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Dell PowerEdge R-Series pros and cons

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PROS

Dell PowerEdge R-Series offers robust security features including firmware protection and systems management.
The servers have high reliability, with some models achieving nearly 99.999% uptime.
Dell PowerEdge R-Series servers are cost-effective, providing excellent price-to-performance ratio and energy efficiency.
They are praised for their flexibility and scalability, easily accommodating growing business needs.
Customers frequently highlight the reliability and exceptional support provided by Dell.

CONS

OpenManage Essentials requires a modern update as it relies on the outdated Silverlight plugin.
The warranty policy is complex, with notable delays experienced from service partners such as Smart Technologies.
Over time, Dell PowerEdge R-Series systems can degrade, with minor components like hard drives needing replacement, and hardware not consistently performing optimally.
The scalability of Dell PowerEdge R-Series is limited, often requiring the purchase of multiple nodes at once, which may not suit all users.
Customer service support for Dell PowerEdge R-Series is inconsistent, with issues in responsiveness and accessing technical help.
 

Dell PowerEdge R-Series Pros review quotes

it_user194427 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 13, 2016
From a hardware perspective, these servers have always been rock solid.
it_user402060 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data network Supervisor at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 8, 2016
We used other products, but Dell support offered more.
it_user417420 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure and Operations Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 27, 2016
In the six years we have been using it, we have never had a fault/failure/malfunction hardware-wise.
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it_user522153 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT C at San Francisco state university
Sep 28, 2016
The convenience, because we can swap very easily swap hard drives when one goes down.
it_user388956 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Architect at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 8, 2016
For a small, extra cost, you can get OpenManage Essentials with configuration management, which allows you to deploy pre-configured hardware templates making mass deployment easy.
RB
Scientist/Engineer 'F' at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 16, 2017
Ease of use.
it_user333387 - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales Engineer at a tech services company
Dec 19, 2017
This product has really saved us a lot of headaches when it comes to hardware replacements. It's something it seems that Dell has improved. You quickly log your support case and get support. The turnaround time is really fast.
DL
Technical Sales Engineer at Carbon
Feb 12, 2019
I like the Dell EMC management and we have a great management interface. They are very reliable and we can trust the server. It's very reliable and easy to manage.
reviewer1000659 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Mar 10, 2019
It is quite stable. We didn't have a single downtime of failure. Nor have we ever experienced any downtime in electrical components or the hardware. In this way, the server is reliable.
it_user1388232 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Express Systems Limited (ESL)
Jul 28, 2020
The most valuable features are remote management and iDRAC.
 

Dell PowerEdge R-Series Cons review quotes

it_user194427 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Jul 13, 2016
There were some issues that I encountered with the servers, but it is a result of having multiple server generations with different processors in place, which caused some problems with HA and DRS with VMware, but these don't necessarily qualify as issues with the servers themselves.
it_user402060 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data network Supervisor at a energy/utilities company with 501-1,000 employees
Mar 8, 2016
It would be nice to see an improvement in the performance.
it_user417420 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure and Operations Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
May 27, 2016
I am having a memory speed issue that I would like to be fixed.
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it_user522153 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT C at San Francisco state university
Sep 28, 2016
It's not the perfect solution but it is reasonable.
it_user388956 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Architect at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 8, 2016
OpenManage Essentials could do with a visual birthday as it still requires the Silverlight plugin.
RB
Scientist/Engineer 'F' at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 16, 2017
It needs improvements in the thermal design and the management of servers.
it_user333387 - PeerSpot reviewer
Pre-Sales Engineer at a tech services company
Dec 19, 2017
The versions that I work with, they used to max out on memory, on RAM, quickly, so I'd want to think in the newer versions, they actually allocate more processing power and more RAM to them.
DL
Technical Sales Engineer at Carbon
Feb 12, 2019
They should improve the centralized management interface. When you are going to deploy something, for example, VMware or RedHat, it should be easier to deploy a lot of servers. Now you have to do one at a time.
reviewer1000659 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Mar 10, 2019
I would like to see better IOPS, i.e. the disc speed. That is the main limitation for scaling up the number of users.
it_user1388232 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at Express Systems Limited (ESL)
Jul 28, 2020
The design, in terms of power efficiency, can be improved.