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Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers vs Rackspace OpenStack comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 2, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers
Ranking in Converged Infrastructure
3rd
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
209
Ranking in other categories
Data Center Networking (4th), Blade Servers (5th), Rack Servers (1st)
Rackspace OpenStack
Ranking in Converged Infrastructure
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Converged Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is 2.4%. The mindshare of Rackspace OpenStack is 4.7%, up from 2.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Converged Infrastructure
 

Featured Reviews

Syed Masuood - PeerSpot reviewer
Handles workloads and diverse applications efficiently
We have a lot of VMs on Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers. On a single server, we have probably hosted 14 or 15 VMs. Out of these, 8 to 10 are continuously running, and four of them are backup VMs, so it can handle a good workload. For cybersecurity, it is only accessible on the intranet; it is not accessible through the web. We use it for local development purposes, and it is behind our firewall. Its security is strong. We handle a lot of test data for government and confidential customers. It is safe and strong locally. We have not experienced any security issues. Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers have helped to reduce unplanned production downtime if we need to replace a hard disk, instead of completely shutting a server, there is a hot swap feature. It is quite good in that aspect. Usually, for any activity, there is a downtime of about 30 minutes. It has saved a lot of time. We have tried AI workloads for a development environment for a government customer in Singapore. The servers are hosted in Singapore. It is an ML-based engine with AI. It is a government project where data is processed, and we run it on Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers. The benefit of running AI workloads on PowerEdge Servers is that it is easy to allocate memory. The application we are running is memory intensive. It is pretty easy to scale memory and storage.
Hai Dinh Van - PeerSpot reviewer
Open-source nature enables seamless cloud management and customer transition
We deploy layer three managed services, and our customers manage layer two services. We combine the two-layer services and deliver them to our customers The open-source nature of OpenStack provides significant value. It allows for three-word cloud management, maintaining a stable customer…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The performance of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is very good."
"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."
"The resiliency and stability of the products are fantastic."
"These web servers were easily manageable from as early as 2003. We have a very large building, and it was possible to manage them remotely in a simple way from as early as 2003."
"New Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers consistently perform better as technology improves."
"Our overall experience with their product and support has been consistently excellent."
"Dell PowerEdge servers are powerful. They don't break, and I love that. In my career of over 30 years now, all the Dell servers we've ever used out of the box have never broken."
"The user interface is very simple, and the support team is always happy to answer any questions we have. They are very easy to contact."
"The open-source nature of OpenStack provides significant value."
"I like its integration with GitLab and its simplicity. OpenStack has a lot of third-party libraries that it uses."
"Administrators are very comfortable with the functionality and services OpenStack offers."
"It created a reusable library with OpenStack features."
"Rackspace OpenStack is stable and reliable, often compared favorably against other solutions."
"The initial setup isn't too difficult."
"There are many services that can be directly used which are not available in VMware."
"The most valuable feature is the customization. With the customization you can really give the customers what they want."
 

Cons

"The solution should give us an option to add on the new hardware features."
"Capacity and performance could always be improved."
"The server itself is good, but sometimes, the salesperson forgets to sell us the right controller. It is related to sales. It is not related to the technical part."
"Being in Belgium, which is a small country, we might be considered too small for Dell since we only have 40 Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers. This sometimes affects our ability to receive deployment support."
"From the host, you cannot read the external hard drive data inside a VM. They have a security restriction on it."
"There are new FPGA cards available on the market but they are not in the portfolio."
"The pricing can be better. These are expensive machines."
"Access to specific card models can be limited, and sometimes we require smaller cards than those offered by Dell."
"The deployment process could be easy."
"It should have a single dashboard for cloud management and on-premises systems"
"So for the main stability, there have been a couple of issues that I've experienced."
"The pricing of Rackspace is quite high in the Vietnam market."
"OpenStack's UI, while user-friendly, could be improved to offer a more intuitive experience."
"It could use more examples in different languages (API use cases).​"
"The seamless integration between MySQL services and the rabbitMQ database can be revised during the debugging phase."
"The line migration is a problem."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We do use Dell's OpenManage console. It is easy to use this console for lifecycle management or PowerEdge servers."
"We have a contract with the OEM of the equipment for licenses, so we possess all OEM licenses for the Dell software. We have licenses for Linux and VMware software, with a special price and an annual contract for updates of Linux and VMware. Additionally, we have an Oracle database on the Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers."
"The price of Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Servers is reasonable compared to other solutions."
"Dell is priced better than alternative solutions."
"The product's pricing is not good."
"They are affordable. Even during our recent procurement, the cost of Dell servers was lower than that of HPE."
"The high cost of Dell PowerEdge Rack Server licenses is attributed to the pre-installed Windows Server operating system from Microsoft."
"I personally think the pricing and licensing of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is actually fairly decent, though the way the business runs leads to sticker shock anytime we give them a quote."
"The pricing is low."
"I use it as an open-source tool."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
6%
Computer Software Company
16%
Government
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

When shopping for a rack server, would you go with Dell EMC Poweredge or Lenovo Thinksystem?
Our organization ran comparison tests to determine whether the Dell EMC Poweredge or Lenovo Thinksystem rack servers were the better fit for us. We ultimately decided to go with Dell EMC Poweredge....
What do you like most about Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Servers?
It has helped us reduce unplanned downtime by 20% to 30%.
What needs improvement with Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Servers?
Mainly, I would like to improve the speed of storage response. We would like to improve our performance by using disks without rotation. The price is better now, and I think it will be better in th...
What do you like most about Rackspace OpenStack?
Apart from the main features, I really appreciate OpenStack's microservices architecture and its flexibility for deployment with different tools.
What needs improvement with Rackspace OpenStack?
The pricing of Rackspace is quite high in the Vietnam market. It would be beneficial to see developments in features like threat prevention and analytics tools for network security within OpenStack.
What is your primary use case for Rackspace OpenStack?
We deploy layer three managed services, and our customers manage layer two services. We combine the two-layer services and deliver them to our customers.
 

Also Known As

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OpenStack
 

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Sample Customers

NxtGen Datacenter, Medien-Service Untermain (MSU), Exasol, IndigoVision, Dayco
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