It’s name says it all: processing POWER!!
Updated August 16, 2022

It’s name says it all: processing POWER!!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
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.
Virtualization of IBM i and AIX lpars. Running mixed workloads on the same server.

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
Power is the most robust, reliable and powerful system nowadays. It runs ibm i, openshift, Aix and linux workloads

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

Think about future workloads. Assess Hw requirements, plan and use the power workload estimator
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

My issues have been always resolved fast and succesfully
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

I love power servers
  • Lpar provisioning
  • Data migration