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Unbeatable performance, no surprise downtimes, stability, scalability, security and robustness that your critical business applications need
Updated September 08, 2023

Unbeatable performance, no surprise downtimes, stability, scalability, security and robustness that your critical business applications need

Indika Fernando | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Power9 Servers

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Power servers

  • Stability
  • Performance
  • Scalability
  • Reliability
  • Robustness
  • Manageability
  • LPM
  • WPAR
  • Python Compatibility

Do you think IBM Power servers delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with IBM Power servers's feature set?

Yes

Did IBM Power servers live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of IBM Power servers go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy IBM Power servers again?

Yes

  • unbeatable system uptime
  • high efficiency
  • scalability
We always buy IBM Power/Aix systems for our business-critical applications, because we like to sleep sound at night. There's always Dell & HP for our VMware setup which runs a bunch of RHEL servers.
IBM Power Servers are suited to run industry-critical applications which should run 24*7*365 with more than 99.99 uptime. Also, they provide reliability, scalability, unbeatable performance and stability in comparison to other hardware platforms. We have servers running for more than 1000 days without a power cycle, which shows the stability of the system.

Using IBM Power servers

2000 - We run our two major business-critical applications (ERP & Warehouse control system) round the clock and we have 24*7 operations carried out from 22 countries across the world. At a time there are approximately 2000 users logged into out Aix systems.
4 - This is the most critical part. Since Power/Aix are not open to public it's really hard to get knowledge and experience on these systems. You have to work in IBM as a support engineer or join a big company who has IBM systems to learn this stuff.
  • Performance
  • Stability
  • Uptime
  • Manageability
  • Scalability
  • Build home grown applications to run on Power Servers
  • Run more home grown Applications
  • Adopt Linux on Power to run RHEL on Power systems
We are happy with IBM Power systems and always go with it. It's value for money and you cannot have down times since it's not measured by time anymore, it's by thousands of dollars we lost per minute.

Evaluating IBM Power servers and Competitors

  • Scalability
  • Integration with Other Systems
  • Ease of Use
  • Other
Performance & Uptime
Nothing will change. It's always IBM Power systems for business-critical applications.

IBM Power servers Implementation

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.
  • Implemented in-house
  • Third-party professional services
Clear Technologies.
Yes - Delivery, Rack Mount/Cabling, Power up/connect to HMC/Firmware Update, VIOS/Network/SAN setup, LPM over the LPARs from old system/Create New LPARs.
Change management was a big part of the implementation and was well-handled - Since you are dealing with business-critical applications, key take is to well-plan the migration, attention to detail, document the process before hand, involve all the stakeholders upfront and do through testing with dev systems before going on with Prod systems.
  • Setting up the Network (Not a big issue though)

IBM Power servers Support

Thay have the experts to support us in each area, and those are skilled engineers. They always guide us the best practices and finds the root causes for our issues.
ProsCons
Quick Resolution
Good followup
Knowledgeable team
Problems get solved
Kept well informed
No escalation required
Immediate help available
Support understands my problem
Support cares about my success
Quick Initial Response
None
Yes. We need prompt support if we need it. Because if the business is down, downtime is measured by thousands of dollars not by the minutes.
IBM always provides exceptional support. If any issue with support, we can always escalate to the next level.

Using IBM Power servers

They are very easy to set up and use once you re knowledgeable enough to deal with it. They are continuously enhance the user experience on the HMC and operations on the systems. Once setup it's like a beast, going on and on. I have experience with servers that are not being rebooted for more than 1000 days.
ProsCons
Like to use
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Requires technical support
  • LPM
  • DLPAR Operations
  • System Migrations from one system to another
  • Firmware Updates (sometimes)