We are using Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Servers for building management, attendance, and HR applications.
Software Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Easy to use, good performance, and simple installation
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is easy to use and has good performance."
- "The scalability could improve. If you want more scalability and high availability, you will have to change to a solution similar to VxRail."
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The solution is easy to use and has good performance.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for approximately five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable.
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What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability could improve. If you want more scalability and high availability, you will have to change to a solution similar to VxRail.
We have three administrators that use the solution.
How are customer service and support?
We have been satisfied with the paid level of support we currently are on. There are different levels of support that can be purchased. We are on the 8:00 am to 5:00 pm next business day support. If we want to improve the support we can pay more.
How was the initial setup?
The installation is easy and takes approximately one hour. The servers are okay for stand-alone deployments.
What about the implementation team?
I did the implementation myself.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We have evaluated VxRail.
What other advice do I have?
We are discontinuing the use of this solution and moving to VxRail.
I rate Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Servers an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

Telecommunication Department Head at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Very user friendly and stable; straightforward setup
Pros and Cons
- "No down time and it's very user friendly."
- "The analytics reports could be more useful."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case of this solution is for the virtual machines for our PBX which is installed on it. We are customers of Dell EMC and I'm the telecommunication department head.
What is most valuable?
I've never had any down time with this solution and it's very user friendly.
What needs improvement?
I'd like to see improvement with the analytics reports, they could be more useful than they currently are.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using this solution for three years.
How are customer service and support?
We haven't needed to contact technical support but we use PBX support for our servers. We're waiting to receive another four servers that we'd like to deploy.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward, we had consultants do this for us with a 3-person technical team and it took one day. We currently have over 100 users.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
When we were looking for a solution we also evaluated HPE ProLiant.
What other advice do I have?
I rate this solution an eight out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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System Specialist at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Storage software that is stable and easy to set up
Pros and Cons
- "This is a stable solution."
- "The maintenance for this solution could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We use this solution for our virtual servers.
What needs improvement?
The maintenance for this solution could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution.
How was the initial setup?
It took one hour to set up this solution. We have 20 staff members using it.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Server storage solution used for ten years that has decreased production downtime by 60%
Pros and Cons
- "The solution's analytics helped to decrease production downtime by more than 60%. PowerEdge also helped to reduce data processing and has reduced the timing for any workload."
- "The flexibility of card use could be improved."
What is our primary use case?
We used this solution in HPCs and other workloads. It works well for some of our large customers. We plan to use this solution for artificial intelligence applications in the future.
How has it helped my organization?
This solution allowed us to have all of our applications and data in one place with good agility. The solution's analytics helped to decrease production downtime by more than 60%. PowerEdge has also helped to reduce data processing and has reduced the timing for any workload.
What is most valuable?
Remote management has been one of the most valuable features. This is because it can be remotely accessed from any place.
What needs improvement?
The flexibility of card use could be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used this solution for ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution. We have been using it for many years. New versions are sturdy and easy to deploy.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a very scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
The support for this solution is good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. We only required one or two staff members for deployment and maintenance.
What was our ROI?
This is a good solution that always provides a return on investment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
This solution is very affordable.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We evaluated IBM and a few other solutions. We use Dell for other solutions so we decided to stay with the same company.
What other advice do I have?
This is a good and reliable product that can be used for all kinds of application loads.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Private Cloud
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Pre-sale and Post-sale Engineer at a reseller with 201-500 employees
Great performance, fair pricing, and can scale well
Pros and Cons
- "Their support is very good and very effective."
- "The shipment times could be improved. Sometimes we have to wait four or five days before we get the actual servers. It could even be longer. Sometimes it is many days."
What is our primary use case?
We primarily use the solution for a variety of use cases. These include holding technologies such as VMware, databases, web application servers, and copies, in some cases.
How has it helped my organization?
The Dell EMC PowerEdge offers best performance per price
What is most valuable?
Their support is very good and very effective.
The price of the system is very fair.
The design of the hardware is very good - especially the management system.
Overall, PowerEdge is a very good system.
The performance has been excellent so far.
The initial setup is very easy to manage.
What needs improvement?
The shipment or delivery times could be improved. Sometimes we have to wait six Weeks before we get the server. It could even be longer. Sometimes it is many days for my customers
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using the solution for six years or so. It's been a while at this point. I've definitely worked with the solution over the last 12 months as well.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is stable. the performance is good and very reliable. We haven't had any issues so far.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability is good. The system has many options for scalability. If a company needs to expand, it can do so with relative ease.
In our case, our clients are mostly small to medium in size.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support has been very helpful and responsive. They are knowledgeable. We're quite satisfied with their level of support. They are a good service and very supportive.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is not overly complex or difficult. We found it to be easy. It's straightforward. A company should have no trouble whatsoever.
The deployment only took a few short hours. It's pretty quick.
I cannot recall the amount of staff it requires for deployment and maintenance. It's my understanding that only one engineer is required.
What about the implementation team?
We are an integrator. We can implement the solution for our clients as required. In a year, we may implement four or five projects.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution offers very good, very fair pricing. It's reasonable. It's not overly expensive.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I do not have any knowledge of our clients evaluating other options before choosing this product.
What other advice do I have?
We are Dell partners. We work with various versions of the solution. These include the 14 Generation, 13 Generation, and 11 Generation. We aren't currently in the process of buying a new server.
I'd recommend the solution. I'd rate it at a perfect ten out of ten. It's been very good for us. We haven't had issues.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Vice President Product Management & Strategy at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Good management tools, good quality, rock-solid, and dynamite support
Pros and Cons
- "Their management tools are the most valuable. Our customers like the flexibility of being able to scale up and out. It is very easy for them to scale and add additional nodes and servers to their storage solutions, such as the ATI solution. It has very good quality and a great deployment model. Its warranty is also very good, and it is very stable. Their fixes have been quick if they have those."
- "After purchasing the product, customers have not been getting the support that they need in the early stages of getting set up. They can provide customers a little bit more education as to what they get with certain warranty levels. The data is there if the customers dig, but a lot of times, the customers don't dig. Some of the other server models come out a little bit quicker than Dell. It would be good if Dell is quicker to market on new, larger drives when they become available. Sometimes, we do get hit on that against a couple of competitors. Dell vets them a little bit longer than like the super micros to keep their stability and quality level up, but they lose a little bit of ground to a super micro. It would be good if they can release features and models as soon and as fast as they can. It would help them to stay more competitive."
What is our primary use case?
We are a Dell partner, and we're kind of like a hybrid type of partner that sells new products and also maintains a large stock of inventory. We build servers, storage, and solutions for clients and data centers. In terms of a specific use case, we build a lot of VMware vSAN in this solution.
What is most valuable?
Their management tools are the most valuable. Our customers like the flexibility of being able to scale up and out. It is very easy for them to scale and add additional nodes and servers to their storage solutions, such as the ATI solution.
It has very good quality and a great deployment model. Its warranty is also very good, and it is very stable. Their fixes have been quick if they have those.
What needs improvement?
After purchasing the product, customers have not been getting the support that they need in the early stages of getting set up. They can provide customers a little bit more education as to what they get with certain warranty levels. The data is there if the customers dig, but a lot of times, the customers don't dig.
Some of the other server models come out a little bit quicker than Dell. It would be good if Dell is quicker to market on new, larger drives when they become available. Sometimes, we do get hit on that against a couple of competitors. Dell vets them a little bit longer than like the super micros to keep their stability and quality level up, but they lose a little bit of ground to a super micro. It would be good if they can release features and models as soon and as fast as they can. It would help them to stay more competitive.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've been selling these servers for 19 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
These units are very robust. They're rock solid.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There is absolutely no problem with scalability. These machines are built to be able to scale up.
How are customer service and technical support?
They've been dynamite. I would rate them a ten out of ten.
How was the initial setup?
It has a great deployment model.
What other advice do I have?
I would advise to just do your homework and make sure that you get the warranty and support levels that you're going to need. Understand what you will get and whether you need software support along with it.
We do a cost analysis for our clients based upon the total cost of ownership. We do that for every deal. That's a very smart process to follow for any tech solution because some people think that if they just put a solution, it will solve all of their problems, which is not necessarily the case.
I would rate PowerEdge Rack Servers a ten out of ten. We love these servers. These are quality products, and I would personally purchase them for my own business.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Senior Presales Engineer at MST
A simple solution that does its job
Pros and Cons
- "The initial setup is very good, not complex at all."
- "I would like to see a virtual view of the solution after creating and configuring it."
What is our primary use case?
Currently, I work for a company partnered with Dell EMC; I used to work for another company, also partnered with Dell EMC.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see a virtual view of the solution after creating and configuring it.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using this solution for almost five years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Servers are both scalable and stable.
How are customer service and technical support?
I have never contacted technical support before.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very good, not complex at all.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price of this solution is reasonable. It's very comparable to similar solutions.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
It's virtually the same product as UCS MSP. I don't see many differences between them.
What other advice do I have?
The pre-sales HP team in Egypt is more helpful than EMC's team. Overall, I think HP is more flexible than EMC.
I don't really have any advice to give: it's only applications installed on a server, that's it.
On a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: partner
CEO at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees
Enables us to virtualize applications and user desktops
Pros and Cons
- "It is quite stable. We didn't have a single downtime of failure. Nor have we ever experienced any downtime in electrical components or the hardware. In this way, the server is reliable."
- "I would like to see better IOPS, i.e. the disc speed. That is the main limitation for scaling up the number of users."
What is our primary use case?
We use the Dell EMC R730 Rack Server. We use it for virtualization and we have some servers and some desktop virtual machines running on it. We mostly use it for testing purposes. We also use the Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Server to do QA testing for those applications. We create temporary virtual machines for this.
Virtualization is one of our main use cases. Hosting web applications is another. We also use the Dell server for standard architecture like Microsoft Excel and Office applications,
How has it helped my organization?
We use Dell EMC PowerEdge R730 as a server for testing our software products. We had not benchmarked anything before we purchased this, but we went through the specs during that time and did some configuration. We purchased Dell EMC PowerEdge R730 with 256GB RAM and built-in dual CPUs. We just sought this configuration from the local Dell EMC account via our account manager.
Since we use this for testing our products, we do not use it for any business process requirements. We are not hosting on it, we are just using it for testing purposes.
We were not able to scale up the server to the number of reels that we were looking for, so our plan got stalled there. Now we are once again revisiting our plan for that after two years.
There are better processors available with multiple cores than the Dell EMC PowerEdge. Our current requirement is that we should be able to generate a load of five hundred or one thousand Windows 10 desktop VMs on a single server. We prefer to use an optimal sizing on the RAM, the storage disc, and the CPUs. That's our current requirement. Virtualization is the biggest benefit for our organization.
We are able to virtualize a lot of applications and user desktops with the Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Server.
What is most valuable?
The main criteria I look for in all vendors are:
- On-site service for the hardware.
- The warranty period, i.e. how long the warranty is.
- The ability of the product itself, i.e. the specs and the lifecycle of the product.
- The hardware should be cutting edge.
I would like to see the lifecycle at seven to ten years. I want to work on the latest CPUs as much as possible, i.e. maintaining cutting edge standards, but still optimally priced.
We needed a benchmarking HP server, but since we are a small company, we went to hardware resellers. Dell EMC had some programs for SMBs and we were able to have direct interaction with them in India. We were able to get a very reasonable price for the same product which otherwise through the reseller network was extremely costly.
We found that arrangement from Dell EMC to be slightly better than compared to other vendors and why we did not choose them.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see better IOPS, i.e. the disc speed. That is the main limitation for scaling up the number of users.
Nowadays, there are web servers that have greater endurance in the lifecycle than the Dell EMC PowerEdge, so that's what I would like to see improved most.
If Dell EMC can provide us with more IOPS, a higher disc size using the SSDs, and better battery endurance in terms of the lifecycle, i.e. three to seven years, I would be satisfied. With the Dell EMC PowerEdge Server, there is a limitation on the hardware life cycles.
Another place Dell EMC could improve is with GPUs. If we can get more benchmarking done, some optimization, and more scalability for certain apps, it would be better.
Dell EMC could improve the sizing and scaling performance that we can get with the server, including some better optimization that we can scale up. Another need for improvement is to consider the implementation of other forms of desktop virtualization.
For how long have I used the solution?
One to three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is quite stable. We didn't have a single downtime of failure. Nor have we ever experienced any downtime in electrical components or the hardware. In this way, the server is reliable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Server did not scale to our expectations.
How are customer service and technical support?
I do not recall if we needed to use Dell EMC technical support often. We did when we wanted to expand the memory and it was satisfactory.
How was the initial setup?
We were already familiar with the hardware so it was straightforward to set up the web server for our requirements.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate the Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Servers an eight out of ten. It was satisfactory, but we were not able to scale it to the level that we expected.
Maybe we should have contacted their support or put in greater effort to find out about sizing guidelines, or maybe there is a limitation regarding the kind of scale that we are looking for.
I would advise someone considering this solution to search for the use case that is the closest match to your business. We should have referred to that before making a purchase.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.

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