IBM Power servers for tier one clinical applications
Updated September 18, 2023

IBM Power servers for tier one clinical applications

Steve Longenecker | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Modules Used

  • Power7 Servers, Power8 Servers, Power System E880, Power System S822, Power System S824

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Power servers

Pros

  • Highly reliable
  • Easy to maintain
  • Constant interface
  • Constant system administration

Cons

  • IBM Power servers cost too much compared to RHEL on X86 on VMware.
  • IBM Power server maintenance costs too much compared to RHEL on X86 on VMware.

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

No

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

  • HealthCare budgets are still recovering from COVID making further investment in Power difficult, if not impossible even including Solutions Editions for Healthcare pricing.
For tier 1 clinical applications, there are generally two platform choices. AIX on Power and RHEL on VMwware or some other Hypervisor. When we purchased EPIC and Soft, AIX on Power was either the only option or the leading UNIX option. At the time Linux was not offered. Today both EPIC and Soft are offered on Linux and given the cost difference, we are likely to move to RHEL for EPIC, but remain on AIX on Power for Soft because it is an Oracle application, and the cost of Oracle on VMware is higher than remaining on AIX on Power. Bottom line, at this organization the capital and operating costs of the hosting platform take priority over the ease of use, reliability, and security of AIX on Power.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
Well Suited: Healthcare clinical applications where uptime and reliability are the top priority and cost is no object. Less appropriate: Applications where cost is a top priority and uptime is not important.

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