Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST Series vs. IBM Power

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST Series
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Fujitsu now offers the PRIMEQUEST series of mission critical workload enterprise rack servers, available in the 2000 and 3000 series.N/A
IBM Power
Score 9.0 out of 10
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The IBM Power product line is a family of servers.N/A
Pricing
Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST SeriesIBM Power
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
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Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST SeriesIBM Power
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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User Ratings
Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST SeriesIBM Power
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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8.9
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8.1
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Usability
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9.5
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Availability
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9.1
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Performance
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9.1
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Support Rating
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9.2
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Implementation Rating
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8.4
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Product Scalability
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9.1
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User Testimonials
Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST SeriesIBM Power
Likelihood to Recommend
Its cost effective. Its very well suited for huge data handling with zero downtime environment. Various business intelligence software can be used in very well manner with maximum uptime. Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST Series is using X-86 architecture with high reliability. But some models only available in all regions worldwide. other models are only available in Japan. Also learning resources need to be increased
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Large-scale data centers that place a premium on high performance, dependability, and scalability benefit greatly from IBM Power servers. They are perfect for hosting vital databases, virtualized workloads, and applications. Organizations like ours dealing with big data analytics, data warehousing, and AI/machine learning workloads benefit from Power servers' ability to process and analyze vast datasets efficiently.
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Pros
  • High availability
  • Operational efficiency
  • Ultra high speed data utilization
  • Effective handling of Bigdata
  • Business continuity
  • Efficient x86-architecture
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  • The systems are physically able to keep the systems operating and producing.
  • The AIX operating system is stable and secure both Firmware and Software.
  • IBM Power servers support many applications for the customer re: Oracle, DB2, and many Power grid systems.
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Cons
  • The models PRIMEQUEST 3400E and PRIMEQUEST 3800E only available in all regions world wide. Other four models only available in Japan.
  • Complex architecture
  • Learning resources are very less
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  • A solid IDE for editing programs. SEU was simple and solid. Then it became outdated and support for it ended as the language continued to evolve. That's fine. But RDi is expensive and shaky at best, and VS Code, while free, is severely lacking even the modicum of features RDi has.
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Likelihood to Renew
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This is one of the best systems on the market. You can have Flash/Copy which created another LPAR to look like the system you are copying. This takes seconds and not minutes. Then you can use BRNS to do full system backups nightly with no downtime. I am ready for us to upgrade to a Power 10.
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Usability
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IBM Power allows us to host and scale up to 32TB of Virtual Machine (VM). We were earlier limited to 12TB per single VM, and could only scale-out (or horizontally). Since some of our solutions are extensively memory intensive, we wanted to host larger VM.We are SAP only shop, given some SAP solutions are memory intensive and some industries need to exploit 'memory intensive' IBM Power was the only choice to scale architecture beyond 12TB memory with support for High Availability design as well! This has drastically improved the time we had to spend on optimizing the applications, solution and database.
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Reliability and Availability
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In all of the years I have used various Power System, I have never had any problems at all. Even when hackers were attacking our email servers and many users PCs, the IBM Power System came out completely unscathed. I haven't even had any application errors that were able to take the system down. Nor have I ever experienced an unplanned outage
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Performance
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The IBM Power System is built for integration. It supports multiple operating systems and you can run multiple OS's on the same box with no problems at all. It also supports a number of open source languages such as PHP, Java, Python, and Perl which helps you continue to grow and integrate with lots of other systems.
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Support Rating
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On large-scale systems, the rating would have been 10. However, I have seen some cases in more rural areas where the IBM onsite support is not as available or of the highest quality as in the past. For software support, there are sometimes instances of language barriers.
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Implementation Rating
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Systems are robust and you need to know exactly what your are going to do with them. There are multiple configurations possible and you need to gather your requirements first, before going on with the implementation. Tuning is a must before migrating production systems
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Alternatives Considered
We are mainly going to Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST Series for high availability with cost effective. Using Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST Series is very simple than other similar servers. We can use several business intelligence applications without any issues in Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST Series. Latest equipped processors helps to achieve ultra-high speed data utilization. Also we are getting good customer support
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Power server do not need a stack of software for viruses, spam and others... Power server do not need to have release often power server are much more strong then other manufacturer Power server do not need to restart offen
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Scalability
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This system can work in a small factory with a few users and easily scale out to thousands of users. It is truly amazing on how much you can throw at this box and it will just keep humming. It is great for use across multiple departments and even across multiple corporations. I worked at one company where we were hosting multiple corporations on just one large Power System and had ZERO problems.
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Return on Investment
  • Cost effective
  • Good customer support
  • We didn't face any business impact till
  • Achieving customer satisfaction
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  • IBM Powers servers have consistently delivered uninterrupted operation in our datacenters. They have redundancy and fault tolerance feature ensuring maximum uptime and minimal disruptions.
  • They can handle computationally intensive workloads efficiently, reducing simulation times and enabling faster decision making.
  • They are energy efficient, helping us reduce carbon footprint while delivering top-notch performance.
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