Dell PowerEdge T-Series Reviews

Dell PowerEdge T-Series tower servers are primarily used by my clients for on-premises infrastructure. The main process they use these servers for is managing their core business operations on-site.

The most valuable aspect of Dell PowerEdge T-Series tower servers is the iDRAC functionality for remote management. It is important to note that not all tower server models support iDRAC. For example, the T360 and T560 do support iDRAC functionality, while the T160  model has different levels of support. The T160 model is more than a desktop and is classified as a server because it supports server operating systems.

During our discussion about functionality, we focused on remote management capabilities using iDRAC. The top models are equipped with this functionality, which provides significant value for remote server management and monitoring.

Dell could enhance tower servers by improving energy consumption efficiency and reducing heating issues. Additionally, there is potential for expanding iDRAC functionality to entry-level models and introducing additional management features that would benefit smaller deployments.

The solution is actively being used in production environments.

Stability cannot be completely guaranteed with any infrastructure solution. Following Murphy's law, potential issues are unpredictable. High availability solutions are necessary to reduce the likelihood of problems, but there is no guarantee regarding complete stability or the ability to predict every issue that might occur.

The scalability of Dell PowerEdge T-Series requires careful consideration depending on the specific model and deployment requirements.

Dell support in Serbia is excellent. They maintain a hub with spare parts and provide them very quickly. For common spare parts, they typically deliver next business day response. Most incidents are resolved within one or two business days, which is better than many other vendors offer. While there can be some challenges with specific or uncommon equipment, the support for Dell PowerEdge T-Series tower servers and rack servers is consistently fast and reliable.

The setup process for Dell PowerEdge T-Series tower servers is straightforward. You do not need extensive technical background to complete the setup, as it can be accomplished in fifteen minutes to half an hour depending on your preference and specific configuration needs.

It is advisable to work with a company that will manage and support the product after implementation.

Dell PowerEdge servers are primarily used for on-premises deployments, which affects the return on investment calculations for organizations.

Dell PowerEdge T-Series tower servers provide significant benefits for small companies. The main advantages include affordability, ease of deployment, and reliable performance without requiring extensive management overhead.

Based on my experience with tower servers in small companies, these systems can be managed by a dedicated person or as a part-time responsibility for a system administrator. Even low-cost tower server models such as the T160 and T360 function reliably without significant differences in operational capability. The functionality either works or it does not work, and with these models, it consistently works. While energy consumption should be a greater concern, newer generation Dell PowerEdge servers are increasingly focusing on energy efficiency, heating reduction, and overall power optimization. I would rate this product a ten out of ten overall.

Dell PowerEdge T-Series is used for local servers, local storage, and administration. I am implementing the use of Dell PowerEdge T-Series for my people on the team.

Dell PowerEdge T-Series has affected the overall flexibility of operations for the better. I cannot provide examples of how the features have benefited the organization yet because it is still new and still in implementation.

I could not assess Dell PowerEdge T-Series servers for energy consumption yet because they are new. Currently, I do not think there are any problems regarding improvements with Dell PowerEdge T-Series except for the pricing.

The company has been using Dell PowerEdge T-Series for one year and it is currently rolling out.

We are not running AI workloads on Dell PowerEdge T-Series yet.

I would evaluate the customer service and tech support by saying I have had no problems with it.

Prior to adopting Dell PowerEdge T-Series, I was using older Dell servers.

The setup cost and licensing experience was easy.

I did not consider any other solutions when considering Dell, as we are mostly a Dell shop.

My role in using and managing Dell PowerEdge T-Series involves using and purchasing. I do not administrate it, but I use it. I am involved in the purchasing at least because I am the premier account holder. We are currently in transition into Microsoft. We are transitioning from Google to Microsoft, not from Microsoft to Dell. I cannot share any other details on that; their workloads are not as influenced by the latency issues. I would rate this review a 9 out of 10.

We deploy Dell PowerEdge T-Series for our dealership server, so we provide the T-Series for those who subscribe to us for our agents.

Having good support for Dell PowerEdge T-Series benefits our organization by giving us less time for troubleshooting, and if there's any problem, we have support to come to us and fix the issue and handle replacements.

This frees IT for the tech support side, and since I'm in IT support, we also provide support too. If there's any warranty issue, we don't have any problem; we can just talk to them, and they will help us.

The impact on our sustainability goals is actually positive because the server replacement is very good for us. After four years, we don't think about there being any problem. We replace it again, and for our customers and for us too, our servers here and infrastructure can last ten years, more than fifteen years without any problem.

In terms of Dell PowerEdge T-Series features, we have the iDRAC, which is good because you don't have to be there just to support them. For the agent, when you call them, it's very easy with chat and everything available. Everything's there and you don't have any problem. We also have our Dell rep that we can escalate to if there's any problem.

For Dell PowerEdge T-Series, I don't see any more redundancy for the power supply, but I think that may be because of the cost. However, we don't have any problem with it.

Since I started using Dell PowerEdge T-Series, it has been a very long time, perhaps twenty-five to thirty years already. We're a Dell partner direct.

Dell PowerEdge T-Series is now a smaller version than before when I started, so it's a very mini server now, but it has the same power. The redundancy is also very good, so we don't have any problem; it's very reliable.

I think Dell PowerEdge T-Series support deserves a ten because we don't have any problem, and that's why we really recommend using Dell for our customers. It's very easy managing it since we replace the server every four years, so we know that it will last more than the four-year span.

The product rating I gave is for Dell PowerEdge T-Series itself, and then support comes hand in hand, which are both very important for us.

I'm giving both Dell PowerEdge T-Series product and support a ten, and the product is reliable.

For Dell PowerEdge T-Series, we've seen a return on investment as our customers are happy, and we spend less time troubleshooting. For us in our infrastructure, we already know what's going on, and if there's any problem, we can fix it or work with the support.

We've compared other brands before for Dell PowerEdge T-Series, but since we've been a long-time customer for Dell, we choose either the rack server or Dell depending on our customers' needs.

When considering Dell PowerEdge T-Series, the support is the most important thing. If you have the product, you should make sure that there's a backup with Dell because for us, it's a trusted brand that we rely on. I am providing this review with an overall rating of ten.

I use Dell PowerEdge T in my company for our IT team.

The speed provided by Dell PowerEdge T is its most valuable feature. The performance of Dell PowerEdge T is good.

Dell PowerEdge T's resolution is an area of concern where improvements are required. I want the solution to provide an increased resolution to users.

I have been using Dell PowerEdge T for six months.

It is a stable solution.

It is not a scalable solution.

I am sure that the number of people using the solution in my company is not less than ten.

My company does not plan to increase the use of the solution since all 15 people who are concerned with the use of the solution are okay with that presently.

Earlier, in my company, we were not using any systems. It is only recently that my company chose to go for an upgrade.

The product's initial setup phase is very simple.

The solution's setup can be completed in less than an hour.

The solution is deployed on the cloud.

I can take care of the setup phase of the solution by myself in my company. Sometimes, I can seek assistance from outside my company to deal with the setup phase of the solution.

There is no need to pay anything towards the licensing costs of the solution.

I recommend the solution to those who plan to use it since it is a very good solution.

I rate the overall tool a seven out of ten.

BioTech is a small company, and we use Dell PowerEdge T-Series servers extensively, specifically the Dell PowerEdge T130, as an Active Directory controller. We also use it for internal DHCP, internal DNS, and to host internal applications such as UniFi as the controller for the Ubiquitis, as well as a file server.

Dell PowerEdge T-Series delivers reliability and performance, which allows us to carry out these functions within the organization extremely well. We do not have problems with this server.

Dell PowerEdge T130 is a basic server, but for small organizations used as an AD controller or as a server to host a small staging/homologation environment for applications, it is essential and fundamental, and it serves that purpose well.

The Dell PowerEdge T130 we have meets the basic demands within the organization—AD controller, UniFi to control the Ubiquitis, backup manager hosting an application that pulls backups, and an internal file server. It delivers performance that is within expectations. The main improvements I have noticed are precisely in terms of delivery. Unlike other servers that have let me down, Dell can meet my needs well in my environment.

The best features that Dell PowerEdge T-Series offers include the iDRAC board. We can control the server remotely and independently. If it shows any kind of abnormal situation, generates any event, or creates a critical situation, iDRAC notifies and logs everything. For management, iDRAC really stands out as a very good solution, and unlike some competitors, it has the Dell brand, which brings confidence and reliability that I consider essential for enterprise environments.

I have already needed to use advanced remote management features in a critical situation when I needed to force a server reboot when it was completely frozen and I could not do it physically at that moment. iDRAC helped me in this process of rebooting the server, and I was able to operate the server again remotely. That gave us efficiency and agility that were very welcome and well above expectations. Additionally, if some member of the IT team opens the server, I can know that this event occurred. There are several very good features in iDRAC.

The cost is relatively high regarding how Dell PowerEdge T-Series could be improved. That is one of the main points I raised even with our partners when we bought the server. The acquisition cost is a bit high. Dell could offer some type of Dell PowerEdge T-Series server at a lower cost as well, focusing on small companies.

Overall, that is the extent of improvements needed or any other point that could be adjusted in this solution. We keep receiving updates normally.

It has been more than five years that I have been working in my current role.

Dell PowerEdge T-Series is very stable.

It has very good scalability; we can perform upgrades when necessary.

The customer support for Dell PowerEdge T-Series is adequate. Although the response time is a bit long for a corporate environment, I understand that it is acceptable and nothing out of the ordinary.

I rate customer support for Dell PowerEdge T-Series as nine.

Previously, we used a custom-built server that I built myself. I bought the motherboard, processor, disks, memory, and everything from different suppliers, and this lack of integration for a corporate environment led to unexpected outages. Having a robust, consolidated solution like Dell PowerEdge reduced our unplanned downtime and internal unavailability issues, so it has been a complete success.

In the long run, using Dell PowerEdge T-Series helped me reduce the total cost of ownership in my organization, since it was spread out over the months because it was acquired through a leasing model. With each passing month, after we had finished paying for the server, we started to see substantial gains.

The acquisition cost of Dell PowerEdge T-Series was definitely one of the most impactful factors. Regarding licensing, iDRAC has a paid plan, but the free plan already meets what we need. Overall, for small companies that are looking for reliability, I recommend it.

I evaluated HP solutions and HP Enterprise before choosing Dell PowerEdge T-Series, but the cost was still relatively similar, and I ended up choosing Dell.

Overall, Dell PowerEdge T-Series is a good product regarding its features.

We have two Dell PowerEdge servers, and because of the reliability between the servers, since they are both Dell PowerEdge, I can have interoperability between them with very good synchronization. When we need to do an upgrade or some preventive maintenance, we have the confidence that we will not have any kind of impact on the organization. We have a structured plan and can keep these servers running for the long term.

This server has brought more flexibility to BioTech's operations. When we did the quotes to purchase a new server, considering everything it delivers, even though the cost is a bit higher, we ended up choosing it, and it delivers what we need in this internal environment.

It meets the sustainability goals that were defined at the beginning of the year regarding the impact of Dell PowerEdge T-Series on my organization's sustainability goals.

Dell PowerEdge T-Series definitely helped reduce unplanned downtime in my operation. There was a reduction in downtime precisely because it delivers one of the main things that Dell PowerEdge T-Series offers, which is reliability. We have a relatively robust server for our environment, and we do not have headaches with it. We simply let it run and only stop it for preventive maintenance.

We managed to reduce unplanned downtime with Dell PowerEdge T-Series, precisely because we previously had a custom-built server and we frequently had failures with it—unexpected disk failures, a motherboard failure that needed advanced repair, and later memory failures. Since it was a server assembled piece by piece, we had issues with unexpected outages and internal impact. Now we do not have that anymore with Dell PowerEdge T-Series.

On this T130 server that we have, we do not run AI or machine learning workloads specifically in our environment. We use it more for internal matters and internal management of the environment. However, I believe that depending on the Dell PowerEdge T-Series model, you can run small models, maybe with some small upgrades, and run these small models without major difficulty.

The newer Dell PowerEdge servers are very efficient in terms of energy and deliver a reasonable energy cost-benefit.

Dell PowerEdge T-Series is deployed locally.

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.

The most valuable feature of the solution is its high storage capacity, making it a good product. 

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 have been using Dell PowerEdge T for a year.

It is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten. Dell PowerEdge T is a very good product, but it's a heavy solution for which my organization has only specific customers. Customers don't prefer tower servers because they are not easily movable and require a lot of space.

It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a nine and a half out of ten.

Three or four people are required to take care of the maintenance and deployment of Dell PowerEdge T since it is a very heavy product to move around.

The solution's technical support is good. My company receives quick support from Dell's support team.

I don't have much experience with the product's deployment process.

I am not familiar with the product's deployment process, but the product is used by those types of clients who do not want rack servers and are only looking for tower servers.

I am unsure if the product ensures an ROI.

My company's clients make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the solution. The product is neither expensive nor cheap.

I recommend the solution to those who are just looking for servers and not some specific servers.

I rate the overall product a nine out of ten.

I have not needed to use Dell PowerEdge T much, so the only thing my company uses from the server is iDRAC troubleshooting. Dell's vendors come and change the hardware if we need them to do so in our company. With the solution in my company, we might have changed the host adapter or hard drives, which were the only few things done in the last few years.

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from its price, which is a good thing if you compare it with HPE and IBM. If I consider HPE and IBM, which are products that are way more expensive than Dell, a moderately priced product. I am not sure if the price of the product makes it a really good product or not.

Dell's support services are an area with certain shortcomings where improvements are required. Dell's support team should possess more knowledge and experience.

I rate the overall product an eight out of ten.

I have experience with Dell PowerEdge T.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

The scalability of the solution is excellent. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.

I rate the technical support a three out of ten.

Negative

The product's initial setup is complex.

I rate the pricing an eight on a scale from one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price.

HPE was one of the products my company evaluated prior to purchasing Dell PowerEdge T. Price was the reason my company chose Dell PowerEdge T over HPE.

I rate the overall tool an eight out of ten.

It is primarily used by a university in their labs, particularly for demanding AI applications and more.

The systems are performing flawlessly. They deliver impressive speed, and it's worth noting that we haven't encountered any complaints or negative feedback so far.

Currently, we don't have access to high-tier gold processors within the Dell lineup. When we opt for Platinum processors, we get the most top-of-the-line option available, but it maxes out at 52 cores. 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.

I have been working with it for the last two years.

I would rate its stability capabilities nine out of ten.

I would rate its scalability features as nine out of ten as we're limited to a maximum of 52 cores. We can add additional processors to the system, which is a positive aspect of its scalability.

Their customer support is exceptional. They consistently provide timely and high-quality support, the response time is excellent, and the quality of support they offer is top-notch. Their support staff is not only highly skilled but also very knowledgeable. I would rate it ten out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup is easy and user-friendly.

I would rate it five out of ten for pricing because it's not geared towards small industries. For enterprise and large-scale companies, it's actually quite reasonable and not considered very expensive.

I've recently conducted a comparison, evaluating it against Lenovo. In the past, I've also made comparisons with HP's ProLiant series, but PowerEdge is the industry leader and the superior choice.

It is not suitable for small businesses but for enterprises and medium-sized companies. Overall, I would rate it nine out of ten.

The product has valuable hardware components with a long life cycle.

We encounter issues with the power supply maintenance. It could be more stable.

We have been using Dell PowerEdge T since 2020.

It is a stable platform.

It is a scalable product and suitable for all types of businesses.

The technical support services are good.

Positive

The product is easy to install and maintain compared to other vendors. It takes around ten days to complete the process. In case of any issues, we can communicate with their technical support and explain it. They appoint a site engineer to resolve it. However, shipping of spare parts takes time. One executive is enough to execute the maintenance.

The product has medium pricing. We have purchased a yearly support license for it.

Dell PowerEdge T’s device warranty and support services are good. I rate it an eight out of ten as its price is higher than other brands.

We use Dell PowerEdge for running databases.

Dell PowerEdge T is the easiest of all the manufacturers. One server is the same as another one because the management system updates the software and the bios. 

I would like to see Speaker and more AMD processors running. I would like to see PCIe 5 deployed.

I have been using Dell PowerEdge T for thirty years.

We have found that the stability is good and that is the reason we purchased Dell PowerEdge T.

On a scale of one to ten, I would rate the scalability of Dell PowerEdge T an eight. 

The technical support for Dell PowerEdge T is terrible. Their support does not exist. We do it all ourselves because getting Dell on the phone to answer a technical question is out of the question. They have an NPS score in my book of about five.

The ROI with Dell is good. Depending on how big the deployment is customers usually see an ROI around seven months after deployment.

Dell PowerEdge T takes about six hours to set up. We do these in groups of five or ten. We have a team of twenty people and they are all deployment engineers.

Make sure that you work with a channel partner that knows how Dell PowerEdge T operates. I would rate Dell PowerEdge T a seven out of ten.