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Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server vs IBM Power Systems comparison

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Huawei KunLun Mission Criti...
Ranking in Rack Servers
15th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
IBM Power Systems
Ranking in Rack Servers
4th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
73
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Rack Servers category, the mindshare of Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server is 2.1%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Power Systems is 6.4%, down from 8.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Rack Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
IBM Power Systems6.4%
Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server2.1%
Other91.5%
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Featured Reviews

JO
IT Solutions Consultant at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
A good server with useful features like partitions
Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server support can be better. HP has better support, and more customers have experience with this brand. For clients, there are opportunities to replace the server and take applications from the Huawei server to the Dell server. The server isn't the problem. The problem is with the applications and the database.
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

"Features like partitions are useful."
"Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server is scalable; the others don't have scalability like this, and the CPU and memory are good in this version."
"It scales a lot, you can just keep on adding frames, you can add on CPUs, you get capacity on demand, you can tune the machine very easily to handle different workloads."
"Reliability would be the strongest thing, and stability is 100%."
"When it comes to reliability, availability and profitability, nothing can beat IBM Power Systems."
"The uptime feature is great."
"The initial setup is simple and straightforward."
"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."
"We have had a good experience with the technical support team at IBM."
"We go with Power Systems because the reliability and the availability of the systems are key."
 

Cons

"Support can be better."
"Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server support can be better."
"In my country, there are power supply interruptions. IBM could find ways to make the product stable through these interruptions."
"We have a problem with the storage software. The media to restore data is also not found."
"We experience issues every once in a while. I think it's more due to our applications and how we're licensed that sometimes we have to get a little crafty there."
"I would like to have some stats where the CPU is getting utilized and to see how much of the actual CPU I'm using."
"I would say that in general we would prefer it if the software was more transparent, in terms of how you are using it."
"I know lab services does a lot of work but systems, if they could include some kind of lab services and bundling of services to get you to the greatest and latest feature at the already included cost"
"IBM should provide a platform where users can learn about the storage and security of IBM Power Systems."
"The power supplies often need replacing."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The pricing is reasonable."
"The pricing of the solution is very good because we can beat any other competitor with the pricing. Lately, they have offered good pricing for their customer."
"IBM Power Systems is very expensive."
"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."
"Its price is too high."
"It's more about the value you get for the price. Considering its stability and performance, the pricing is good."
"It is designed for a large workload, as opposed to a small workload. For our circumstances, and even as an independent, I can't buy a Power system to experiment on. It can't happen. You cannot buy them."
"When there is an error in the SAS drive of 10,000 RPM, my company buys support for 1,500 USD."
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Financial Services Firm
13%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Computer Software Company
6%
University
6%
 

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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 ...
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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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Also Known As

KunLun 9008, KunLun 9016, KunLun 9032
IBM OpenPOWER LC
 

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