HPE Proliant ML Valuable Features
The main advantage of the HPE Proliant ML is their long history, so customers can be confident that if they decide to use the HPE platform, HPE will continue to support them. This is the most important aspect in my opinion.
The management capabilities are leading with server hardware management, specifically their iLO platform management which is very good. They now also have cloud management that benefits customers with many branches, allowing them to manage all servers in all branches from a single location, potentially reducing costs.
The performance and usability when deploying systems on HPE Proliant ML ensures that solutions proposed to customers will run smoothly with fewer problems. The cooling is quite good, though in some models the fan was louder than others, but this has been fixed in newer models. The cooling system benefits customers pursuing Sustained Development Goals (SDG) due to the low carbon footprint in the server.
The cloud management particularly stands out because when examining customer problems, we access the HPE Cloud to check the status first. This helps us as resellers to better identify and assess customer issues.
View full review »The best features with HPE Proliant ML are that it lasts, as they take conscious effort for their hardware. They take conscious effort to produce their hardware and it works consistently. Whatever solution you want to deploy, it's flexible to deploy such solutions. It's good generally. The only aspect that would make me not want to look into HPE is the support.
The iLO helped my daily IT operations by being really good, as we integrated it with our EMS server. We could get updates about the hardware, CPU, CPU runtime, and heat dissipation of the hardware. For data center monitoring, iLO is really helpful. For their competitors, Dell has iDRAC, which basically does the same thing. I don't think they have an edge. It's something that is generally deployed by other competitors also.
HPE Proliant ML's cooling capabilities have resulted in our organization's carbon footprint being really low, even when we were still using the HP ProCurve. In terms of power consumption, it's acceptable. We got about between 90 watts per box, based on our configuration, which is really low.
View full review »The solution is well-suited for virtualization and standalone applications, like data center environments. There is 100% reliability. Additionally, it provides significant benefits in terms of data storage capabilities.
Buyer's Guide
HPE Proliant ML
January 2026
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It is hard to pinpoint the most valuable features of HPE Proliant ML because everything does its job and runs smoothly.
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Roberto Quiros
Server and storage administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
We have good service with our local partner. HPE Proliant's price is cheaper than other platforms. When we buy them, we have to receive some prices in order to make our decision.
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Donny MAHOLISAMBATRA
Pre-Sales Engineer with 11-50 employees
I am impressed with the tool's ability to create clusters and virtualizations.
View full review »The most valuable feature of HPE Proliant ML is the high availability of the parts. It's easy to find parts, such as replacements or spares. Additionally, we have a good relationship with the brand which is important.
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SAIF Rahman
Network Admin at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees
The most valuable feature is the technical support, which is both good and available easily.
View full review »- The high resolution function is very good, one of the best on the market.
- It allows users to manage it remotely if something happens, which is quite neat.
Ease of use. When you use one HPE item, it's very simple to get into anything else, software-wise. It's all about consistency and quality. I would actually say that we've had a lot less down time or minimal issues with the HPE hardware than with any other hardware we've had over the years.
View full review »The quality of the build is the “be-all and end-all” in my eyes. I like the fact that it's indestructible. We've had servers for a long time. Most companies have servers that last for only three years and then they replace them. We've had servers for seven or eight years. The only reason we get rid of them is because the newer models are out. There is nothing wrong with them.
I'm old school. When I look at servers, it has to have an HPE brand. I don't like Fujitsu. I've used them and I don't like them. I don't particularly like Dell.
HPE works out of the box. There's no poshness or no stupid laws and regulations. You just choose what you want and it just works.
View full review »ProLiant is the industry standard and the most popular selling rack mount server in the history of rack mount servers. We use them out of momentum.
View full review »I've used these servers for 20 years since the days of Compaq, and so they're easy for me to use. They're good products and once you learn them, they're simple to manage for administrators and IT infrastructure teams. That's really the most important feature -- the ease of use.
View full review »We use the standard version of these servers. They're very useful for us and are the only servers we use for all our server needs.
View full review »It's truly effective and it's always on. We've tried other manufacturers who claimed particular purposes for their servers, but we never got any decent results from them. We tried HP servers a few years ago and we've come back to it. It's perfect for what we do.
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View full review »The product is good for companies that have small offices. We can install more internal disks in the product. We can utilize more than a terabyte of memory.
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HPE Proliant ML
January 2026
Learn what your peers think about HPE Proliant ML. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: January 2026.
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