IBM Power System
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IBM Power Systems
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The IBM Power product line is a family of servers.
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What is IBM Power Systems?
The vendor states Power
Systems™ are built for the most demanding, data-intensive, computing on earth. IBMinfrastructure servers are designed to manage the most data-intensive workloads imaginable, while keeping the business protected.
IBM offers the POWER9 series of servers, available in scale-out or scale-up variants.
The vendor promises the following benefits and differentiators:
Delivered with security
Power
Systems™ have security built in at all layers, from the processor to
the OS to deliver an integrated end-to-end security solution
Enterprise cloud-ready
Power Systems™ easily integrate into your organization’s private or
hybrid cloud strategy to handle flexible consumption models and changing
customer needs.
No. 1 in reliability by ITIC
Ranked No. 1 in every major reliability category by ITIC*, IBM Power
Systems deliver the most reliable on-premises infrastructure to meet
around-the-clock customer demands.
Industry-leading value and performance
With Power Systems, clients can take advantage of superior core
performance and memory bandwidth to deliver both performance and
price-performance advantages.
IBM Power Systems Features
- Supported: Gain insights faster from your data with up to 4TB memory
- Supported: Live partition mobility capabilities help you migrate from previous Power Systems
- Supported: Designed for security, reliability and performance to face current and future security threats
- Supported: Save on licensing cost with the strongest per core performance in the industry
- Supported: Delivers superior price performance for mission critical workloads
IBM Power Systems Competitors
- Dell PowerEdge R740
- HPE ProLiant DL380
- Supermicro Superserver 6029P-TR
IBM Power Systems Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Linux, AIX, IBM i |
| Mobile Application | No |
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is IBM Power Systems?
The IBM Power product line is a family of servers.
What are IBM Power Systems's top competitors?
Dell PowerEdge R, Cisco UCS Series, and HPE ProLiant DL are common alternatives for IBM Power Systems.
Who uses IBM Power Systems?
The most common users of IBM Power Systems are from Enterprises and the Information Technology & Services industry.
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January 11, 2022
IBM Power System
[The] customer was looking for high-performance servers with optimal cost to process [their] workload and also to meet [they're] autoscaling requirements. They have procured this system which has provided them with great power to fulfill [their] requirement. Hybrid storage option also was vary useful for customers for [their] storage use case.
- Autoscale
- Fast computing
- Hybrid storage
- fast IOs
- Integration with Cloud.
- More RAM can be provided.
- Compatibility with 3rd party devices.
December 08, 2021
IBM Power System S924 Great Performance
IBM Power System S924 is part of [the project] and we are using this system for production [of] critical [database] to maintain the heavy workload for high performance. This system helped our clients to grow in their business. 4 TB memory [In-Built] with [a] system which [provides] the high performance.
- This system is very powerful and innovated with In built memory subsystem[.]
- This product is central of our project due to high performance[.]
- Reliable, Stable and scalability of resources[.]
- Data Migration
- System Cost factor
- Training are needs for initial [implementation.]
- Not Enough PCI slots[.]
- Not well designed for small company [structure.]
January 19, 2022
IBM Power has got the power to change your organization
We are using this system in a production environment to maintain the heavy workload because of its high performance. This system helped our company to grow in terms of responsiveness to our databases. It is a system that enabled us to increase our memory with ease especially with our clientele growing rapidly, databases/data are easily manipulated.
- stable
- relatively cheaper
- migration
- online community presence
- needs intensive training
- GPU compatibility
January 17, 2022
IBM Power System S924 - Review
IBM Power System S924 is currently used in my company for different clients. We have configured and deployed heavy and critical applications and databases on this product to get high performance to accelerate the client business.
- 4 TB Inbuilt Memory which provide high system performance
- High Security
- Stability, scalability and High availability
- IBM Power System S924 has strong processing power
- No upgrade path for S924 system by IBM
- Documents part need to be improve
- Not enough PCI slot
January 15, 2022
A stable and secure System IBM Power System S924
We have used IBM Power System in our business to manage the heavy workload and the numerous projects we engage in. The Oracle database has become manageable by using this software. This software enables our organization to manipulate our data with ease. It's a great software, I would highly recommend it to any organization.
- Large memory provides for system performance.
- It's stable.
- It's easy to use and it's cheap.
- Additional PCI ports are needed.
- It needs a lot of training to be able to use it.
- The additional costs should be reduced for it to be affordable.
August 30, 2021
IBM Power System S924 - Fast and Reliable!
[IBM Power System S924] is used across our entire organization. It is primarily used by our organization in handling databases. It has helped us in processing and analyzing data and memory intensive projects. Its CAPI technology is especially useful in large and data-intensive projects (for us it is [a] database). It has 4TB memory, too, which is sufficient when handling most of the projects.
- [IBM Power System S924] is secure. No data leaks have happened when we used it.
- It is easy to scale.
- IBM rolls regular updates to the hardware.
- Cloud computing is easy thanks to IBM cloud and power system API.
- Deployment is hard and quite confusing to do.
- User interface is not good.
August 27, 2021
Best way to enhance enterprise solutions
IBM Power System S924 is a rack server solution that is ideal for businesses as it is not only robust but it has advanced technology which is able to deal extensively with a strong workload in the database. The performance of IBM Power System S924 is very fast and it has an inbuilt memory of 4 TB. IBM Power System S924 delivers a great performance due to its memory subsystems. IBM Power System S924 is a central part of our organization because it helps us in a lot of tasks and operations to happen smoothly.
- IBM Power System S924 is definitely a great software that has been showing remarkable performance from the time we have been using it in our organization.
- IBM Power System S924 is used to keep a check on product development and inventory as well.
- IBM Power System S924 has a strong processing power due to which is ideal for my business.
- IBM Power System S924 keeps everything fluid and fast due to which we are really satisfied with it.
- One of the cons of IBM Power System S924 is that I think support from IBM Power System S924 is pretty mediocre and has a lot of room for improvement.
- Moreover, IBM Power System S924 includes no upgrade paths which I feel is a great con as a user to come across.
August 27, 2021
A powerful rack server with great ROI
IBM Power System S924 is a rack server that is deployed in different businesses to cater professionally in terms of all of their cloud environment needs. We have been a user of IBM Power System S924 for a long time and hands down it is no doubt one of the best rack server choices available in the market today. IBM Power System S924 is a great solution because it has catered to all the problems of our organization in a seamless way.
- IBM Power System S924 is mainly used for different and various types of billing account applications all across our organization.
- IBM Power System S924 is a smart rack server because it saves so much energy.
- Moreover, IBM Power System S924 is a great software solution because it brings so much scalability which is not there in many other options available.
- I think IBM Power System S924 needs to focus a lot more on their documentation and manuals because as of now IBM Power System S924 is a little complicated and a complex interface to work on.
- IBM Power System S924 is I think a little tricky as well due to which sometimes users need to undergo a certain level of training in order to get a hold of all the features.
August 24, 2021
High quality rack server
IBM
Power System LC922 is a rack server that has been exclusively designed for
storing big data. IBM Power System LC922
has been specialized in catering to high storage requirements just like data
lakes. IBM Power System LC922 has been similarly been used in our organization
to cater to data systems. It is currently being used in order to support my
overall company and address all the needs which are happening behind the
scenes.
- IBM Power System LC922 has the quality of integrating really well with different types of our application and makes it easier to find different savings.
- IBM Power System LC922 has been providing services that allow us to handle information and store capacity of a large size.
- It has very easy integration. Moreover, there is fast processing happening with IBM Power System LC922 of data workloads that are very large in size.
- The cons of IBM Power System LC922 are that the hardware is a little too modern so it gets a bit complicated to use at the beginner level which is a little turnoff as a user.
- Moreover, costing is also a bit of a concern. There should be a little more stability within the network because information when traveling too fast also becomes a con.
December 16, 2021
IMB Power System S922; Reliability for an Affordable Price
We use IBM Power System S922 as a midrange server and [to] hosts management applications. We do not use IBM Power System S922 for production.
- virtualisation on power
- flexibility with implementation
- uptime and redundant hardware
- bring back the clear writing of ports on the back of the system - really hard to read
- hard to work on rear io ports
- expensive
August 12, 2021
Technological and Advanced Solution for Database Management
IBM Power System S924 is one of the ideal, robust, and advanced, multi-cloud and hybrid applications, which deals with the extensive workload, in this case, database. The 4 TB memory which is inbuilt, and the integration with significant software like SAP, allows us to gain insight regarding the data and the ideas collected. The performance of IBM Power System S924 is maximized through the innovated memory subsystems. Finally, the live partitioning feature from IBM Power System S924 allows migration and sharing of content.
- Powerful and innovated memory subsystems, which increases performance.
- IBM Power System S924 has been connected with cognitive capacity.
- IBM Power System S924 has the unique and strong POWER9, enhancing the processing ability.
- The hardware demands or requirements for IBM Power System S924 to work are hefty.
- The work-ability and simplicity of IBM Power System S924 is a challenge.
- The inflexibility of the features from the app is a challenge.
August 12, 2021
Best power machines for rack servers
IBM Power System S924 is a rack server that has significantly handled the data extensively. IBM Power System S924 can handle 4 TB of memory which has always allowed me to keep the whole database aligned. It would not be wrong to say that IBM Power System S924 is the heart of our system because it is frequently used in my entire business to track so many things like product development, inventory, and so much more.
- It has a special place in our organization due to its outstanding and spectacular qualities.
- IBM Power System S924 is a great software that has been showing highly robust performance.
- Apart from that the data can be easily migrated which is again a great advantage.
- IBM Power System S924 offers guaranteed stability and safety which increases the user confidence in the reliability of this software.
- IBM Power System S924 has no upgrade paths which is a turn-off for me as a user. Moreover, there are no memory activation options in IBM Power System S924 which is again quite a stretch for me.
- There are not many PCI slots in the case you need an adapter which is another con that I have witnessed.
December 01, 2021
Anurag-Power System E980
In Our Environment, we are having two E980 Servers where we have recently migrated older Power 7 Servers LPAR, including the databases and application LPAR's. Two Major things we are covering after migration- 1- We will have IBM Support 2- Performance improvement is there. The high Capacity of the CPU and its SMTCTL helps us define limited CPU as per server load.
- Impressive Computing
- Performance Monitoring at LPAR level
- Faster Deployment
- GUI can be enhanced.
- LPAR level some snapshot kind options can be made.
- Device level Cluster part can be enhanced
IBM Power System S924 has the processing power which significantly handles the data, processes it extensively, and gives results ASAP. IBM Power System S924 has 4 TB inbuilt memory, whose smart acceleration is enabled by CAPI advanced technologies. The innovations that the developer has made on the memory subsystems significantly boost the performance. More so, IBM Power System S924 has AIX and IBM that effectively connect with cognitive solutions, and this allows for secure APIs.
- Efficient and Speedy data migration.
- Guaranteed safety and stability.
- High inbuilt memory of 4TB, quite effective.
- Set fair and reasonable prices.
- Change the design, to support at least more sockets instead of 1 or 2.
- The admin back end is poorly designed.
July 31, 2021
IBM Built a Tank!
Our IBM Power System S924 is used throughout the entire corporation. It is the heart of our manufacturing system. We use it for web applications, business intelligence reporting, accounting, and so much more. It is used to track inventory, product development, and work in process for the entire company. Nearly every transaction in the company goes through this system.
- Stability
- Growth
- Efficiency
- Speed comes at a great cost
- Difficult to find support outside of IBM
- IBM Power System S924 operating system is very dated
November 21, 2021
Data processing at a glance
The product is a good product and we never experienced any problems using it, the speed it responds and data transmission is very quick. I would definitely recommend it for other parties to use such a product at their companies. The product is very much affordable and worth a benefit to the organization as a whole.
- Server
- Data transmission
- Size of the component
November 18, 2021
IBM Power System S924 at its best
We use the [IBM Power System S924] to support work loads for AIX, Linux, and IBMi for our customers. Partitions are used for demonstration and for training for staff and customers.
- Seem less virtualisation
- runs different work loads
- very reliable
- the system is very loud
- mounting hardware seems week
- uses lots of power
November 15, 2021
IBM Power System S924 - The beast power!
As part of our cloud solution, we used several S924s. Is a server with amazing scalability options and is very easy to be configured The farm was used by the entire organization as the main container. I used that solution for almost 2 years. After that period, I was assigned to another account, but the solution is still in place. During my period on that account, we only opened 2 hardware cases with IBM to solve incompatibility issues
- Scalability
- Flexible
- Powerfull
- Improve management console
- compatibility with 3rd party storage providers
- Power management
January 12, 2022
Transaction smoothly
IBM Power System S922 is currently used in my company for SAP and other production environments to manage the heavy workload to get the high business productivity.
- High System Performance to mange the heavy workload
- It provides the highly security feature
- Training is needed to manage [the] Initial configuration
- Very Costly
January 10, 2022
IBM Power System S924
We are using three IBM P9 S924 machines (two in primary site configured in cluster mode - KSYS), and one in DR Site for hosting all the core business applications' infrastructure. In total there are about 40 LPARs, IBM I & AIX ones.
- Core business infrastructure
- Hypervisor of all core machines (IBMi & AIX)
- Cluster mode for all our LPARs
- KSYS solution is not fully automated
- every time that we upgrade HMC, we have to double-check for KSYS compatibility
- KSYS logs creation is still a problem, not fixed yet.
September 15, 2021
Once you power on, you will never power off
It is being used for business-critical apps and for core banking. Due to high CPU performance and the ability for NPIV, it provides very good performance. Our current core banking database is running on [IBM] Power [System] S924 and its uptime is over 400 days. The ability to patch kernel without restart of AIX is totally [an] enterprise thing. We are using powerHA with twin Power S924s and I don't remember if we ever had any performance issues or any problems with these machines.
- NPIV providing virtual FC to lpars.
- 8 parallel processing CPUs is like a monster.
- Very low latency.
- Once you power on the machine, you will never power it off it again, very stable.
- When one of the CPU electric providers is broken, the whole machine stops. There are 2 CPUs that shouldn't affect the whole machine. Not sure if it is possible but would be good.
- Better performance with HMC, especially on network configuration.
- Having its own management console or SSH console. So managing without HMC.
December 30, 2021
IBM With Power System S922, the sack of the stadium
In our company, IBM Power System is used, for the development of technological solutions for banks. Developments in RPG, Cobol ILE, under DB2 database. These developments include WS publishing.
- Security
- Multi hilos
- Performance
- redhat
- devops
August 26, 2021
My IBM Power System S922 Review
IBM Power System S922 is being used by every employee in our organization. It is reliable, efficient, and can run 3.2X more containers per core versus x86 systems with 2.6X better TCO for Red Hat OpenShift. The enhanced POWER9 scale-out servers have 2X improved I/O data throughput over previous generations and 180% more NVMe capacity. Utility consumption and multi-system resource sharing can lower TCA by up to 58%.
- Storage
- Backup
- Data Acceleration
- Marketing Strategy for the product is weak.
- It is costly.
August 18, 2021
Good option for rack servers
IBM Power System IC922 has been used by me and my team for a whole year. I have used IBM Power System IC922 for some of the business-oriented artificial intelligence models in order to attain more in-depth and true insight about our user base. IBM Power System IC922 is definitely providing me and my company a great quality and topnotch server experience which is great for those who are exclusively interested in using artificial intelligence.
- IBM Power System IC922 has a very high speed plus it also has high availability which means customers can have access to their data easily without any downtime.
- We have been using IBM Power System IC922 in some of our scenarios where developers needed good software.
- IBM Power System IC922 beautifully highlights and signifies the main business issue of having to hire more people as my company is still on the way to growth.
- Technical team is corporative.
- IBM Power System IC922 is a great platform but its initial setup that we had to do was not less than any pain due to it being extremely time-consuming and tricky.
- It was definitely a struggle to do the whole setup in the start.
August 18, 2021
Future of Cloud Workers
It [IBM Power Systems S924] was deployed to client locations for their on site and cloud environment needs. It was utilized in locations that needed dedicated on site only server as well as those that utilized a Citrix environment for remote work. It was the center of our recommended deployment package for our client base who needed DOORS to access the requirements.
- Resource Sharing
- Flexible
- Reliable
- The Documentation is not good enough. It should be more interactive and insightful.