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PowerEdge Rack Servers vs. IBM Z

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricPowerEdge Rack Servers

by Dell Technologies

IBM Z

by IBM

Overall rating4.74.5
Review count1589
Ease of use9.38.6
Ease of setup9.37.6
Quality of support9.39.3
Meets requirements9.79.0
NPS8067.045455
Small Business0.0%8.3%
Mid-Market0.0%16.7%
Enterprise100.0%75.0%
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PowerEdge Rack Servers

Drive demanding workloads including VDI, AI/machine learning and private cloud with workhorse servers that deliver the optimum balance of storage, I/O, application acceleration and configuration flexibility. Highly flexible configurations with up to 16 x 2.5-or 8 x 3.5- drives, 8 PCIe slots, 24 DIMMS (including 12 NVDIMM-Ns) 50% more accelerator card support with up to 3 x 300W or 6 x 150W cards Industry-leading energy efficiency with correct air flow delivered to each PCIe slot via multi-vector cooling Internal storage subsystem optimized for M.2 boot

Pros

    IBM Z

    IBM Z® are modern mainframe platforms that include enterprise operating systems and IBM z/OS or Linux software. Offering multiple options, IBM Z can be configured as a single-frame, multi-frame, or rack mount to fit your workload optimization and infrastructure needs. IBM Z is designed to bring AI, security, resiliency and scalability to your hybrid cloud environment to meet the evolving demands of the world's largest enterprises.

    Pros