We performed a comparison between HPE Apollo and Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack 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."With HPE Apollo, we can propose configurations with many hard drives, making it suitable for large storage needs."
"It's going to meet our needs moving forward, it is scalable."
"Apollo Systems provide stuff that standard services do not. More HTDs, more compute power, at very reasonable pricing."
"we can use the same platform for several use cases: Hadoop, Ceph, and we are considering the server for another use case right now. It's a single solution, we only have to integrate it once and we can use it for several technologies."
"When we moved to the Apollo and all flash drives, we gained a lot of performance."
"HPE Apollo's support is the most valuable feature."
"The solution is well documented in a data sheet."
"HPE Apollo's most valuable feature is the ability to expand our storage capacity."
"The hardware performance is very valuable."
"Easy integration with UPS systems provides added convenience and efficiency for our operations."
"The product scales well."
"The most valuable aspect of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers is the brand name and the service relationship we have with Lenovo."
"The product is very user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it is the easiest product to set up and maintain."
"It's very power-efficient and allows you to access the rack server directly without accessing the operating system on that server."
"The hardware is good."
"The support from HPE Apollo could be better, they are making knowledgeable."
"We would like to see improved cooling because that is quite an issue. If you put that much compute power into a single rack, cooling really becomes an issue. And there is room for improvement there."
"The technical support from HPE has always been good in my experience."
"The solution's deployment, security, and scalability need improvement."
"We could, perhaps, use more GPUs in the future, go from eight to 16 GPUs per instance. That could run head-to-head against the DGX-1, the DGX-2 that NVIDIA has developed in their own chassis. That would be interesting to see."
"Lustre seems to be just a little bit unstable overall."
"We would like to see SimpliVity on top of the Apollo."
"We have tried to used standardization using Ubuntu Linux and it's been hard. They had some difficulties getting the RAID configuration up and running because there are no drivers for it. It's not supported by HPE."
"The power consumption needs to be optimized in Lenovo."
"The performance of the solution could be better."
"The RAID Management and the RAID Configuration tools need to be improved."
"I would like the solution to be improved by having more advanced utilities."
"Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers does a very good job. However, what could be improved can be their Configurator because it's very bulky and it sometimes gives logical errors."
"It is quite an expensive product. Its price can be improved."
"From our side, our budgets are really not there. The availability of cash is a little bit limited. We buy as much as we can, If it was less expensive, we could buy more."
"Throughout the use of the product, special needs will arise which may require a global need."
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HPE Apollo is ranked 6th in Rack Servers with 22 reviews while Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers is ranked 3rd in Rack Servers with 27 reviews. HPE Apollo is rated 8.4, while Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE Apollo writes "An affordable and easy-to-implement solution, but its after-sales support and technical support should be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers writes "Reliable with an easy setup and good support". HPE Apollo is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE Synergy and Dell PowerEdge FX, whereas Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers is most compared with Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers, IBM Power Systems, Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers and Huawei FusionServer RH Series Rack Servers. See our HPE Apollo vs. Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers report.
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