We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge FX and HPE ProLiant DL Servers based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Rack Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The best feature is PowerEdge's ability to stack up eight blade servers in one 2U chassis."
"The setup is straightforward. It can take anywhere from an hour to half a day."
"The features that I have found most valuable are that it has very robust servers and a very heavy load. We've been working on servers now for 10 years and those servers are still up and running. Those servers are still very powerful until today."
"The remote management is great."
"The product seamlessly integrates with the storage portfolio."
"The most valuable feature is its stability."
"The power efficiency is very good and nice."
"It has extremely high performance, and it is easy to manage."
"The most valuable features of HPE ProLiant DL Servers are convenience and the interface is good."
"The product is scalable and stable."
"In regards to the components that you can put into the servers, I feel that HP provides a wider variety of parts in comparison to Dell. For example, there is the ILO which is a network cable that goes into the server and reports back with an abundance of information about the server, even when it is off."
"What I like most about HPE ProLiant DL Servers is that it gives the support and hardware availability that my company requires."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is scalability."
"The pricing of the product is fair and not too expensive."
"This product is feature-rich and is easy to install."
"It's easy to upgrade, and it is very easy to take care of the firmware upgrades."
"The product must provide more integration."
"The positioning of the power supply is not ideal. Both of them are on the same side, so you need to untie the cabling when you're installing the server. Another thing is storage separation. The storage can only be used by a particular server blade. I want the ability to use a storage unit for more than one server."
"They could improve from a manufacturing perspective."
"It should have more simplified management. It is a common problem where vendors think that they have simplified a solution, but the users don't look at it in the same way. A vendor thinks that there are only ten steps for a task, but we consider them as many steps. It should also have more support for NVMe. For high performance and speed, there should also be more network cards for the fiber channel and ethernet."
"Before the cloud solution and virtualization, we relied on Dell hardware from specific vendors. The lifecycle for cloud infrastructure is shorter than it used to be. We need a longer lifecycle from the IT supplier providing the computing solution."
"In terms of the cost, it is a little bit high, meaning, there is some difference in the cost compared to the equivalent product with HP servers."
"There are times when a part might break down and we need to have Dell replace it."
"When it comes to Dell PowerEdge FX, the area of concern revolves around the delivery time where improvements are required."
"We found that the extensions could be improved and the price could be a little lower."
"The scalability of Gen8 models should be improved. They can also improve its price."
"Not all of the hardware is completely up-to-date."
"I would like to replace a hard drive that might be saved on the fly, on the server that I'm using currently, but I can't do that. I'm forced to power off my virtual machine, turn off the server, disconnect it from the power, replace the drive, rebuild the storage, and power it on again."
"The implementation should be simplified, it is not straightforward."
"ProLiant servers could be more scalable. For example, some models can only contain four hard drives, but many of our customers expect six. If they were to add another extendable hard drive slot, it would be easier to sell the servers to our customers."
"I want to improve hyper-converged sites."
"The price of the solution could be less expensive to be more competitive."
Dell PowerEdge FX is ranked 8th in Rack Servers with 12 reviews while HPE ProLiant DL Servers is ranked 2nd in Rack Servers with 156 reviews. Dell PowerEdge FX is rated 8.4, while HPE ProLiant DL Servers is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge FX writes "A highly stable product that seamlessly integrates with the storage portfolio and provides excellent technical support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ProLiant DL Servers writes "Good availability and management console with good reliability". Dell PowerEdge FX is most compared with HPE Apollo, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, Lenovo Edge Servers, Oracle SPARC Servers and HPE Moonshot, whereas HPE ProLiant DL Servers is most compared with Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, HPE Apollo, Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers and IBM Power Systems. See our Dell PowerEdge FX vs. HPE ProLiant DL Servers report.
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