We use PowerEdge for server consolidation and virtualization on a VMware server.
The best feature is PowerEdge's ability to stack up eight blade servers in one 2U chassis.
The positioning of the power supply is not ideal. Both of them are on the same side, so you need to untie the cabling when you're installing the server. Another thing is storage separation. The storage can only be used by a particular server blade. I want the ability to use a storage unit for more than one server.
I've been using PowerEdge FX for three years.
Yeah, it is a stable product. Yes.
Yes, yes. It's scalable. Scalable, yes, in terms of if you want to increase the number of servers, then of course you can. If you want to build a chain such as this, then you can. If you want to increase memory, storage, you can. It's very-
What differentiates PowerEdge from competing racks I've used is its compactness. It can house up to eight servers in a 2U space. It can combine all the storage protocols in one IO module or switch, so it can combine all fiber channels. This can also do ethernet. I like the ability to internally combine network adapters.
I rate PowerEdge eight out of 10 for ease of setup. The complexity of the setup depends on the experience of the person installing it. I think deploying the networking component is a little complex. If you have an FX2, you have FN I/O modules. That's combined storage traffic and ethernet traffic to the switches. It gets complicated if your department doesn't know how to set it up.
PowerEdge costs between $50,000 to $65,000 per unit. It depends on the number of server blades you have in there. That's total const including CPU, memory, storage, etc. Maintenance cost is around 8 percent of the total value.
I think the clients are backing out because of the price. There are cheaper competing solutions. Also, they don't understand the use case. They don't know the use case of the products. There isn't enough effort by Dell to raise awareness about the product in the region.
