Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server vs IBM Power Systems comparison

Huawei and IBM are both solutions in the Rack Servers category. Huawei is ranked #14, while IBM is ranked #3 with an average rating of 9.3. Huawei holds a 1.0% mindshare in Rack Servers, compared to IBM’s 7.0% mindshare. Additionally, 97% of IBM users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Executive Summary

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Categories and Ranking

Huawei KunLun Mission Criti...

Ranking in Rack Servers

14th

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

IBM Power Systems

Ranking in Rack Servers

3rd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

5.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

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Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Rack Servers category, the mindshare of Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server is 1.0%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM Power Systems is 7.0%, down from 9.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Rack Servers Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
IBM Power Systems	7.0%
Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server	1.0%
Other	92.0%

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Jesus Ospina

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.

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Foluso Jibowo

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.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."

"Features like partitions are useful."

"Active Memory Expansion allows you to compress your memory on the run time to allow you to have less physical memory available, but provision more memory to your partitions, as everything will be compressed on the fly."

"We use it to run our important systems and applications."

"PowerVM."

"Power Systems is like a dream solution for every IT person because it has redundancy, and it doesn't stop. It doesn't get affected easily. I don't see any weaknesses in this solution. At the moment, we have Power8. It is stable and runs smoothly. We have a big load, and it is working very well. It can be customized based on our needs. Flash copy is helping us amazingly. We have virtualization for vDisks, which is again very helpful. We are working on this virtualization technology, and we have a team that is working on redundancy and architecture."

"In general, I am 100% confident in the IBM Power Systems and I recommend them."

"Using the Power system gives us a leg up."

"With IBM Power11, downtime is virtually eliminated because the system has been fully optimized."

"Compared to similar solutions, IBM Power Systems has a proven record."

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Cons

"Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server support can be better."

"Support can be better."

"Everyone likes speed. Not that speed has been an issue up until now but you can never be too fast."

"The number of times IBM refreshes its operating system appears to be very slow."

"The pricing of the product could always be lowered."

"The lack of software vendors moving onto the platform, as opposed to fleeing the platform, is an issue."

"I would say that in general we would prefer it if the software was more transparent, in terms of how you are using it."

"Software testing and the compatibility of software products that are available in the market should be addressed."

"I think they could use a little more work in the upgrading of the OS, how that could happen as non-interrupting, but I think they are working on that."

"What I'd like to see would be more of a usage-based licensing model."

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"I give the cost a one out of ten."

"Why should I be charged for that use rather than a single CPU, a single socket?"

"The licensing costs are okay. With IBM Power Systems, it's inclusive, so you can differentiate the price of the hardware from the software itself."

"IBM Power Systems is very expensive."

"The machine is good and has a comparatively good price."

"There is a yearly licensing cost, and it's an expensive solution."

"IBM Power Systems is a really expensive product."

"Power Systems is very cheap and provides good value for money."

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Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

University

Manufacturing Company

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By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	17
Midsize Enterprise	19
Large Enterprise	42

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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

Overview

KunLun Mission Critical Servers deliver the high reliability, performance, and scalability demanded by the x86 ecosystem and mission-critical environment. It leverages Huawei’s Node Controller (NC) and BMC management chips, and combines the Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) node interconnect technology and RAS 2.0 technology. KunLun supports up to 768 cores on a single server and up to 1.97 scale-up linearity. It has been certified for operating SAP HANA of up to 16 TB for running S4H/SoH applications, and up to 8 TB for running BWoH applications. KunLun delivers industry-leading SAP SD2 and SAP B4H benchmark performance.

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IBM Power Systems are built to crush the most advanced data applications - from the mission-critical workloads you run today to the next generation of AI.

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