HPE ProLiant DL Servers pros and cons

Where there is a need to actually expand on the capacity, it's easily done, especially when more memory is needed.

HPE's iLO server management software is a handy tool to install and deploy.

HP ProLiant servers provide redundant solutions for almost everything. You can set up multiple power supplies, with a primary power source and a secondary power supply connected on UPS. If the power goes out in the building, the UPS will supply power to the host at all times. The solution can run on batteries for many hours, depending on your battery and UPS capacity.

We get good performance with HPE ProLiant DL Servers. They are really stable. We run all our applications smoothly. We have no problem at all.

We have had no issues with the stability of the product.

It's very easy to set up.

This is all I've ever used. These servers are strong, and they have very few failures on them. They are also easy to manage and monitor.

In regards to the components that you can put into the servers, I feel that HP provides a wider variety of parts in comparison to Dell. For example, there is the ILO which is a network cable that goes into the server and reports back with an abundance of information about the server, even when it is off.

It's easy to upgrade, and it is very easy to take care of the firmware upgrades.

The pricing of the product is fair and not too expensive.

There is a challenge sometimes with having quick access to some of these components when you need them. It takes a lot of time to get spare parts from genuine sellers.

It would be great if HP could use a ProLiant Server to run HP-UX, the Unix build from HPE. Right now, HP-UX cannot run on the ProLiant architecture.

I would like to replace a hard drive that might be saved on the fly, on the server that I'm using currently, but I can't do that. I'm forced to power off my virtual machine, turn off the server, disconnect it from the power, replace the drive, rebuild the storage, and power it on again.

In terms of what could be improved, if I could have faster processors with less cores, that would be good.

HPE ProLiant DL Servers are not scalable.

Its management console could be better.

They are pretty solid servers, but, just like all servers, they become obsolete after some time. They can maybe provide a console to monitor the health of the servers. There should be some kind of console to which you can log in to remotely check on the health of a server, even when the server is off. The servers that we have are only scalable to some extent. They have got a limited amount of hard drive that you can insert. Their scalability should be improved.

On the software side, I would like for the management of the server overall (including reviewing its health) to be a bit easier. Right now, we have something that sits on the server to make sure all hardware drivers and other thing are up to date. This is a pain to set up.

The implementation should be simplified, it is not straightforward.

The technical support is pretty good, however, they could be a bit faster and more responsive.