IBM Power servers for tier one clinical applications
Updated September 18, 2023
IBM Power servers for tier one clinical applications
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
- Highly reliable
- Easy to maintain
- Constant interface
- Constant system administration
- 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.