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Huawei FusionServer RH Series Rack Servers vs IBM Power Systems comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Huawei FusionServer RH Seri...
Ranking in Rack Servers
12th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
8.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Power Systems
Ranking in Rack Servers
6th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
72
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Rack Servers category, the mindshare of Huawei FusionServer RH Series Rack Servers is 4.2%, up from 2.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Power Systems is 6.6%, down from 8.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rack Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Power Systems6.6%
Huawei FusionServer RH Series Rack Servers4.2%
Other89.2%
Rack Servers
 

Featured Reviews

Santiago Zaragoza - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at Global Telecommunication Group
Simple to use and compatible with all other operating systems
I would rate the scalability of this solution a 10, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best. There are currently about 2,000 users of this solution in our company as it's a hospital. We also have plans to scale further.
Foluso  Jibowo - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Manager at Hiperdist Ltd
Has empowered enterprises with secure and cost-effective solutions
When discussing disadvantages, I do not see many areas for improvement because we have received good testimonies from every client. IBM gives customers peace of mind. One challenge, which I would not really call a challenge, is that initially people have the notion that IBM Power Systems is quite expensive. However, IBM does not lose deals based on price. This is a message we need to keep communicating to people who feel that IBM is on the high side in terms of cost. We encourage them to have a discussion with us about their total cost of ownership over three or five years. There is a notion in the market that IBM is expensive, which is false. However, once we engage and show them their return on investments and their total cost of ownership savings, they tend to embrace IBM.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable thing about Huawei FusionServer is the fact that it's easy to use."
"The stability and scalability is why you invest in IBM i."
"Speaking from the IBM i perspective, it's a very well-integrated database, a well-designed power system."
"The availability of a solution depends on the requirement of the customer. The most valuable feature is the virtualization. You can have this one system or you can use it for many. They were using almost 120 servers within that specific service."
"With IBM Power11, downtime is virtually eliminated because the system has been fully optimized."
"I would say if you are not using the IBMi solution, you are missing something."
"We've been very satisfied with the solution's capabilities."
"It's a great system."
"Power runs our resilient data systems, our high-end databases, stuff that can't go down."
 

Cons

"In the next release, I'd like to see more features not in the hardware but in the platform where I can manage all the servers and the hardware of the servers."
"In East Asia, the support gets abysmal."
"I would like to see the scaling model improved so it's not just either tiny or huge."
"One of the features that we would like, and I think they are also adapting to the latest trends in the market, is to make it more open, more flexible... With VMware, anybody can create a virtual machine without any knowledge of the server side. But with AIX it's a bit difficult."
"Better manage heterogeneous footprints of all the different operating systems that are out there across one common interface."
"The pricing is high."
"Technical support and documentation need to be improved."
"Support is good. I think it used to be much better."
"I would say that in general we would prefer it if the software was more transparent, in terms of how you are using it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Power Systems is very cheap and provides good value for money."
"The price of the solution depends upon the configuration part of it. Based on what configuration you want to go for it, there is a range like IBM Power Systems POWER9 and IBM Power Systems Power10."
"IBM Power Systems is very expensive."
"The additional software costs are high."
"Why should I be charged for that use rather than a single CPU, a single socket?"
"I give the cost a one out of ten."
"The price of the solution could be somewhat better and this is what lowers my rating of it to a seven or eight out of ten."
"The machine is good and has a comparatively good price."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Retailer
7%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Computer Software Company
6%
 

Company Size

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Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business17
Midsize Enterprise19
Large Enterprise42
 

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What needs improvement with IBM Power Systems?
In my opinion, the product can be improved by maintaining it and not sunsetting it; that would be my recommendation for IBM. I used to work for IBM for nineteen years, and I know, unfortunately, I ...
What is your primary use case for IBM Power Systems?
I am an architect and system administrator, and I'm responsible for anything related to IBM Power Systems. In IBM Power Systems, I have found a lot of valuable features such as LVM, TCP, ODM, RSCT,...
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I would recommend IBM Power Systems to others. I have given this review a rating of ten out of ten.
 

Also Known As

FusionServer RH Series
IBM OpenPOWER LC
 

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Sample Customers

State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), Madrid Hospital, SK Bank
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