Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers Reviews

It's a large virtualization environment where our students and our researchers have all the machines running and it's realized with VMware.

We appreciate the stability of all the machines.

The easy mountings are convenient. 

We have some direct connections to IBM and Lenovo, as well as other companies. They offer us very good manufacturer support. Technical support has been very good and we've been satisfied with the level of service we get.

The solution is very simple to install.

There are so many features, it's difficult to even use them all. Therefore, I don't believe there are any features that are lacking.

From our side, our budgets are really not there. The availability of cash is a little bit limited. We buy as much as we can, If it was less expensive, we could buy more.  

I deal with this solution about once a year.

The solution is stable. It's very reliable. There aren't glitches and it doesn't crash or freeze.

The solution can scale quite easily. If you need to expand it, you can do so rather easily.

We have about 1,000 people on the servers that we have. They are all students and researchers.

We'll continue to use this product going forward.

We've had a good experience with technical support. We have some direct channels there. With Lenovo, we also have a mainframe on our site for demonstration purposes. We are lucky to have a direct connection to the engineers.

The initial setup is not complex. It's very straightforward.

Deployment times vary. If students are doing it, it might take a little bit longer, however, if we handle it ourselves, we can do it relatively quickly.

It's difficult to count how many people we have on deployment and maintenance duties as they're all part-time. We have about four to five full-time equivalents.

I am part of the consulting team. The work is done by some assistants or to teach a student as I'm a lecturer at the University.

The cost is a bit pricey. We'd buy more from them if we could, however, we are on a limited budget.

We're just customers. We don't have a business relationship with Lenovo.

Normally, we are not using the latest version of the solution due to the fact that they are too expensive. We are a university and we have to look for how much money we use. Therefore, often we end up buying some refurbished machines or some equipment from IBM, from Lenovo, etc., which we get at reasonable prices.

Everything is on-premises and we have our own private cloud with these machines.

I'd recommend the solution to other organizations. 

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I'd rate it at a nine.

We use it for microservices. It is for the main applications and growth of the business.

It has good integration. You have VMware for connecting many machines, and you can support microservices. You can also easily connect the networks. 

It is also very easy to use and implement, and it comes with good support.

It should have tools for integration with the cloud. We should be able to transmit data from our on-premises server to the servers in the cloud.

I have been using this solution for about eight years.

It has good stability. 

It is easy to scale. We have around 300 users.

They provide good support. We have a software to communicate with them and get any help that we need.

Before Lenovo, there was an IBM server. We started to use this server because it is easy to use for microservices, and there are many applications. 

The initial setup was straightforward. The deployment took about three months. We had to integrate microservices, and we also had applications.

We deployed it ourselves. In the company, we have more than three people for its deployment and maintenance.

It costs around $8,000. There is an additional cost for the support for a year.

Nutanix and HPE are also good options. Nutanix is a little expensive. HPE has only two servers, but we need three servers.

It is a very good product. It is very easy to implement, and you can scale it easily. It is useful for us, and we plan to keep using it. When the company grows, we would add more servers.

I would rate Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers an eight out of ten.

Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers can be deployed on-premise and in the cloud.

The use case varies from client to client.

The most valuable aspect of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers is the brand name and the service relationship we have with Lenovo.

Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers could improve the availability of their solution. The supply chain is severely broken, we've had to wait many months for component parts to a system time after time. The availability of discs and raid controllers has been difficult lately.

I have been using Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers for approximately 10 years.

Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers' stability is excellent.

We sell Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers to small and medium-sized businesses, whatever configurations we need to put together for the client's needs we are able to deliver.

I have not directly dealt with the support from Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers.

The initial setup of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers is straightforward.

I rate the initial setup of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers a four out of five.

Our technicians handle the implementation of the Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers. we typically use one technician for the implementation and we have a team of technicians that are available to provide support.

The cost of the solution depends entirely on the client. There are not any additional costs other than the standard licensing fee.

I rate the price of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers a four out of five.

I have previously evaluated HP solutions. HP is a comparable solution to Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers.

Lead times to purchase this solution can be much longer than then expected at this time due to logistics delays.

I rate Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers a nine out of ten.

We are using this solution without any errors on the main boards or other systems. We are also using the storage of Lenovo, that is, V7000. We have 30 VM machines on the servers here, and we are using SP1 scalable processors.

We are buying all the things to use from Lenovo. Everything comes from Lenovo, that is, hard drives, racks, memory, and processors.

The IMM tool is great because we can upgrade different views and device versions very quickly. We can upgrade everything from a single point through a single dashboard, which is great for us because we also have Lenovo storage. Lenovo ThinkSystem also has Xclarity built into the system.

HP has a riser inside, but Lenovo does not have a riser. It would be good to have a riser with Lenovo. The GUI of the system is really bad. HP has a very good UI for smart memories and everything inside, but in Lenovo, we have a black-and-white UI.

HP right now manufactures a server with scalable SP1 and SP2 on a single machine, which is not the case with Lenovo. They are changing the machine. For SP 1, there is one server, and for SP2, there is another server, which is really bad. In HP, we can use two models of processors in a single case. Lenovo should also be improved to have SP1 and SP2 scalable processors simultaneously on a single machine. They should not release another machine. This issue is also there in H3650 severs. They are all inside, but only V3 CPU or only v4 CPU can work, whereas, in HBG9, we can deploy V3 and V4 simultaneously.

Lenovo also needs to advertise more because I can't see advertisements anywhere. 

I have been using this solution for more than four years.

It is stable.

It is scalable. We are deploying the servers for our customers. One of our customers has about 100 people working in the factory.

I got support for a license issue, where I made a mistake in typing the serial number because of which it wasn't matching. Their support was really great. They edited my serial number, and I could get the IMM license very quickly.

It is not complex. It is easy for us. The deployment took less than a week because we know what we should do. In four or five days, we had deployed it into the server. HP is easier to deploy than Lenovo. 

The licensing cost is the same as HP. It doesn't have any additional cost. However, the price, for example, for the memory option, does not match other vendors such as HP or Dell. They should work on the pricing of Lenovo. It is a great competitor, and it should compete with the price. 

I would rate Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers a nine out of ten.

The management/load performance is the most valuable feature.

The hardware can be evaluated by its efficient management, resource visibility and easy to use features.

Secondly, performance is the main goal of the machines. I have very good experience with the IBM Server and Storage.

The peak performance has made the organization's key application up and running; it has never failed.

IBM hardware takes time for building/assembling. Also, the firmware update process takes too much time as compared to the other vendors like Dell.

I have used this solution for nine years.

During firmware updates/NIC teaming , some errors were experienced.

There were no scalability issues.

I would rate the technical support a 9/10.

Previously, we were using IBM; it provides the most efficient and reliable computing hardware.

Setup is a little complex, i.e., in terms of the firmware and system updates.

We looked at Dell Chassis M1000e and HPE c7000.

The installation and configuration are a bit difficult but the product's performance is unbeatable.

They have taken over from IBM, which was the market leader. They have taken a lot of technology from IBM, and IBM always delivered very powerful hardware to the IT industry compared to Dell EMC or anyone else. They basically have a bit of an upper hand on the technology compared to any others in the market.

The solution is stable.

Setting up the product initially is simple. 

The power consumption needs to be optimized in Lenovo. We also used Dell and find that is the case there as well. Though it has been optimized, we find it is still lacking for our conventions.

The solution could lower its costs a bit to make it more competitive with, for example, Dell. 

Lenovo needs to modernize its components. 

They should be using proprietary products rather than getting third-party products for remote sensing or security deployed on their rack servers.

I've been using the solution for five or six years at this point. It's been a while. We've used it as long as we've used Dell. 

We've used the solution for a few years not, and haven't had any issues with the stability. Overall, it is good. 

If STI technology is employed, you can scale the solution. Otherwise, it doesn't really scale. 

I'm also using Dell EMC PowerEdge rack servers. We use both in our organization. 

The power of the hardware is very good on Dell, compared to Lenovo. The features of the hardware, the security features, in particular, are very good in Dell.

The initial setup is easy. We didn't have any issues with the process. 

We had no need for outside engineers. We could handle the setup ourselves. 

The solution is a bit costly. We find Dell much more reasonably priced. 

I'm just a customer and an end-user.

I definitely suggest potential users skip Lenovo and go for Dell EMC, which has good hardware, and great internal security components. 

I'd rate the solution at a seven out of ten. 

Our clients use it for server virtualization.

Its performance and the local support of Lenovo in my city are the most valuable features. Its performance is the best, and its user interface is also very easy.

Its price could be better. Its price is sometimes an issue for our clients.

XClarity Controller is a very good feature, and Lenovo should include the XClarity Controller license without any additional cost. It should be integrated within the product.

I have been using this solution for ten years or so.

It has very good stability. Lenovo systems are very good in this aspect.

Its scalability is fine for me. Our clients are usually SMB, but we also have some large enterprises.

I am very satisfied with their support.

Its initial setup is very easy. The deployment generally takes two or three days, but the duration also depends on the complexity of the solution. One person is sufficient for its deployment.

Its pricing is very competitive.

Our clients evaluate Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Dell. I find Lenovo better in terms of performance, support, and price. Its performance is good for me. Other vendors are not bad, but Lenovo is usually my first choice. 

I would recommend this solution. I would rate Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers a ten out of ten.

We use Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers as storage servers.

The performance of the solution could be better.

I have been using Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers for approximately three months.

I rate the stability of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers a nine out of ten.

I rate the scalability of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers a nine out of ten.

We have two clients using this solution.

I did not use the support.

The initial setup of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers is straightforward. The process of implementation took me approximately two to three days. We only had to install the hardware for the installation.

I rate the initial setup of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers a nine out of ten.

The price of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers is highly competitive. Many customers prefer this solution because of the price. However, the price could be reduced.

There is a license needed to use the solution.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers a nine out of ten.