Lenovo ThinkSystem ST Series vs. Oracle SPARC Servers

Lenovo ThinkSystem ST Series is a tower server series, so [you don't need] to stock [several] servers or make clusters just for the space they need. In this case, [it] is better to evaluate the SR series. For small business customers, it is perfect; it is a very silent server and is very upgradable, so the small business can grow with it.

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Excellent to consolidate workload using the LDom Virtualization (which is included free of charge). Good integration into Oracle Support with Automated Service Requests (ASR). Easy to migrate workloads from older servers to newer generations, such as SPARC S7 or T8. After migrating workloads from older SPARC T4 to S7, applications are approximately 2x faster.

• Materials are top quality.
• Support is [a] high-level quality.
• [It is] very durable.
• [The] design looks good.
• [The] internal design is very accurate and professional.
• It's easy to change parts as needed.

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• encryption
• masking
• redaction
• subsetting

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• You need to read the fine [print of] the support guides [as] it is not so easy to set up the server without them.

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• We didn't have any problems whatsoever with integration

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Extreme long lifetime (10+ years). High performance. SPARC S7 CPU has 4.2GhZ and SPARC T8 has 5GhZ. Virtualization is included for free. Very easy to use because it runs Oracle Solaris. The SPARC Servers scale very well. Oracle SPARC Servers have positively impacted our organization by improving our budget, as we can use the system for many years without having to purchase new systems.

No unplanned downtime over many years.

Very high CPU speed with 4-5 GhZ

Support requests are opened automatically.

Component replacements are very fast.

Well, the essential difference is the form of the server. Lenovo ThinkSystem ST Series is a tower server series.

We use it with business customers that don't have big racks. The server is usually located in dedicated cooled rooms, or.. in some situations, also in the office with the other pcs. We use this server series in professional studies or shops. We have sold only the SR50 and the SR250.

For bigger requests, we usually switch series, but we prefer the SR Series for rackmount.

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In terms of the Power ecosystem, the use cases of IBM Power System S914 is very limited. Resources required for properly working PowerVM and VIOS are very difficult. In Oracle SPARC Servers setup, it is pretty easy with very limited steps to be performed. This helped our Return of Investment become positive very quickly.

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The servers scale very well with lots of CPU cores.

• With Lenovo [ThinkSystem] ST series, we can sell servers to small business customers.
• Servers are a top way to make quick work and earn a big invoice.
• Selling [the Lenovo ThinkSystem] ST series could make you a Lenovo partner and that is really interesting for an ICT company.

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• Does Not Support Domain Migration
• Migration Fails When the Target Machine Has Insufficient Free LDCs
• Limit the Maximum Number of Virtual Functions That Can Be Assigned to a Domain

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