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"The management features, including iDRAC and OpenManage are important.""The systems are performing flawlessly.""Dell PowerEdge T is the easiest of all the manufacturers.""The scalability of the solution is excellent.""This solution is very easy to manage. There are many options to configure the processor, memory, disks, and network interface with ease.""The speed provided by Dell PowerEdge T is its most valuable feature. The performance of Dell PowerEdge T is good.""The most valuable feature of the solution is its high storage capacity, making it a good product.""The product has valuable hardware components with a long life cycle."

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"The series of processors were designed to serve missions, and they have 24/7 operation and ECC support memory."

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Cons
"Dell PowerEdge T's resolution is an area of concern where improvements are required.""The technical support for Dell PowerEdge T is terrible.""It is not easy to move around tower servers, especially since it is heavy to load the server somewhere. The heaviness of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required.""I would like to see more options to be able to support GPU cards. Right now, there are only one or two modules that provide this option.""The product's initial setup is complex.""We encounter issues with the power supply maintenance. It could be more stable.""PCIe drivers could be included in the storage for good performance.""I'm currently working on setting up a lab for AI, big data, and data analysis, and my client needs exceptionally powerful servers, and such high-core counts are not currently offered within the available options."

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"It would be beneficial if Lenovo could create a simpler server line to reduce cost and lower power requirements."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Depending on how big the deployment is customers usually see an ROI around seven months after deployment."
  • "The product has medium pricing. We have purchased a yearly support license for it."
  • "I rate the pricing an eight on a scale from one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
  • "For enterprise and large-scale companies, it's actually quite reasonable and not considered very expensive."
  • "There is no need to pay anything towards the licensing costs of the solution."
  • "My company's clients make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. The product is neither expensive nor cheap."
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  • "I give the price of the solution an eight out of ten."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of the solution is its high storage capacity, making it a good product.
    Top Answer:It is not easy to move around tower servers, especially since it is heavy to load the server somewhere. The heaviness of the product is an area of concern where improvements are required.
    Top Answer:Dell PowerEdge T is a product that consists of tower servers, which my organization made available for five of our clients who were not looking for rack servers.
    Top Answer:The series of processors were designed to serve missions, and they have 24/7 operation and ECC support memory.
    Top Answer:I give the price of the solution an eight out of ten.
    Top Answer:I am looking for a less powerful server machine than the SD series, as my minimum requirements are much lower than what this server offers. It would be beneficial if Lenovo could create a simpler… more »
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    348
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    8.0
    3rd
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    758
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    Average Words per Review
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    Also Known As
    ThinkSystem ST Series, ST Series, Lenovo ST Series, ThinkSystem Tower Servers
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    Overview
    Dell EMC PowerEdge tower servers are equipped with a wide range of performance-enhancing features including redundant and hot-swappable components, system health monitoring and advanced virtualization capabilities.

    Lenovo tower servers deliver powerful performance and versatile storage configurations in a small footprint for SMBs to large institutions. Get the reliability you expect from the data center, delivered in a package optimized for office environments.

    Sample Customers
    Parkdale Secondary College, UnitedStack, ICM Netsystems, Newport City Homes, Medien-Service Untermain (MSU), The Watershed Addiction Treatment Programs, Exasol, Dayco, PRIME aerostructures GmbH, Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium (NMTRC)
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    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company13%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government8%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company13%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Government7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business67%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise22%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business36%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise47%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business41%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise48%

    Dell PowerEdge T is ranked 2nd in Tower Servers with 8 reviews while Lenovo ThinkSystem Tower Servers is ranked 3rd in Tower Servers with 1 review. Dell PowerEdge T is rated 8.2, while Lenovo ThinkSystem Tower Servers is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge T writes "A competitively-priced solution that offers stability and scalability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkSystem Tower Servers writes "24/7 operations, stable, and scalable". Dell PowerEdge T is most compared with HPE Proliant ML and IBM System X, whereas Lenovo ThinkSystem Tower Servers is most compared with HPE Proliant ML and IBM System X.

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