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Cisco UCS Series vs. IBM Power

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco UCS Series

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco UCS Series is a modular, high-density, high-availability, dual-node storage- optimized server suited for service providers, enterprises, and industry-specific environments. It provides dense, cost-effective storage to address your ever-growing data needs. Designed for a new class of data-intensive workloads, it is simple to deploy and excellent for applications for big data, data protection, software-defined storage environments, scale-out unstructured data repositories, media…N/A

    IBM Power

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe IBM Power product line is a family of servers.N/A
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    Cisco UCS SeriesIBM Power
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    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco UCS SeriesIBM Power
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco UCS SeriesIBM Power
    Considered Both Products
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    IBM
    Chose IBM Power
    IBM Power servers are the best server available in the market mainly due to the secure environment they provide, easy deployment with no downtime, AI support, powerful processor for extended workloads and high performance with fewer servers. These all features make it an easy …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Power
    In terms of performance, the S914 surpasses all of its predecessors. The new IBM Power 9 S914 system cost less than the preceding systems in terms of money. The footprint of the system in the rack is significantly reduced. Compared to prior versions, the power usage is reduced. …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Power
    IBM Power System S924 comes highly recommended in my opinion for large companies that deal with a lot of data. There is a lot of processing power in the IBM Power System S924. Oracle databases and significant application workloads are no problem for this offering, which …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM Power
    Large databases and applications requiring high system performance and the ability to handle a big workload are ideal candidates for the IBM Power System. Configuration of the IBM Power System from HMC is straightforward, and we have immediate access to all system resources.
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Cisco UCS SeriesIBM Power
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (56 ratings)
    8.9
    (208 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (7 ratings)
    9.5
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.8
    (10 ratings)
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)