IBM Power vs. Intel Server System

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
IBM Power
Score 9.0 out of 10
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The IBM Power product line is a family of servers.N/A
Intel Server System
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Intel offers rack servers, the Intel Server System was launched in early 2016 and presents a family of rack servers.N/A
Pricing
IBM PowerIntel Server System
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
IBM PowerIntel Server System
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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IBM PowerIntel Server System
Small Businesses
Dell PowerEdge
Dell PowerEdge
Score 10.0 out of 10
Dell PowerEdge
Dell PowerEdge
Score 10.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
HPE ProLiant DL
HPE ProLiant DL
Score 5.9 out of 10
HPE ProLiant DL
HPE ProLiant DL
Score 5.9 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Z
IBM Z
Score 9.3 out of 10
IBM Z
IBM Z
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
IBM PowerIntel Server System
Likelihood to Recommend
8.9
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8.0
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Likelihood to Renew
8.1
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Usability
9.5
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Availability
9.1
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Performance
9.1
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Support Rating
9.2
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Implementation Rating
8.4
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Product Scalability
9.1
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User Testimonials
IBM PowerIntel Server System
Likelihood to Recommend
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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quick reference guide including specifications, features, pricing, compatibility, design documentation, ordering codes, spec codes and more
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Pros
  • 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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  • As we are using intel server from many more years and sucessffuly drive the business
  • when we used for data mining and data analysis work intel server support very well
  • My on of friend using the intel server for graphics use he is happy to work on it
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Cons
  • 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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  • Shipping times
  • setup instructions
  • wiring
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Samsung seems to have a smoother system setup. In terms of pricing, you can find certain items at a better price however the same thing goes for intel. Samsung can be more user-friendly and is a well-known brand. performance and pace is also something Samsung tends to be better on.
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Scalability
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
  • 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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  • reduced paper usage
  • improved our operation
  • provides alternative ways of thinking
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ScreenShots

IBM Power Screenshots

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