We performed a comparison between HPE Apollo and IBM Power Systems 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."We're going to buy another Apollo 6500. We may configure it with half the number of GPUs because that may be all we need. In a sense, we can see the Apollo 6500 being so powerful that we only need half the GPU capability that we have now."
"With HPE Apollo, we can propose configurations with many hard drives, making it suitable for large storage needs."
"We usually use three blades for two-rack units, and with enough storage, it's really a small system with a powerful CPU, powerful hard drives, powerful disks."
"The solution is well documented in a data sheet."
"It enables us to implement software defined solutions very easily, because Apollo servers are certified for use with Linux systems"
"When we moved to the Apollo and all flash drives, we gained a lot of performance."
"The technical support from HPE has always been good in my experience."
"It's going to meet our needs moving forward, it is scalable."
"We found working with IBM Power Systems that LPM is the most valuable feature."
"We value the stability and technology capability of this solution the most. It is very stable, and the processor technology of IBM is very good. When you have a CIO and you are dealing with C-level every day, you can, without any doubt, support the core banking or critical applications with this solution."
"The backups work great, data recovery works great."
"I can have what they call multi-tenancy, meaning that I can have multiple tenants within the same server."
"The best features of the solution are its robustness and service level."
"BM Power Systems get updated every two years and are scalable and stable."
"On the security side, we get regular security patch updates and system hardening. There are free tools available to harden the system."
"From a reliability standpoint it has provided us with excellent performance."
"We could, perhaps, use more GPUs in the future, go from eight to 16 GPUs per instance. That could run head-to-head against the DGX-1, the DGX-2 that NVIDIA has developed in their own chassis. That would be interesting to see."
"The predictive analysis feature could be improved."
"The technical support from HPE has always been good in my experience."
"What's coming out in Gen 10 is very strong in terms of additional security."
"Lustre seems to be just a little bit unstable overall."
"The support from HPE Apollo could be better, they are making knowledgeable."
"One drawback which I had: When I needed to expand storage on the Apollo, I had significant problems getting disks for it. It was a very long wait-time. So, if I were to give any advice in regards to improving this product, I would say make more of the 8TB disks available quicker."
"I would want to see the flexibility of being able to run various network protocols including InfiniBand, Fibre Channel, as well as iSCSI, with iSCSI going up to 100 gigabytes per second -that would be outstanding."
"I think the cost should be cheaper."
"Its pricing could be better."
"Its price can be improved. It is too high."
"We have a problem with the storage software. The media to restore data is also not found."
"There are improvements that can be made on the technical side."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"The solution could improve the memory database for better integration with SAP HANA."
"Power Systems' price could always be lower."
HPE Apollo is ranked 6th in Rack Servers with 22 reviews while IBM Power Systems is ranked 4th in Rack Servers with 69 reviews. HPE Apollo is rated 8.4, while IBM Power Systems is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE Apollo writes "An affordable and easy-to-implement solution, but its after-sales support and technical support should be improved". On the other hand, 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". HPE Apollo is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge FX and HPE Moonshot, whereas IBM Power Systems is most compared with Intel Server System, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, Oracle SPARC Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers. See our HPE Apollo vs. IBM Power Systems report.
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