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IBM PurePower System vs Vblock [EOL] comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

IBM PurePower System
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
1
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Vblock [EOL]
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
24
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

it_user1288227 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of IT Infrastructure Division at ADM
Easy to work on and has never had any glitches or issues
My advice to others would be the following: if you have a traditional application, like core banking, or transactional, or something that has to do with money, it is better to go with IBM. The reason I'm saying this is because it is more stable and easier to monitor. But if you are looking for the newest architecture of the application cloud, you should go with either hyper-converged or converged. I would like to see better management and high availability in the next release of this program. With classical architectural systems, it's more delicate and difficult to have a high availability of systems. But with hyper-converged systems, we can have it in the easiest way. On a scale from one to ten, I will rate this program an eight.
TS
Chief Consultant and Architect at Tahir Professional Services
Centrally-managed and stable, but the initial setup could be made simpler and technical support can be improved
There is a different platform and there are different interfaces for different parts of the product. Although there are some centralized components, you still manage each component using its own set of tools. There is definitely room for improvement in this regard. I would like to have a catalogue like menu where you simply define your end computing needs and the rest would be taken care of internally. The initial setup could be unified to make it simpler.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I am very impressed by the stability of the program."
"We never have any issues or glitches."
"UCS brings the entire datacenter system together, letting us offer non-disruptive, seamless upgrades and storage tiering for people with higher IO demands, and it gives us flexibility."
"The Vblock is designed to make IT life simpler (infrastructure framework) and more cost effective (an appliance) for an organization."
"Access to VMs is now faster due to the centralized management console."
"Finding a fully bundled, deployed, and configured solution with a short delivery time and unique support is really attractive."
"We were able to achieve significant capital savings in our tech refresh capital projects due to implementing the Vblock solution in our environment."
"This solution has rock-solid reliability."
"Some of the key features are the ease of operation and access, without constraining actions. The tool is available to actually move things around, do things quickly quickly."
"We used to have different departments, each with their own IT section, everybody was making their own IT investments and running different applications and tools in a multi-vendor environment, and now it is all coordinated and synchronized in one solution, reducing the risk of equipment and costs as well."
 

Cons

"The management is really difficult when it comes to systems with traditional services."
"I would like to see them improve their switching infrastructure and rely on Cisco configurations. They are a bit more complex and technical, but result in a slightly reduced cost in terms of switching on the network side of it."
"Improve the patching process and timeliness of updates/releases."
"RCM upgrades are painful."
"In the next release, I would like to see a smaller footprint in the data center and have improvements to disk performance."
"I think there needs to be more tools to monitor and manage the Vblock™ as a whole, instead of pieces."
"I'm not so excited with Vblock solution."
"The initial setup was complex. The LCS was a nightmare."
"While most public clouds are deployed on Linux, there is current no certified Vblock working on KVM hypervisors."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"I would not say the pricing is not good value. It is still on the expensive side, near the top-end of cost compared to what's available now. Also, the licensing has to be improved. There has to be a clear definition of the licensing from the initial set-up so the customer knows what they are paying for, without being hit later on with extra licensing. The licensing definitions should be clearer and, perhaps, have one set of licenses rather than multiple licenses."
"Related to tech support: I believe it is too expensive."
"I think the pricing is on the higher end of the spectrum. There could be some adjustments that could be made there. Regarding licensing, watch compatibility with external products that you run on Vblock. It has got to be properly architected, otherwise, you will run into licensing issues."
"Vblock is priced at a premium because people don't want the headache of managing and deploying different products."
"Vblock appears from the first while to be very expensive. There are more items you cannot see in the BOQ: customer service, support, delivery short time, and highly experienced VCE engineers."
"The paid support for Vblock is expensive."
"It is not cheap."
"Strive for a consolidated ELA."
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Performing Arts
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Manufacturing Company
11%
Marketing Services Firm
11%
Outsourcing Company
10%
 

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Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise5
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VCE Vblock
 

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Xerox, ACS, and Columbia Sportswear.
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