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IBM PurePower System

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Afife Soufiane
Easy to work on and has never had any glitches or issues
MohamedKhalifa
A highly efficient choice for deploying scalable and reliable middleware applications
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Pros
"We never have any issues or glitches."

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"It has helped us to reduce Oracle licensing costs for database and applications.""You will find the high availability and License Team with Oracle very valuable.""The most valuable features include distinct storage within the Oracle PCA.""Supports connection to most of network topology, such as VLAN and network segmentation.""It is scalable as the box can be increased by one compute node, if required."

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Cons
"The management is really difficult when it comes to systems with traditional services."

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"Patching processing takes a long time. Only one compute node is patched at a time.""OVM Manager Interface is using HTML5. It should be reconverted to be a Java interface.""The initial setup was very complex.""In comparison to competitors like VMware, there's a perceived need for Oracle to enhance OVM, making it more flexible and user-friendly."

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  • "If you have many Oracle products, such as databases, middleware, and apps, it will help you reduce Oracle app licences and support costs."
  • "No licenses for the shipped software or firmware."
  • "It is more expensive than the normal solution or the hyper-converged system."
  • "It is relatively cost-effective."

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    What do you like most about Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?
    Top Answer:The most valuable features include distinct storage within the Oracle PCA.
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    What needs improvement with Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?
    Top Answer:In comparison to competitors like VMware, there's a perceived need for Oracle to enhance OVM, making it more flexible and user-friendly. We believe that improvements in this aspect would contribute to… more »
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    What is your primary use case for Oracle Private Cloud Appliance?
    Top Answer:We use it in conjunction with OVM Oracle VM Manager to create virtual machines for diverse Oracle middleware products, including Oracle Solar, PPM, Service Bus, and Logix. Our organization heavily… more »
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    Ranking
    11th
    out of 14 in Converged Infrastructure
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    127
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    5th
    out of 14 in Converged Infrastructure
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    846
    Comparisons
    447
    Reviews
    1
    Average Words per Review
    519
    Rating
    10.0
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    Overview
    IBM PurePower System offering combines storage devices, networking devices, virtualization capabilities, and management functions into a single infrastructure. The IBM PurePower System offering is provided in several single rack and multiple-rack configurations and vary over time as technology and offerings are increased.

    Oracle Private Cloud Appliance, is an integrated infrastructure system engineered to enable rapid deployment of converged compute, network, and storage technologies for hosting applications or workloads on a guest OS. It is a data center-class system that provides incremental and scalable performance optimized for consolidation of mixed workloads.

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    Agnitum Information Technologies, Mediacloud, Xait AS, Atos Global Managed Services, CaixaBI, ICA AB, BT Spain, Secure-24, Xait
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    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government10%
    Comms Service Provider5%
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    Small Business57%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise14%
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    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    IBM PurePower System is ranked 11th in Converged Infrastructure while Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is ranked 5th in Converged Infrastructure with 5 reviews. IBM PurePower System is rated 8.0, while Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of IBM PurePower System writes "Easy to work on and has never had any glitches or issues ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle Private Cloud Appliance writes "A highly efficient choice for deploying scalable and reliable middleware applications". IBM PurePower System is most compared with , whereas Oracle Private Cloud Appliance is most compared with Oracle SuperCluster, HPE ConvergedSystem, Dell VxBlock System, Hitachi Unified Compute Platform CI Series and Rackspace OpenStack.

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