We performed a comparison between IBM PurePower System and Oracle SuperCluster based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, NetApp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and others in Converged Infrastructure."We never have any issues or glitches."
"Because SuperCluster is a specially engineered system, we have confidence in that all the components are compatible with one another. Everything runs together as a well-coupled group of machines, and the performance is great (especially the memory)."
"Because it's classified as an engineered system, it's all integrated, it's all supported by one vendor. We don't have to go to multiple vendors for support, it's all integrated under Oracle."
"The performance is significantly improved, and the administration is easy because it is a single platform end-to-end."
"Scalability and technical support."
"Our primary use case is for E-Business Suite applications the applications for the government, and most of the applications that use an HCM."
"The two features that I find to be the most valuable are high availability and high performance."
"A valuable feature is the Exadata Storage appliance, optimized for database queries."
"SuperCluster is basically a combination of Oracle, with Exadata and Compute node features, so it is a computing cluster that is integrated in a single infrastructure such that we don't need a separate solution for the application database, the data storage database, and everything else the application needs."
"The management is really difficult when it comes to systems with traditional services."
"Not a very user friendly solution."
"A major issue for us is that after the most recent update of SuperCluster, they have now stopped all future production of new versions. That is to say, after M7 there was M8, and now there are no future versions planned (e.g. M9) in the market."
"If it had capabilities to integrate really well with DB2 or SQL Server or Hitachi SANs, those sort of things, that would be a real benefit. Right now, it's fully supported only under all Oracle infrastructure."
"If they had an application that centralized the administration, not about the monitoring, but for the configuration, it would be better."
"There are many areas for improvement. For example, better guidance in terms of troubleshooting issues relating to ZFS, as well as better tools/diagnostics for monitoring that specific component, to better identify potential issues. Hardware monitoring via OEM 13.2 is not 100 percent, as Ops Center is still required in some instances."
"They may have made some improvements but based on the version that I am using, it is a little complicated because it is based on the Unix Operating system."
"We have faced network connectivity issues."
"I would like to see control domain and zone management via a management console, similar to that of OVM."
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IBM PurePower System is ranked 11th in Converged Infrastructure while Oracle SuperCluster is ranked 7th in Converged Infrastructure with 12 reviews. IBM PurePower System is rated 8.0, while Oracle SuperCluster is rated 7.6. 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 SuperCluster writes "Great performance all round, but lacking in certain cloud features". IBM PurePower System is most compared with , whereas Oracle SuperCluster is most compared with Oracle Private Cloud Appliance.
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