It’s name says it all: processing POWER!!
Updated August 16, 2022
It’s name says it all: processing POWER!!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Modules Used
- Power System S924
Overall Satisfaction with IBM Power servers
Support of ibm I workloads in a single server. It’s processing power and virtualization features allow dynamic resource sharing between lpars and there are less hw to maintain. We currently have 4 production lpars sharing processing power.
- Performance
- Processing power
- Cost
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
- Workload consolidation
- Processing power
- Application performance
Basically, it’s a midrange server that consolidates mixed workloads from different OS platforms. It has great processing power and has great reliability.
Using IBM Power servers
All of our employees use power server directly or indirectly as our banking core runs on ibm i on power
3 - System administration, virtualization, hardware, hmc management, networking, ibm i configuration, security, integrity, database engineering.
- Banking core
- Development
- Api workloads
- Api workloads
- Power virtual server
- Cloud object storage on ibm cloud
- Data migration to cloud
Evaluating IBM Power servers and Competitors
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Prior Experience with the Product
We have inherited a banking core application running in ibm i, so previous experience tell us the reliability and power tha these servers have.
I wouldn’t change a bit. Maybe analyze running power on cloud
IBM Power servers Implementation
- Implemented in-house
Change management was a small part of the implementation and was well-handled - Don’t migrate anything if you don’t have a good backup
- Backup and restore
IBM Power servers Support
Pros | Cons |
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None | None |
I lost a disk while upgrading the licensed internal code. They assisted me to slip install the lic without losing any data
Using IBM Power servers
Pros | Cons |
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None | None |
- Lpar provisioning
- Data migration
Yes, but I don't use it