.
 

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IBM OpenPOWER LC
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