PowerEdge C Reviews

PowerEdge C has a moderate pricing, which makes it come across as an optimized product for our company's clients' budget. If our clients have enough budget, then the product can be scaled up, including its performance, storage, and memory, making it a high computing type of server. If our company's clients have a low budget, we customize the tool to retain the flexibility of PowerEdge C, which is one of the use cases I recommend to others. The product's moderate pricing allows for the optimization of the solution based on our company's clients' requirements. PowerEdge C is usually deployed in the banking sector, public sector, multinationals, and telecom sector, and the product can be recommended to different institutions based on their requirements due to the flexibility to meet the requests of our company's clients.

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that the product is not pricey. Dell and VMware produce the product with heavy integration capabilities, making it easy to manage the deployment while also being easy to use with other different HCI solutions, where the management part is easy. In general, I recommend it to others since it is easy to use, offers flexibility, and is easy to manage.

Nowadays, the product has started to become a bit expensive in the market, at a time when Nutanix offers virtualization software, which is even cheaper when compared to VMware. In order to penetrate into the market, the pricing of servers like PowerEdge C and other HCI solutions should be lower. Price-wise, I would want to see the product offer more flexibility. The hypervisor offered by ESXi is not compatible with different types of hypervisors. In the case of Nutanix AHV, the hypervisor is compatible with the other types of hypervisors. The aforementioned aspects need to be considered for improvement in the product to achieve high scalability.

There is some trouble with the stability part of the product, making it an area where improvements are required.

I have been using PowerEdge C for two years.

There is some trouble with the product's stability.

The scalability of the product is good since it offers high performance and capacity.

I am unsure about the number of my company's customers using the solution.

In total, there are around 200 people in my company, but to manage the server and to take care of the areas that revolve around the server, which includes increasing the server storage size or aspects related to SaaS or cloud solutions, there are around 15 members, consisting of solution engineers and deployment engineers, who take care of both, the pre-sales part and the solution's deployment part.

As the support for the product is available on-site, we did not face any problems with the technical team.

The product's initial setup phase is easy, especially considering the virtualization capabilities it offers.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model. My company has also dealt with cloud-based servers, such as Dell VCS. If our company's clients want the solution deployed on the cloud, then we are able to do it for them.

The deployment process of the solution is not complex in my experience, and it is very easy to understand.

During the deployment phase, the operating system is not incorporated with the servers. The first thing we do is deploy the type of operating system our company's clients want. Our company usually deploys the servers in an environment, after which we deploy an operating system on it. If our company's clients also want a virtualization concept, we also refer to the ESXi or any kind of software for virtualization on the server.

In my company, around eight to nine teams are involved with the deployment phase of the product.

From an ROI perspective, the product is good.

There is a need to pay towards the annual subscription-based licensing model offered by the solution. The product is moderately priced. Price is a critical issue, and it is always good to have moderately priced solutions.

PowerEdge C is good if someone wants a high-performing product but is moderately priced.

I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.

We use PowerEdge as a backup server for mission-critical hardware failures, such as processor and memory issues.

PowerEdge servers have high CPU processing power, and the support is also good.

I have used PowerEdge servers for about six or seven years.

PowerEdge C servers are stable.

I rate PowerEdge C eight out of 10 for scalability.

Setting up PowerEdge C servers is straightforward compared to other servers. The setup time depends on the technician and our data center guy, but they can typically do it in a day. 

I rate PowerEdge C servers nine out of 10 for affordability. There are no additional costs, but you can purchase an extended five-year warranty. 

I rate PowerEdge C servers 10 out of 10. It's reliable and inexpensive hardware you can use for any situation, application, or data workload.

We use the solution with VMware. We also use it with independent servers. Our servers run on it.

The product life is good compared to any other product. The performance depends on the configuration we buy. Every new version is better than the previous one.

The price must be improved.

I have been using the solution for ten years.

The product is stable.

The product is scalable. We have 150 users in our organization.

The support is fine.

The setup is very easy. It is not very complicated. We must set up RAID. We just buy the tool, configure it, and use it. The number of people we need for deployment and maintenance depends on each project.

If we have complex projects, we take help from third-party consultants. Otherwise, we do it ourselves.

The product is not very expensive, but it could be made more economical. It is a one-time purchase.

I will recommend the solution to others. Overall, I rate the product a seven or eight out of ten.

The product’s cost needs improvement. The cloud solutions are less expensive than this hardware-based platform.

We have been using PowerEdge C for one year.

I rate PowerEdge C’s stability a nine out of ten.

We have two PowerEdge C customers. It is a scalable platform.

The technical support services are good.

The licensing cost of PowerEdge C is very high. Additionally, we have to purchase a separate license for every operating system.

I recommend PowerEdge C to others as it is a reliable product. I rate it a nine out of ten.

We primarily use the solution for supporting our internal applications.

So far, the product has made us more efficient in terms of energy usage and space usage utilization.

It does basically everything that we need it to do.

The compactness of the solution is its most valuable aspect.

We found the initial setup to be straightforward. 

The solution is stable. We haven't had any issues. 

It is possible to scale the solution.

Technical support has been helpful. 

The reliability needs improvement. We have had some issues.

The issue is that Dell's no longer selling this product in the near future. It's almost the end of life.

We've been using the solution since 2018.

The stability has been good. We haven't dealt with any bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. 

While it is scalable, we haven't had the need to do so just yet.

We're a construction company and we have about 60 users at this time. That includes project managers. 

Right now, it's probably running at 60% capacity. We're not going to increase usage.

Technical support has been good. We are satisfied with the level of service on offer. 

We're currently looking at refreshing the hardware.

We had Dell rack-mount servers previously. We switched for space utilization.

EMC is our storage. That's not the Blades. The storage is the Unity box that we have.

The initial setup is straightforward and not overly difficult. It's a simple process.

The deployment is fast. It took us over a weekend. 

We had two personnel that handled deployment and maintenance. 

We handled the implementation process ourselves. We did not need any integrators or consultants.

In terms of ROI, it's performed and done what we expected for the price that we paid.

We pay a yearly licensing fee. It's comparable to others on the market.

There are not any other additional costs other than the licensing fee.

We did evaluate other options. 

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten. We're pretty happy with its capabilities. 

The solution is used for data center services.

Everything is working perfectly. The performance is good.

Data center management and disaster recovery have different life cycles and different licensing. It would be easier if data center management and disaster recovery were combined.

I have been using the solution for five years. I am using the latest version of the solution.

The tool has the best stability. We haven’t had any issues with the storage and network.

The solution is scalable. We use a vSphere cluster. It is highly scalable. We have 240 customers. We need three deployment engineers and seven technical people, including administrators, to deploy and maintain the product.

We have contacted technical support.

The initial setup is simple. We configured the T8 servers within two days. We used Dell Autopilot for deployment.

The price could be reduced.

We offer cloud solutions and DevOps solutions. We also have experience with Cisco solutions, but it is very little. I would always recommend Dell products. Overall, I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

We use the solution to host VMs and install our clients' operating systems on the servers.

They should improve the solution's RNA process.

We have been using the solution for five years.

It is a stable solution.

It is a scalable solution. We have four customers using it.

The solution's customer service could be better. The support partners and distributors delay in replying to queries.

The solution's initial setup process is easy. It involves mounting servers and upgrading the values. Afterward, we need to install and deploy it on the server. The time taken for deployment depends on clients' requirements. If they want to install the solution on the operating system, it takes an hour. But, in the case of complex configuration, it takes more time.

We buy licenses for the solution's advanced features, including iDRAC and support.

I advise others to look for more affordable and better solutions than Dell. I rate it as a five.

The solution's ease of use is its most valuable aspect for our organization. We really like how user-friendly it is.

The management is excellent and also very straightforward.

The security of the product is very good.

We found the pricing to be quite fair. It's not overly expensive.

The upgrades for the solution are very good. It continues to add useful features to the product with every new release.

Overall, it offers a lot of good features for the industry. I don't recall any that are lacking per se.

We had a few minor issues with compatibility on the latest version during the installation process.

I've been using the solution for eight to ten years at this point. It's been almost a decade. I've used it for quite a while.

The solution is quite stable. We don't have issues with bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's quite good.

The solution scales very well. If a company needs to expand it, they can do so easily.

The organizations we work with vary in size and it scales to meet any organization's needs. Some have thousands of users, for example.

Technical support has been very knowledgeable and responsive. They're good. We're satisfied with the level of service they provide us.

Positive

The setup is pretty straightforward. It's not overly complex in any way. The product's servers are easy to install. You can install it easily on VMware if you want to.

There were a few minor issues with compatibility, however, other than that, it was a good experience.

The cost of the solution is reasonable. It's a good selling point for Dell. They keep it competitive.

We're Dell partners. We have a business relationship with the company.

We're using almost the entire series. We use a variety of versions of the solution.

Overall, I would rate it at a nine out of ten.