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December 12, 2020

All the power of a modern classic within reach of your organization!

Miguel Angel Merino Vega | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
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Overall Satisfaction with IBM Power System S914

In my experience as a technology consultant and IT solutions vendor, many projects we undertake that involve digital image processing and in-house georeferencing mechanisms require a considerable amount of processing. For these scenarios, our infrastructure sales department recommends IBM Power Systems S914 servers as one of its options because they have a very good cost / benefit ratio.
  • Very good cost / benefit ratio compared to other options on the market and for the intended purpose.
  • Scalability in terms of processing. The equipment is truly ideal to support containerized applications with high processing load.
  • Availability and fault tolerance. We have been working with these teams for more than three years and to date we have not been presented with a serious incident that puts our clients' data at risk.
  • Many customers are not comfortable using a physical computer and prefer infrastructure solutions in the cloud. For these types of clients, the leap towards implementing a physical server can be complex. A specialized support area for these types of clients would be welcome.
  • The processing power of the equipment is lower than that of the S922 or S924 equipment, which is understandable for being S914 of lower range.
  • Since we have offered IBM Power Systems servers to our clients, our aggregate project earnings have grown by more than 30%.
  • Our infrastructure sales department is becoming more and more independent from our consultancy. This growth brings benefits at the general level at the organizational level.
The selection of a physical server depends on the load of the applications for which the equipment is required. Therefore, if the processing load is not demanding, an S812 or less could be sufficient. If the load is demanding, I consider opting for alternatives like S922, S924 or higher.

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

For commercial applications with microservices that demand high availability and processing, including scenarios such as digital processing, artificial intelligence, georeferencing; this is a more than ideal team.

The choice of a server depends on the purpose for which it is required. If you have applications that only manage data without greater complexity in their calculations, the equipment could be underutilized. On the contrary, if overly demanding data calculations achieved by supercomputers are required, I would recommend higher end equipment.