Dell PowerEdge XR-Series pros and cons

Name: Dell PowerEdge XR-Series
Brand: Dell Technologies
Rating: 4.4 (4 reviews)

Vendor: Dell Technologies

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Pros & Cons summary

Dell PowerEdge XR-Series offers great IOPS performance and efficiency, with easy scalability and Redfish manageability for effective remote configuration. Stability and reliability are strong, yet customization and monitoring can improve. Appearance and service aspects need enhancement. It lacks modular expansion to a 16-bay system. Tech buyers should note its strong core features, despite some areas that require refinement.

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PROS

Storage and disc performance in terms of IOPS is great.

Scalability of Dell XR2 Rugged Server is good and easy to do.

Redfish manageability provides management, remote management, and remote configuration capabilities.

Dell PowerEdge XR-Series is more efficient than other servers.

Stability and reliability have been good.

CONS

Lacks a modular option to expand to a 16-bay system.

Could allow more customization.

Appearance of Dell PowerEdge R-Series can be improved.

Monitoring capabilities offer room for enhancement.

Service aspect could be improved.

Dell PowerEdge XR-Series Pros review quotes

reviewer1000659

CEO at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

Nov 15, 2021

The storage and the disc performance in terms of IOPS is great.

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Jesse_B

Manager of networks and infrastructure at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jul 22, 2022

The scalability of the Dell XR2 Rugged Server is good and easy to do.

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Igor Tiskov

Senior Virtualization Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Nov 12, 2025

What I like the most about Dell PowerEdge R-Series is probably the Redfish manageability, which provides management, remote management, and remote configuration capabilities.

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Tracy Trunell

Data Center Engineer at a tech consulting company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Nov 27, 2025

Dell PowerEdge XR-Series is better compared to other servers and runs more efficiently, with stability and reliability that have been good so far.

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Dell PowerEdge XR-Series Cons review quotes

reviewer1000659

CEO at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

Nov 15, 2021

It lacks a modular option to expand to a 16-bay system.

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Jesse_B

Manager of networks and infrastructure at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees

Jul 22, 2022

Dell XR2 Rugged Server could improve if there was more customization allowed.

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Igor Tiskov

Senior Virtualization Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

Nov 12, 2025

I think Dell PowerEdge R-Series can be improved in appearance. I would say that the improvement opportunity is probably on the monitoring side, the overall monitoring side.

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Tracy Trunell

Data Center Engineer at a tech consulting company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Nov 27, 2025

Service is a specific aspect that could be improved, but it is nothing bad.

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