We performed a comparison between HPE Apollo and PowerEdge C based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Density Optimized Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The cost benefit of this solution is most valuable. It is quite effective for the work for which we are using it. We are mainly running video servers on these, and we are quite happy with the resilience, density storage, and streaming capacity of the system."
"HPE Apollo's most valuable feature is the ability to expand our storage capacity."
"HPE Apollo's pricing is low, and implementation is very easy compared to other products."
"The solution is well documented in a data sheet."
"With HPE Apollo, we can propose configurations with many hard drives, making it suitable for large storage needs."
"The technical support from HPE has always been good in my experience."
"HPE Apollo's support is the most valuable feature."
"Absolutely being able to mount into Omni-Path architecture, HFIs on those nodes, because we were the very first site in the world"
"I like the feature that allows for a backup and that is suitable for me."
"The scalability of the solution met our needs."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The management platform is great."
"PowerEdge servers have high CPU processing power, and the support is also good."
"The security of the product is very good."
"It is a scalable platform."
"PowerEdge C is the best server I have worked with. I like that it's user-friendly. PowerEdge C performs very well."
"The technical support from HPE has always been good in my experience."
"If there could be some training for our team, we would be better equipped to promote and support HPE Apollo."
"We are quite happy with it, but its price and storage density can be better."
"We would like to see SimpliVity on top of the Apollo."
"What's coming out in Gen 10 is very strong in terms of additional security."
"There is a shared battery for all cache controllers in the node. When you have to replace that element, you have to take down all three nodes and not just one."
"One drawback which I had: When I needed to expand storage on the Apollo, I had significant problems getting disks for it. It was a very long wait-time. So, if I were to give any advice in regards to improving this product, I would say make more of the 8TB disks available quicker."
"The support from HPE Apollo could be better, they are making knowledgeable."
"It would be better if it worked with SMTP servers on the cloud. Right now, it only allows notifications via the SMTP server. In the next release, I would like to have a better processor."
"It would be better if the solution provided simplified storage and hardware with an integrated one-tier architecture."
"The product’s pricing could be a little cheaper."
"The need to update the firmware and check if there is any bug in the product is one of the areas where Dell PowerEdge C falls short and needs to make improvements."
"The reliability needs improvement."
"There could be some more ports added in the future."
"An area where the product lacks and needs to consider improvement is by allowing it to integrate with some AI tool for monitoring."
"HP is a little bit lower in terms of price."
HPE Apollo is ranked 2nd in Density Optimized Servers with 22 reviews while PowerEdge C is ranked 1st in Density Optimized Servers with 23 reviews. HPE Apollo is rated 8.4, while PowerEdge C is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE Apollo writes "An affordable and easy-to-implement solution, but its after-sales support and technical support should be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PowerEdge C writes "Easy to deploy and has high performance and no downtime". HPE Apollo is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge FX and Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers, whereas PowerEdge C is most compared with Huawei FusionServer X Series. See our HPE Apollo vs. PowerEdge C report.
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