We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers and HPE Apollo 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.
"We like the iDRAC card which gives us remote access to the server out of band. That's fantastic because if a box is misbehaving, I'm able to get into the bare metal and repair the operating system without needing to go out to the branch office, which could be anywhere in the UK."
"We were running out of memory, and that was the first time we heard of a solution that supports a terabyte of core memory. That was the primary reason we got the first box. We've stayed with it since then because we have so many Dell workstations."
"The configuration and BIOS management are flexible. It's easy to install 10 GB network cards on the rack. They have a good selection that simplifies the network connections."
"iDRAC is the most valuable feature because of the ease of use and management and everything that it provides is super useful. The security features that PowerEdge provides, including firmware threat detection is good."
"This is a stable solution."
"The complete hyper-converged infrastructure of this solution has been most useful. PowerEdge has helped to reduce data processing time by 20%."
"PowerEdge helped to reduce our customer’s data processing time."
"In regards to security, I have noticed that we can implement Active Directory to the iDRAC. It is more secure that way. Then, everyone can access it as they please."
"The solution is well documented in a data sheet."
"The technical support from HPE has always been good in my experience."
"The cost benefit of this solution is most valuable. It is quite effective for the work for which we are using it. We are mainly running video servers on these, and we are quite happy with the resilience, density storage, and streaming capacity of the system."
"HPE Apollo's most valuable feature is the ability to expand our storage capacity."
"The Industrial and healthcare areas both need improvement."
"There are issues, of course, but not major issues. On a scale of one to 10, the stability is a nine."
"The servers get slower at the end of their life cycle. The technology needs to evolve."
"As the disks and memory should be expandable, I would highlight scalability as an issue."
"It's more from the pandemic, however, the logistics part of it could be better."
"Dell needs to focus more on SMBs, helping us get the most out of our products. For example, at events, there should be very specific SMB sessions where there are Dell technicians, engineers, and Dell executives meeting with us and finding out what we need. Dell is big on promoting the fact that they're part of our team and that they want to be our partners, and I would like to see them actually partner with us. Do it less with the big Fortune 500 companies and do a little bit more with us SMBs."
"I'd like to take the complexities out of all the different tools that surround it, like OpenManage."
"The solution needs to offer better service feedback, their response rate is slow when we have questions."
"The technical support from HPE has always been good in my experience."
"The support from HPE Apollo could be better, they are making knowledgeable."
"The predictive analysis feature could be improved."
"We are quite happy with it, but its price and storage density can be better."
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is ranked 1st in Rack Servers with 53 reviews while HPE Apollo is ranked 6th in Rack Servers with 4 reviews. Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is rated 8.8, while HPE Apollo is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers writes "Reliable with great support and good analytics". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Apollo writes "Easy to maintain, cost-effective, scalable, and resilient". Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers, IBM Power Systems and Oracle SPARC Servers, whereas HPE Apollo is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Dell PowerEdge FX, HPE Synergy, IBM Power Systems and Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers. See our Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers vs. HPE Apollo report.
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