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RELIABILITY TRENDS FROM THE
ITIC 2015−2016 GLOBAL SERVER HARDWARE AND SERVER OS RELIABILITY SURVEY
In today’s digital age, server hardware reliability is essential, as it directly impacts operations and organizational results. Here are some reliability trends from the ITIC 2015-2016 Global Server Hardware and Server OS Reliability Survey.
1
Server uptime requirement increases:
Trend
82% of organizations now require a minimum of 99.99% uptime or better for mission-critical hardware, operating systems and main line of business (LOB) applications.
Lenovo System x: The most reliable x86 servers in the industry
61% 47%
52%
50%
52%
41%
37%
41%
99.999% 99.99% 99.9%
3% HP
7%
2% Lenovo
Oracle
7% Dell
Lenovo® System x servers achieve highest percentage of 99.999% overall uptime and availability in 2015.
Lenovo System x records least amount of unplanned downtime of more than four hours on each server platform (2015). Oracle x86
10%
HP ProLiant Servers
10% 6%
Dell PowerEdge x86 Toshiba Magnia
3%
HP Integrity
3%
Cisco UCS
2%
Fujitsu PRIMERGY
2%
Lenovo System x
1%
Lenovo helps reduce the cost of unplanned downtime.
Cost of hourly downtime increases:
2
Trend
98% of firms say hourly downtime costs exceed $100K. 33% of respondents estimate hourly downtime costs their organizations more than $1M.
Annual server downtime of one to over four hours by vendor platform 2015 8%
8%
HP
Oracle
6%
4%
Lenovo
Dell
Lenovo System x servers averaged the lowest percentage (4%) of 1 to 4+ hours of per server/per annum server outages compared to HP ProLiant and Integrity servers, Dell PowerEdge, Oracle x86 and SPARC hardware platforms. Lenovo minimizes the cost of hourly downtime.
Lenovo System x servers experience least amount of unplanned annual downtime when compared to competition Lenovo System x with Linux Cisco UCS with Linux HP Integrity with Linux Dell PowerEdge x86 with Linux Oracle x86 with Oracle Linux HP ProLiant x86 with Linux
4
5
6
10
13
21
Lenovo System x servers running Linux® have the least amount of downtime, 4 minutes/server/year of any mainstream Linux server platform, helping minimize the cost of downtime.
3
Trend
Service and support remain critical: Technical service & support and fast, efficient vendor responsiveness are more crucial than ever.
Lenovo achieves the highest x86 server reliability marks while maintaining excellent technical service and support. 1% Has the quality of the products, technical service and support changed since Lenovo acquired IBM’s x86 server business in 2014?
14%
No, it remains excellent or very good No perceptible difference Unsure 85%
Conclusion Organizations, their end-users, customers, partners and suppliers, now expect 24x7 access to IT resources irrespective of time or location. Even a few minutes of server downtime can disrupt productivity and lead to severe losses. According to the latest independent ITIC 2015–2016 Global Server Hardware and OS Reliability Survey, Lenovo System x servers offer best-in-class reliability in the x86 category. This survey polled C-level executives and IT managers at over 600 organizations worldwide. The survey makes it clear that organizations can depend on the reliability of Lenovo servers.
Read the ITIC Reliability Report to discover why Lenovo servers are the most reliable in the x86 category.
ITIC 2015−2016 GLOBAL SERVER HARDWARE AND SERVER OS RELIABILITY SURVEY
In today’s digital age, server hardware reliability is essential, as it directly impacts operations and organizational results. Here are some reliability trends from the ITIC 2015-2016 Global Server Hardware and Server OS Reliability Survey.
1
Server uptime requirement increases:
Trend
82% of organizations now require a minimum of 99.99% uptime or better for mission-critical hardware, operating systems and main line of business (LOB) applications.
Lenovo System x: The most reliable x86 servers in the industry
61% 47%
52%
50%
52%
41%
37%
41%
99.999% 99.99% 99.9%
3% HP
7%
2% Lenovo
Oracle
7% Dell
Lenovo® System x servers achieve highest percentage of 99.999% overall uptime and availability in 2015.
Lenovo System x records least amount of unplanned downtime of more than four hours on each server platform (2015). Oracle x86
10%
HP ProLiant Servers
10% 6%
Dell PowerEdge x86 Toshiba Magnia
3%
HP Integrity
3%
Cisco UCS
2%
Fujitsu PRIMERGY
2%
Lenovo System x
1%
Lenovo helps reduce the cost of unplanned downtime.
Cost of hourly downtime increases:
2
Trend
98% of firms say hourly downtime costs exceed $100K. 33% of respondents estimate hourly downtime costs their organizations more than $1M.
Annual server downtime of one to over four hours by vendor platform 2015 8%
8%
HP
Oracle
6%
4%
Lenovo
Dell
Lenovo System x servers averaged the lowest percentage (4%) of 1 to 4+ hours of per server/per annum server outages compared to HP ProLiant and Integrity servers, Dell PowerEdge, Oracle x86 and SPARC hardware platforms. Lenovo minimizes the cost of hourly downtime.
Lenovo System x servers experience least amount of unplanned annual downtime when compared to competition Lenovo System x with Linux Cisco UCS with Linux HP Integrity with Linux Dell PowerEdge x86 with Linux Oracle x86 with Oracle Linux HP ProLiant x86 with Linux
4
5
6
10
13
21
Lenovo System x servers running Linux® have the least amount of downtime, 4 minutes/server/year of any mainstream Linux server platform, helping minimize the cost of downtime.
3
Trend
Service and support remain critical: Technical service & support and fast, efficient vendor responsiveness are more crucial than ever.
Lenovo achieves the highest x86 server reliability marks while maintaining excellent technical service and support. 1% Has the quality of the products, technical service and support changed since Lenovo acquired IBM’s x86 server business in 2014?
14%
No, it remains excellent or very good No perceptible difference Unsure 85%
Conclusion Organizations, their end-users, customers, partners and suppliers, now expect 24x7 access to IT resources irrespective of time or location. Even a few minutes of server downtime can disrupt productivity and lead to severe losses. According to the latest independent ITIC 2015–2016 Global Server Hardware and OS Reliability Survey, Lenovo System x servers offer best-in-class reliability in the x86 category. This survey polled C-level executives and IT managers at over 600 organizations worldwide. The survey makes it clear that organizations can depend on the reliability of Lenovo servers.
Read the ITIC Reliability Report to discover why Lenovo servers are the most reliable in the x86 category.
