HPE ProLiant DL Servers Reviews

I like the centralized systems, and I like the fact that they’re rugged. When they get delivered to you, there are no failures and they’ve already been tested and ready to go. For us it was important because we had to install about 20 of them in one week.

It’s more an Intel advantage. The fact that the Gen9 relies on the latest CPUs from Intel, it’s a very high density of processing power that serves our needs greatly.

By default on the Gen9 server, they remove the screenports and USB ports in front of the servers, and you have to purchase them. I didn’t know that beforehand. Now, when I troubleshoot things I have to connect things in the back. The new design should fix that.

Out of the 40 servers we’ve added, there’s only been one incident of a hardware issue in almost three years. It was resolved very quickly.

Very good. Our business model relies on high scaling of code and adding servers to support that. For us, we need that sufficient processing power, which has been very good.

If anything, they’re over-caring – they’ll chase you down if they see any problem. We had an issue opened and they really made sure it was resolved.

Growth – our biggest problem is spontaneous growth. We sign new customers and our processing requirement levels spike, and we needed to meet that demand.

Very straightforward – we got them out of the box, racked them and they were good to go.

Oracle Sun Servers and IBM. Based on past experiences (we’ve used both, and were previously a mixed environment), they weren’t quite as stable as HP.

It’s good, but the display ports are ill-designed.

We look for stability when choosing a new vendor. It’s extremely important to us. But, find a local partner to make sure that you make the right choice. I’m from Montreal, so I use ACCII, so build your order to fit your needs. Understand all the options available to you to fit your workload, not the other way around.

It’s very powerful, so we can offer good services for our network. It offers a very reliable framework for our judicial needs. Hyper-V software gave us more capacity to consistently meet our judges' needs. I think the most valuable feature, from my end, is that HP is a strong platform on which to host our services. It has good life-cycle performance and it will work continuously. In general, it’s a very good machine.

We’ve got 30,000 lawyers connecting every day, and we needed to serve them in an efficient manner. This is done by managing their dockets well and automating the process in a streamlined manner. By allowing our lawyers to automate the process, we are able to better serve their needs.

We honestly don’t have any problems. It’s a well-built machine, and there are no problems with the servers.

It’s pretty stable. We are using the DL-380 line, and we have 14 servers that go into three racks for two data centers.

It’s scalable, and it doesn’t take that much effort to do so. When you prioritize simplicity, it’s much easier to scale quickly and you don’t need to buy much more.

It was never a big problem for us. When a part breaks, it doesn’t take long for us to replace the part. It was easy for us to switch in third-party servers temporarily while waiting for the spare part to arrive from HP, and it would work just fine.

We were using Compac. In the public sector, when you buy, you do it through a public process. You can’t choose, you write the specifications of your needs, and then vendors offer their products. We do our buying through our RFP process.

Very easy. It’s always an easy thing for us to install, as our staff has good knowledge.

We also looked at Dell and Lenovo. We always look at multiple vendors to compare pricing, which, for the public sector, is extremely important. With HP, the prices weren’t too different from other vendors, but for us it was the right choice when considering the total cost.

We have a private-cloud data center, but we also host publicly for some customers. The software that we’re offering to our buyers is web-enabled for both internal and external users. So the servers needed to be powerful and simple to use.

For me, in the public sector, it was never that concerning for us to get the latest release of servers. Our users were satisfied with using older servers that served their needs just fine, and it saved us a lot of money as we didn’t have to pay the premium for the newest servers.

HP has been very good for us. I would recommend buying exactly what you need and the same line of the hardware to be consistent.

I am impressed with the tool’s stability.

I would like the solution to improve its storage and performance. Also, I would like to replicate data between on-premises and cloud in future versions.

I have been using the solution for 14 years.

I would rate the tool’s stability a ten out of ten. I never had any issues with its stability.

We are not concerned about the tool's scalability since our systems get replaced after three to four years.

I would rate the tool’s setup an eight out of ten.

I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.

My client is using HPE ProLiant DL Servers for virtualizing hyper-vision functions and sometimes needs to extend the servers for business applications. We are not dealing with financial applications, and in most cases, it is used for virtualization. I have extensive experience in this and have been searching for a solution for a long time without any issues.

Support is the most valuable feature of the solution.

The memory has room for improvement. I want the ability to upgrade the memory to avoid crashes.

The cost of the solution is high and has room for improvement.

I would like faster internet ports included.

I have been using the solution for over 15  years.

I give the stability a nine out of ten. 

The solution is easy to scale. We can always increase the number of CPUs to meet our customer's requirements.

The technical support is good. We receive all the parts we need quickly.

We are experienced in using the HPE servers so we don't have any difficulty installing new servers.

The implementations for our customers are completed in-house with our help.

The solution is expensive. I give the price a five out of ten.

I give the solution a nine out of ten.

We've been using ProLiant for six years.

ProLiant is highly stable. We've had very few problems with the servers. We only once had an issue with the hard disk in an HPE server.

The scalability is good. We have about 500 users now, but the business is growing strongly in licenses and post-sales service contracts.

HPE support is very good.

ProLiant servers are easy to deploy. It's not difficult to put all the elements together and configure it for our customers.

Some of the licenses are for one year, and others are for three years. It's a standard fee with no additional charges.

I rate ProLiant10 out of 10. My advice to new users is to be sure all the elements are compatible between systems. Also, you need to ensure the customers' needs match the size of the server that will be implemented. I'm talking about computer power.

We use this solution to store documents.

It's flexible.

I have been using HPE ProLiant DL Servers for one year.

It's a stable solution.

It's a scalable product and we have almost 40 users in our organization who use it.

We will continue using this solution.

I have not contacted technical support. We have not had any issues.

My colleague has indicated that the initial setup was straightforward.

We have one person to maintain the solution.

It was a one-person job to deploy, and we did not use the help of an integrator or vendor.

The price in general, including the licensing fee, could be better. It's expensive.

The license is renewed yearly.

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate HPE Proliant DL Servers a nine out of ten.