We have virtualization running on Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers. We have VMware. We have some physical workloads. We also have Oracle databases.
IT-Systems Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Reliable servers with easy management and good service
Pros and Cons
- "Reliability is important for us. They are reliable, and the service is very good."
- "The server itself is good, but sometimes, the salesperson forgets to sell us the right controller. It is related to sales. It is not related to the technical part."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are reliable and do not require a lot of maintenance. We put them in the rack and forget them.
In terms of the overall flexibility of our operations, we have a lot of servers, and because of virtualization, it is very flexible, but it has nothing to do with the hardware.
What is most valuable?
Reliability is important for us. They are reliable, and the service is very good. iDRAC is a good feature that we use very often. We are rarely in the data center.
What needs improvement?
The server itself is good, but sometimes, the salesperson forgets to sell us the right controller. It is related to sales. It is not related to the technical part. There is nothing that can be improved in these servers technically.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working in this organization for nine years, and they were already using Dell servers when I joined.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
These servers are very stable.
How are customer service and support?
Most times, we take care of things on our own. Usually, when there is something that needs to be fixed or replaced, we take Dell's help. I would rate their support an eight out of ten. It is very good, but it can always be better.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We only use Dell servers.
How was the initial setup?
They are easy to deploy. There are no problems with that.
What was our ROI?
We have seen an ROI. We rarely have any problems with these servers. Overall, it is a good deal.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We have not compared them with others. The price is okay, but they can always be a little bit cheaper.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Chef de project IT at Messer France
A strong and reliable solution that is easy to use and provides excellent technical support
Pros and Cons
- "The solution is very strong and reliable."
- "The vendor must provide cheaper versions of the tool for smaller use cases."
What is our primary use case?
The product is used for virtualization. I work for a gas company. We have a lot of locations in France. We use some applications to pilot the process of making gases. In each location, we use Dell PowerEdge to implement and supervise the process of gas production and processing.
What is most valuable?
The solution is very strong and reliable. The capacity is very good. Whenever I want to add an application server in a production location, I choose Dell PowerEdge. The solution is simple to manage. The maintenance and support are really good. It is easy to use. We did not face any big problems that we couldn’t resolve.
What needs improvement?
The solution’s sales policies must be changed. Sometimes, we need the tool for a small use case. The vendor must provide cheaper versions of the tool for smaller use cases.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution since 2015.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The tool is stable compared to other products.
How are customer service and support?
The support is really good. The support team is reliable. Compared to HPE, Dell's support is better. The support contracts of Dell are very clear. The communication we have with the salespeople is also very clear. The support team is quick. When we have a problem, we can find a solution quickly. We do not have to wait or send multiple emails to explain our problems.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We were using other servers before. However, there were long delays in deliveries. We use Microsoft’s operating system. I choose Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers because its compatibility with Microsoft is really good. We can use it with other operating systems, too. We also use HPE's servers.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The solution is expensive. We buy it for three years but use it for five years by extending the guarantee. We have been using it for ten years. It makes it past the depreciation value for a long time. We have to buy new servers every five years. If we need two servers, we buy one, use it for five years, and replace it with a new one. We are using it economically.
What other advice do I have?
We provide products to beverage companies. We also provide medical gases to hospitals. In my company, we are not managing energy. We have a special team with many people who manage energy. We are buying energy. We need to do all the things that are needed to keep the production safe. Energy is not our focus. I have never thought about energy conservation in three years.
We use MPLS and SD-WAN. We have a private network for all our locations. The PowerEdge connects our VLAN and the users’ VLAN. When we want control of our servers, we can take the control directly. If we want to see whether the equipment is working well, we can take control of the switch that communicates to the server.
We have a special VLAN. It’s an administrative VLAN. Only IT persons like me have access to the VLAN. The access is quick and easy because of Dell PowerEdge. The implementation is simple. We use it every time and do not have a problem with it.
We don't use many other servers. We do not have problems with switching Dell PowerEdge on and off. It is really simple for our technicians. The tool has helped us reduce unplanned production downtime. In all our racks, we have an inverter. We have a program to notify the server to back up and shut down cleanly.
When there is a downtime, we only check whether the processing is fine. We have not had any problem with it for many years. It works well. We can do everything we want to do with the tool. When we chose other servers, we faced problems within a year. Dell PowerEdge is a good solution. We have been using it for a long time. The vendor must provide servers for smaller use cases.
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
Foreign Language:(French)
Une Solution Robuste Et Fiable Qui Est Facile À Utiliser Et Qui Offre Un Excellent Support Technique
Quel est notre cas d’utilisation principal?
Nous nous servons de ces produits pour de la virtualisation. Je travaille pour une compagnie de gaz. Nous avons beaucoup de sites en France. Nous utilisons certaines des applications pour tester le processus de fabrication de gaz. Sur chaque site, nous utilisons des Dell PowerEdge pour implémenter et surveiller le processus de production et de transformation des gaz.
Qu’est-ce qui est le plus utile?
Cette solution est très robuste et fiable. La capacité est très bonne. Chaque fois que je veux ajouter un serveur d’application sur un site de production, je choisis Dell PowerEdge. Cette solution est simple à gérer. La maintenance et le support sont vraiment très bons. C’est facile à utiliser. Nous n’avons pas rencontré de gros problèmes que nous ne pouvons pas résoudre.
Qu’est-ce qui peut être amélioré?
La politique de vente de cette solution devrait être changée. Nous avons parfois besoin de cet outil pour un cas d’utilisation à petite échelle. Le fournisseur devrait pouvoir proposer des versions de cet outil moins chères pour des cas d’utilisation à petite échelle.
Depuis combien de temps j’utilise cette solution?
J’utilise cette solution depuis 2015.
Quelles sont mes impressions sur la stabilité de cette solution?
Cet outil est stable par rapport à d'autres produits.
Comment sont le service clients et le support?
Le support est vraiment très bon. L'équipe de support est fiable. Par rapport à HPE, le support de Dell est meilleur. Les contrats de support de Dell sont très clairs. La communication qu’on a avec les commerciaux est également très claire. L'équipe support est rapide. Quand nous avons un problème, nous pouvons trouver une solution rapidement. Nous ne devons pas attendre, ni envoyer plusieurs courriels, pour expliquer nos problèmes.
Comment évalueriez-vous le service client et le support?
Positivement.
Quelle solution ai-je utilisé auparavant et pourquoi ai-je changé?
On utilisait d’autres serveurs avant. Par contre, on avait de gros délais de livraison. On utilise le logiciel d’exploitation de Microsoft. Je choisis les serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack parce que leur compatibilité avec Microsoft est vraiment bonne. On peut s’en servir avec d’autres systèmes d’exploitation. On utilise également des serveurs HPE.
Quelle est mon expérience avec les tarifs, les coûts d’installation et du licensing?
Cette solution est chère. Nous l'achetons pour trois ans mais nous l'utilisons pendant cinq ans en allongeant la garantie. Nous l'utilisons depuis dix ans. Cela dépasse sa valeur d’amortissement de beaucoup de temps. Nous devons acheter des serveurs tous les cinq ans. Si nous avons besoin de deux serveurs, nous en achetons un et on s’en sert pendant cinq ans et puis, nous le remplissons avec un nouveau. Nous nous en servons de manière économique.
Quels autres conseils avez-vous?
Nous fournissons des produits à des compagnies de boissons. Nous fournissons également des gaz à usage médical aux hôpitaux. Dans ma société, nous ne gérons pas l'énergie. Nous avons une équipe spécialisée composée de plusieurs personnes et qui gère l'énergie. Nous achetons de l'énergie. Nous devons faire toutes les choses nécessaires à la sécurité de la production. L'énergie n’est pas notre priorité. Je n’ai accordé aucune pensée à l'économie d'énergie en trois ans.
Nous utilisons des MPLS et des SD-WAN. Nous avons un réseau privé pour tous nos sites. Les PowerEdge sont connectés sur notre VLAN et le VLAN des utilisateurs. Lorsque nous avons besoin de contrôler nos serveurs, nous pouvons directement prendre le contrôle. Si nous voulons vérifier que l'équipement fonctionne bien, nous pouvons prendre le contrôle de la commande qui communique avec le serveur.
Nous avons un VLAN spécial. C’est un VLAN administratif. Seul le personnel informatique, comme moi, ont accès à ce VLAN. L'accès est rapide et facile grâce au Dell PowerEdge. L'implémentation est simple. On l’utilise à chaque fois et nous n’avons aucun souci avec.
Nous n'utilisons pas beaucoup d’autres serveurs. Nous n’avons aucun problème à allumer ou éteindre les Dell PowerEdge. C’est vraiment simple pour nos techniciens. Cet outil nous a aidés à réduire les temps d'arrêts de production imprévus. Nous avons un inverseur dans tous nos racks. Nous avons un programme qui alerte le serveur pour tout sauvegarder et s'éteindre proprement.
Lorsqu’il y a un temps d'arrêt, nous vérifions seulement si le traitement fonctionne bien. Nous n’avons pas eu de problème avec ça depuis plusieurs années. Cela fonctionne bien. On peut faire tout ce que l’on veut avec cet outil. Lorsque nous choisissons d’autres serveurs, nous avons des problèmes la même année. Dell PowerEdge est une bonne solution. Nous nous en servons depuis très longtemps. Le fournisseur devrait fournir des serveurs pour des cas d’utilisation à petite échelle.
Globalement, je donne une note de huit sur dix pour cette solution.
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DSI at Mediactive SAS
Efficient, easy to use, and helpful for speed and resilience
Pros and Cons
- "We use remote access a lot. They are fairly simple to use."
- "We use Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers in the data center. We put the racks in bays. They can improve the compactness so that we can put more of them."
What is our primary use case?
We use Dell PowerEdge Rack servers for virtualization. We have these servers for the computing side, and then we have Dell Storage for the storage side.
How has it helped my organization?
By implementing this solution, we wanted speed and resilience. Everything is working well.
Resilience is not only linked to the servers. It is also linked to the software applications that we put on them, so we need to look at the services on PowerEdge. We have virtualization, and we install different products, such as firewalls, and implement access control. We use software for that, and it is working well with Dell PowerEdge.
In terms of energy consumption, we use them without energy limitations. We always use them at full capacity. They are always working at full capacity, so we use the machines at their maximum. The consumption is quite substantial, but we are not in the saving mode in our data centers. If the servers use less energy, that would be great, but they must provide a lot of power.
For handling the evolving needs of high-performance workloads, we have Full Flash, and as far as the processors are concerned, they work fine.
These servers are efficient. We do have some old ones. We just got rid of the old range, but we still have some from the 10th, 11th, and 12th Generation.
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers have not helped to reduce unplanned production downtime because that is not really linked to the servers. We do have quite a lot of them, so they are redundant. We have some load balancing, and we are using software solutions. For us, the PowerEdge servers or any other type of servers either help with computing or are used for storage. The rest is managed through software.
The OpenManage console has affected our IT staff’s productivity. We do use it, but mainly for setting up alerts.
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers have impacted the overall flexibility of our operations or business. Scalability is easy.
What is most valuable?
We use remote access a lot. They are fairly simple to use.
What needs improvement?
We use Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers in the data center. We put the racks in bays. They can improve the compactness so that we can put more of them.
We do not have much of a problem with the noise, but they are still as noisy as before, even after they have improved them.
The customer service on certain parts can be better, but nowadays, we do not get many issues. As far as we are concerned, it is a clean environment. It is a data center environment, so it has air conditioning. The servers do not face many restrictions. They do not have any dust.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers for approximately 20 years. I work in the data center, so it has been a long time.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability is fine. They are stable if they have been updated with the updates. As far as we are concerned, there is no downtime on the platform. Of course, we have to restart some servers, but because they are load-balanced, it does not at all impact our production. We just put them in maintenance mode, and we use the VMware solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
With our method, it is simple for us. We can increase the computing and we can increase the storage because there are two different platforms. The hard disks are not in the computing servers. They are separated. If I want to add some computing, I buy more servers. If I want to add to the storage, I add to the storage bays with ESXi (in our case).
How are customer service and support?
We have known them for a long time. It is just a matter of knowing what to do for things to happen quickly, such as providing the serial numbers and rack data. We are used to it. It is going well. It is just about knowing the method, that is it.
I would rate their support an eight out of ten. There can be some kind of notice for when there is a change in disk capacity. It might not mean much to change a disk, but for us, it can sometimes be an issue because of our environment. We would prefer to have the exact same product on the same servers. That is it.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use the HPE range and the Dell range. We use both types of servers.
We used Supermicro a little bit in the beginning, but that was a long time ago. Nowadays, we use only two manufacturers: Dell and HPE.
How was the initial setup?
We were well prepared, and we have the same type of servers in the bays. The wiring is marked, and we know that environment very well.
What about the implementation team?
We buy from a reseller, and then we roll them out internally ourselves.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did not evaluate other solutions. There is not a lot of choice.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers a nine out of ten because they are very good. The last generations are very good.
Foreign Language:(French)
Compétents, faciles à utiliser et pratiques pour la vitesse et la résilience
Depuis combien de temps utilisez-vous les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack?
J’utilise les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack depuis environ 20 ans. Je travaille dans le centre de données et cela fait donc longtemps.
Quel est votre cas d’utilisation primaire pour cette solution? (Décrivez votre environnement en détail).
Nous utilisons les serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack pour la virtualisation. Nous avons ces serveurs pour la partie informatique et les serveurs Dell Storage pour la partie stockage.
Comment les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack ont-ils amelioré votre organisation? Si ce n’est pas le cas, veuillez expliquer pourquoi.
En implémentant cette solution, on voulait la rapidité, la résilience et que tout fonctionne bien.
La résilience n’est pas liée qu’aux serveurs. Elle est également liée aux applications logicielles que l’on met dessus et il faut donc regarder les services sur les PowerEdge. Nous faisons de la virtualisation et nous installons donc des produits différents, comme les firewalls et nous implémentons un contrôle d'accès. Nous utilisons des logiciels pour cela et tout s’exécute bien avec le Dell PowerEdge.
En ce qui concerne la consommation d'énergie, nous on les utilise sans la limitation d'énergie. On les utilise toujours à plein régime. Ils fonctionnent toujours à pleine puissance et nous consommons donc, le maximum de la machine. La consommation est assez importante mais nous ne sommes pas en mode économie d'énergie dans notre centre de données. Si les serveurs consomment mieux, tant mieux, mais ils doivent fournir beaucoup de puissance.
Pour gérer les besoins évolutifs des charges de travail à haute performance, nous avons Full Flash et en ce qui concerne les processeurs, ils fonctionnent bien.
Les serveurs sont performants. On a des vieux modèles. On vient juste de se débarrasser de l’ancienne gamme mais on a encore des Générations 10, 11 et 12.
Les Serveurs Rack Dell PowerEdge n’ont pas aidé à réduire les temps d’arrêt de production imprévus car ce n’est pas vraiment lié aux serveurs. On en a beaucoup et donc, ils sont redondants. On a une répartition des charges et on utilise des solutions de logiciels. Pour nous, les serveurs PowerEdge ou n’importe quel type de serveurs nous aident soit à faire les calculs, soit à faire du stockage. Tout le reste est géré par des logiciels.
La console OpenManage a affecté la productivité du personnel informatique. On l’utilise mais surtout pour remonter les alertes.
Les serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack ont impacté la flexibilité globale de nos opérations et de notre business. La scalabilité est facile.
Quelles fonctionnalités avez-vous trouvé les plus utiles et pourquoi?
On utilise beaucoup l'accès à distance. C’est plutôt facile à utiliser.
Dans quels domaines les serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack pourraient-ils être améliorés?
On utilise les serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack dans nos centres de données. Nous installons les racks dans les baies. Leur compacticité pourrait être améliorée afin que nous puissions en mettre plus.
Nous n’avons pas vraiment de problèmes avec le bruit bien qu’ils soient aussi bruyants qu’auparavant et malgré le fait qu’ils aient été améliorés.
Le service client pourrait être amélioré sur certains points mais nous n’avons plus beaucoup de problèmes à présent. En ce qui nous concerne, c’est un environnement propre. C’est un environnement de centre de données et donc, c’est climatisé. Les serveurs n’ont pas beaucoup de contraintes. Ils n’ont pas de poussière.
Avez-vous utilisé une solution différente auparavant et si oui, pourquoi avez-vous changé?
On utilise la gamme HPE et la gamme Dell. On utilise deux types de serveurs.
On avait utilisé un peu de Supermicro au début mais il y a très longtemps de cela. Maintenant, on utilise seulement deux constructeurs: Dell et HPE.
Avant de choisir, avez-vous évalué d’autres options? Dans ce cas, lesquelles?
Nous n’avons pas évalué d’autres solutions. Il n’y a pas beaucoup de choix.
Quelles sont vos impressions sur la scalabilité de cette solution?
Avec notre méthode, c’est simple pour nous. On peut augmenter le computing comme on peut augmenter le stockage parce que ce sont deux plateformes différentes. Les disques durs ne sont pas dans les serveurs de calcul. Ils sont separés. Si je veux rajouter du computing, je rachète des serveurs. Si je veux ajouter du stockage, je complète les baies de stockage en ESXi (pour notre cas à nous).
Quelles sont vos impressions sur la stabilité de cette solution?
La stabilité est bonne. Les serveurs sont stables s’ils ont été mis à jour. En ce qui nous concerne, il n’y a pas de temps d’arrêt sur la plateforme. Bien sûr, on redémarre des serveurs mais parce qu’ils sont en mode load-balance et donc ça n'a pas du tout d’impact sur notre production. On les met seulement en mode maintenance et on utilise la solution de VMware.
La configuration initiale était-elle simple ou complexe et de quelle manière?
On était bien préparés et ce sont les mêmes modèles de serveurs dans les baies. Le câblage est banalisé et on connaît très bien cet environnement.
Lors de l’implémentation, avez-vous utilisé l'équipe d’un fournisseur ou une équipe interne? Si vous avez utilisé l'équipe d’un fournisseur, comment évalueriez-vous leur niveau d’expertise?
On achète chez les grossistes et après, c’est nous qui déployons en interne.
Décrivez votre expérience avec le service client et le support.
On les connait depuis très longtemps. Il suffit de savoir comment faire pour que ça aille vite, comme les numéros de série et les extractions de données. On a l’habitude. Ça se passe bien. Il faut juste connaitre la méthode, c’est tout.
J’évalue le support avec un huit sur dix. Il serait bien de prévenir lorsqu’il y a un changement de capacité de disque. Cela ne parait pas grand-chose de changer un disque mais cela nous gêne quelquefois à cause de notre environnement. On préférerait avoir exactement le même produit dans les mêmes serveurs. Voilà.
Comment est-ce que vous évalueriez cette solution sur une échelle de 1 à 10 pour le service et le support?
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Sur une échelle de 1 à 10 (1=le pire, 10=le meilleur), comment est-ce que vous évaluerez les serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack? Donnez vos raisons..
Je donne aux serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack un neuf sur dix parce qu’ils sont très bons. Les dernières générations sont très bien.
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Administrateur system at Ministère
Fast support, easy to use, and no heating or breakdown issues
Pros and Cons
- "We used to have HPE. Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are much easier to use and manage."
- "There can be more visibility on the equipment remotely."
What is our primary use case?
We use Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers for data systems and databases for the Ministry of Home Affairs.
By implementing Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, we essentially wanted speed. We wanted fairly fast response times.
How has it helped my organization?
We already had some rack servers, and we changed to Dell because of the market. With regard to the ministries in France, we are forced to follow the markets that are offered to us, but in this case, we did have a choice. We carried on and bought a dozen rack servers that we would be receiving soon. We have also ordered about 50 more on top of that.
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers have the PowerEdge Cyber Resilient Architecture approach to security, but we have our own system for protection from cyberattacks. We do not handle that kind of thing. The Ministry of Home Affairs does that, and they have their own defense system for that.
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers do not heat up too much. We have had some big heatwaves this summer, and they came out perfect considering the heat. We have not had any problems. As far as their energy consumption is concerned, they are not very noisy, which means that they are ventilating well enough. We hardly hear them. They are very quiet. In this regard, there are no issues at all.
We are planning to keep them for an average of five or six years, but we know that we can keep them much longer because the new equipment is very tough. There are no breakdowns.
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers never break down. As a result, we double save on everything such as the hard drives, power supplies, etc. Our services never stop because they work 24 hours a day. We never have any downtime. The servers are constantly running.
The OpenManage console has not affected our IT staff’s productivity.
What is most valuable?
We can set up the systems where we have disks as RAID, and then on other systems, we set up SSD M.2, which is only set up for the OS. This is great. It separates two systems very well, which is a very good thing.
We used to have HPE. Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are much easier to use and manage.
What needs improvement?
There can be more visibility on the equipment remotely. It will help us to provide a better response in case of a breakdown because we are not always monitoring them. It will enable us to be more reactive when there is a breakdown at the level of the ventilation disk or the temperature. We are currently using another software that connects us to the server. It is called Grafana. It allows us to be connected to the servers and gather information, but it is not always that straightforward to get these two connected.
It would be great to have one general console to manage all of the servers. I do not know if Dell has one, but there should be one general console to obtain the temperature or detect if a disk is malfunctioning. We should be able to get information about disks, extractor fans, and other things related to the equipment because we do not enter the bays all the time. A centralized system would mean greater visibility into the equipment and maybe the capability to manage several servers, just like a console.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers for approximately one year.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate their support a ten out of ten. We used to be with Dell before, and the maintenance response for any breakdown was very fast. It was within 24 hours. We often used to receive the part the next day. If we had a breakdown one day, we had a new part to replace it the next day.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We were using HPE. We moved to Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers because of the speed. Apart from the operating speed, we get safeguarding on disks or magnetic tapes. Thanks to the Dell servers, we have gained 24 hours of backups.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
As compared to two years ago, the prices have increased at least by 2,500 euros per server.
We do not take any other licenses offered by Dell. We take what comes in the pack, but for the same configuration servers, we were at 5,500 euros before, and nowadays, it is about 9,000 euros or almost 10,000 euros per item. I know that everything has gotten more expensive, but it still is a very high price increase.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers a ten out of ten. They are very good as far as I am concerned. Personally, I have no negative feedback. They function really well, and they get the job done. We just need one console to be able to manage all of the different aspects of the equipment in case there is a breakdown. Apart from that, we have no issues. We started dealing with Dell again two years ago, and we have had no problems so far.
Foreign Language:(French)
Un support rapide, une utilisation facile et aucun problème de chauffage ou de panne.
Depuis combien de temps utilisez-vous les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack?
J’utilise les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack depuis un an environ.
Quel est votre principal cas d’utilisation pour cette solution? (Décrivez également votre environnement).
Nous utilisons des Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack pour des systèmes de données et des bases de données pour le Ministère de l'Intérieur.
Avec l'implémentation des Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack, on recherchait essentiellement de la vitesse. Nous voulions des délais de réponses assez rapides..
Comment est-ce que les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack ont amélioré votre infrastructure informatique? Si ce n’est pas le cas, expliquez pourquoi.
Nous avions déjà des serveurs en rack et nous avons changé pour du Dell à cause du marché. En ce qui concerne les ministères en France, nous sommes obligés de suivre les marchés qui nous sont proposés mais là, nous avons eu le choix. Nous avons continué et acheté une douzaine de serveurs en rack que nous allons bientôt recevoir. Nous avons également fait la commande de 50 autres en plus.
Les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack offrent leur propre approche pour la cybersécurité grâce à leur Architecture Résiliente mais nous avons notre propre système de protection contre les cyberattaques. On ne gère pas ce genre de choses. C’est le Ministère de l'Intérieur qui gère cela et ils ont leur propre système de défense à ce niveau-là.
Les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack ne chauffent pas trop. On a eu de grosses chaleurs cet été et ils étaient parfaits malgré la chaleur. On n’a pas eu de problèmes. Au niveau énergivore, ils ne sont pas très bruyants et cela veut dire qu’ils ventilent correctement. On ne les entend pratiquement pas. Ils sont très silencieux. Il n’y a aucun problème à ce sujet.
On prévoit de les garder 5 ou 6 ans en moyenne mais on sait qu’on peut les garder beaucoup plus longtemps car le nouveau matériel est très costaud. Il n’y a pas de pannes.
Les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack ne tombent jamais en panne. Du coup, on sauvegarde tout en double, les disques durs, les alimentations, etc. Nos services ne s'arrêtent jamais car ils fonctionnent 24h/24h. On n’a jamais d'arrêts. Les serveurs tournent continuellement.
La console OpenManage n’a pas affecté la productivité du personnel informatique.
Quelles fonctionnalités avez-vous trouvé les plus utiles et pourquoi?
On peut installer les systèmes où on peut monter des disques en RAID et puis d’autres systèmes avec les SSD M.2, qui sont mis justes pour l’OS. Je trouve cela très bien. Ça sépare bien les deux systèmes et c’est une très bonne chose.
Avant, on avait HPE. Les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack sont beaucoup plus facile à utiliser et à gérer.
Dans quels domaines les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack pourraient être améliorés?
Il pourrait y avoir une visibilité encore plus grande sur le matériel à distance. Cela nous permettrait d’avoir une plus grande réactivité au niveau d’une panne parce qu’on n’est pas toujours dessus. Cela nous permettrait d’avoir une réponse plus rapide au niveau d’une panne concernant des disques de la ventilation ou de la température. Pour le moment, on utilise un autre logiciel qui nous met en relation avec le serveur. Il s’appelle Grafana. Il nous permet de faire la liaison avec les serveurs et d’avoir l’information mais ce n’est pas toujours évident de pouvoir faire la liaison entre les deux.
Ce serait génial d’avoir une console générale pour gérer tous les serveurs. Je ne sais pas si Dell en a une mais il devrait y avoir une console générale qui permettrait d’avoir les températures ou de détecter si un disque est en panne. On devrait pouvoir obtenir des informations sur les disques, les ventilateurs et autres choses concernant le matériel car nous n’allons pas souvent dans les baies. Un système centralisé permettrait une meilleure visibilité au niveau du matériel et peut-être la capacité de pouvoir gérer plusieurs serveurs tout comme une console.
Avez-vous utilisé différentes solutions auparavant et si c’est le cas, pourquoi avez-vous changé?
On utilisait des HPE avant. On est passé à des Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack pour leur vitesse. A part leur vitesse d’exécution, on peut aussi sauvegarder sur des disques ou des bandes magnétiques. Grâce aux serveurs Dell, on a gagné 24 heures de sauvegarde.
Quels conseils auriez-vous à donner concernant les coûts d’installation, les tarifs et/ou les licences?
Par rapport à il y a deux ans, les prix ont augmenté d’au moins 2,500 euros par serveur.
On prend ce qui est proposé dans le pack mais par rapport à la même configuration des serveurs, auparavant on était à 5,500 euros et maintenant on est dans les 9,000 euros ou presque 10,000 euros par pièce. Je sais que tout a augmenté mais c’est quand même une grosse augmentation de prix.
Est-ce que vous pouvez décrire votre expérience avec le service support de Dell.
Je mettrai un dix sur dix pour leur support. Avant, on était chez Dell et au niveau de la maintenance des pannes, c’était très rapide. C’était dans les 24 heures. On recevait souvent la pièce le lendemain. Si on avait une panne le jour-même, le lendemain on avait la pièce pour le remplacer.
Sur une échelle de 1 à 10, comment évalueriez-vous le service et le support pour cette solution?
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Sur une échelle de 1 à 10 (1=pire, 10=meilleur), comment évalueriez-vous les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack? Veuillez expliquer vos raisons.
Je mettrai une note de dix sur dix pour les Serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack. Ils sont très bien en ce qui me concerne. Personnellement, je n’ai pas de retours négatifs. Ils fonctionnent vraiment bien et ils font leur travail. On a juste besoin d’une console pour pouvoir gérer tous les différents aspects du matériel dans le cas où il y a une panne. Sinon, on n’a pas de soucis. On a repris le marché avec Dell il y a juste deux ans et on n’a aucun problème pour l’instant.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Manager at a educational organization with 5,001-10,000 employees
It provides a balance between price, power, and storage
Pros and Cons
- "I like how I can stack many servers on top of each other, and they work like a cloud."
- "Although PowerEdge's price is high."
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case is for computing. We use PowerEdge for all of the laboratories for all of the computer science labs.
We implemented PowerEdge to improve our flexibility and power.
How has it helped my organization?
We need a lot of computing power, and PowerEdge provides a balance between price, power, and storage. It improved our flexibility by enabling us to add more servers to the clusters. When you replace servers, there is no downtime. The most important aspect is that there is almost zero downtime.
I reconfigure servers and explain them to the IT office as code when I handle them. The ability to manage all the servers from one console is beneficial because I'm managing hundreds of them from one place. It saves us hundreds of hours a year in time.
PowerEdge Dell to reduce unplanned production downtime to almost zero.
What is most valuable?
Hyperscale is the most valuable feature. I like how I can stack many servers on top of each other, and they work like a cloud.
What needs improvement?
I would like for there to be more disc space.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have used PowerEdge for 10 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
PowerEdge servers are highly stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's easy to add more servers to the cluster.
How are customer service and support?
I rate Dell support 10 out of 10. They give me the answers I need, not just what I want.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used to work with some very old HP machines. We got quotes from various vendors, but Dell gave us the best performance for a good price.
How was the initial setup?
Deploying PowerEdge servers is straightforward. It takes about 15 minutes, including installation and reconfiguration. We use Unix and Linux, so it's quick.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Although PowerEdge's price is high, it's easier to handle, and there's no downtime. In my opinion, it's worth the price.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers 10 out of 10.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Last updated: Sep 19, 2024
Flag as inappropriateIngénieur système at a media company with 51-200 employees
Provides speed, energy savings, and 99.9% uptime
Pros and Cons
- "The calculation potential with modern CPUs is valuable. We have the capacity to increase the number of CPUs per machine, and there are also energy savings."
- "The equipment is very good, but the price is a bit too high. In addition, their support for parts can be better."
What is our primary use case?
We do media transcoding. We mainly use servers with quite a lot of CPUs to be able to do transcoding. We need servers that provide us with a lot of power.
How has it helped my organization?
By implementing Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, we wanted to transcode media in a fairly quick way. We can have media for only about a quarter of an hour. From the moment the media gets to us to the moment it is gone, we only have about a quarter of an hour, so we need a lot of power to be able to achieve something in a minimum amount of time.
Overall, we are very happy with the fact that we managed to get servers with last-generation CPUs. Besides that, like everyone else, we are trying a bit to reduce our energy bills. There is a big effort to be made on that front.
In terms of resiliency, our servers tend to be fairly far in our infrastructure. We have a couple of layers of firewall upfront. We also have proxy and reverse proxy, so the range of attack is fairly weak, and behind that, we have Linux. We shield with firewalls and other safety measures.
Overall, we are quite happy with it in terms of energy consumption. We have a fairly low consumption.
We hardly upgrade our servers to handle the evolving needs of high-performance workloads. As a matter of fact, when we build a platform, it is for a very specific need, and it is made to last three to five years. After that, the platform disappears, and the servers also leave with that. We buy new servers according to the new platform. We have less upgrading on the servers because they are already adapted to our needs.
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers have helped to reduce unplanned production downtime. The servers that we have rarely break down, so, overall, we can change quite a lot of components on the run. We can manage to have a production that is running almost 99.99% of the time.
The OpenManage console has affected our IT staff’s productivity quite a bit. When new equipment arrives, we only have to put it in racks at the data center and all of the installation and management is done remotely, so we no longer need to spend a certain amount of time in the data center.
Using PowerEdge Rack Servers has affected the overall flexibility of our operations or business. We do have the ability to intervene on them, which is important. It is obviously easier than having a server where when we have a problem, we must go to the data center, or we must call someone to come and help. We might even have to stop the server, and that is quite annoying.
What is most valuable?
The calculation potential with modern CPUs is valuable. We have the capacity to increase the number of CPUs per machine, and there are also energy savings.
What needs improvement?
We have not had or come across any major problems. With regards to prices and support, they have always been very responsive, but we know that when we need more storage, we can easily find something much cheaper elsewhere. The equipment is very good, but the price is a bit too high. In addition, their support for parts can be better.
For how long have I used the solution?
In our organization, it must have been a good 20 years. They have been using Dell pretty much from the start of the company. I have been with the company for six years, but we still unearth some old servers from time to time.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
They are stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We don't scale a lot, we buy as and when needed.
How are customer service and support?
Their support is very good. I would rate them an eight out of ten. They can be more reactive when sending parts. The support service is very reactive when answering us, but they need a bit of time to send us the parts. We tend to only ask for the parts. We replace them ourselves. We do not request a technician as well. We have also had a case where a part arrived at the wrong address.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Like many people, we do not only use Dell products. We also use a bit of HPE. I have a preference for Dell, but we still have some old servers from other manufacturers lying around. We have some old equipment, but everything that is recent is either Dell or HPE. We changed the old servers simply because they were at the end of their life.
How was the initial setup?
I am involved in the implementation of these servers. The implementation is simple.
We know that we need half a day in the data center to do everything regarding the racks. Once that is done, we can also split the tasks because, although the servers are in the same bay, we do not want to be on top of each other when working. So, we can work in parallel during the installation of a certain number of servers without any difficulty. If you do not have a console, it is quite limiting because, with a screen at the back of a server, you are limited to working on only one server at a time.
What about the implementation team?
We generally do everything related to PowerEdge ourselves.
What was our ROI?
Overall, we have seen an ROI. The ROI is in terms of productivity at the infrastructure service level. We do not have to regularly change parts, and by being able to do all of the administration remotely, we gain quite a substantial amount of time.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
As far as licenses are concerned, we have very few servers. We no longer need the licenses. It depends directly on the manufacturers or the people who develop the software. Instead of taking them with the servers, because we are not always sure of the specific use for a specific server, we get the licenses afterward.
With regards to the rates, there are times when Dell is not able to match the prices of other manufacturers who offer us something cheaper. For storage, it can vary, and the cost can be twice as much.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We mainly work with Dell and HPE. To evaluate the options, we take into account how easy it is to operate the server. In my opinion, Dell is unrivaled on that front. We are not a very big company, so we are very careful with the costs of our servers.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers a nine out of ten.
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Offre vitesse, économies d'énergie et 99.9% de durée de fonctionnement
Depuis combien de temps utilisez-vous les serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack?
Dans notre société, cela doit faire plus de 20 ans. Ils utilisent du Dell depuis quasiment la création de la société. Je suis dans la société depuis six ans mais on déterre des vieux serveurs de temps en temps.
Quel est votre principal cas d’utilisation de cette solution? (Décrivez votre environnement).
Nous faisons du transcodage de média. On utilise principalement des serveurs avec beaucoup de CPUs pour pouvoir faire le transcodage. On a besoin de serveurs qui nous apportent beaucoup de puissance.
Décrivez comment les serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack ont amélioré votre organisation. Si ce ne fut pas le cas, veuillez expliquer pourquoi.
En implémentant les serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack, on voulait pouvoir transcoder de façon assez rapide. On peut avoir des médias pendant seulement un quart d’heure. Entre le moment où le média rentre chez nous et le moment où il doit sortir de chez nous, nous avons seulement un quart d’heure et donc, on a besoin de grosse puissance pour pouvoir le sortir en un temps minimum.
Globalement, nous sommes très contents du fait que nous arrivions à avoir des serveurs avec des CPUs de dernière génération. En plus, on essaye, comme tout le monde, de réduire notre facture énergétique. Il y a un gros effort de fait là-dessus.
En termes de résilience, nos serveurs ont plutôt tendance à être relativement loin dans notre infrastructure. On a deux couches de firewall devant. On a aussi du proxy et du reverse proxy donc, la couverture d’attaque est relativement faible et derrière, on va être sur du Linux. On blinde au maximum avec des firewalls et d’autres mesures de sécurité.
Globalement, on est plutôt contents en ce qui concerne la consommation d'énergie. On a une consommation qui est relativement faible.
Pour gérer les besoins évolutifs des charges de travail à haute performance, on ne fait quasiment pas évoluer nos serveurs. En fait, quand on monte une plateforme, c’est pour un besoin spécifique et c’est fait pour durer de 3 à 5 ans. Après ce temps-là, la plateforme disparaît et les serveurs partent avec. On achète de nouveaux serveurs en fonction des nouvelles plateformes. On n’a plus d'évolutivité sur les serveurs parce qu’ils sont déjà adaptés à notre besoin.
L’utilisation des serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack nous a aidés à réduire les temps d'arrêt de production imprévus. Les serveurs sont très rarement en panne donc, globalement, on peut changer pas mal de composants à chaud. On arrive à maintenir une production qui est en fonctionnement à 99.99% du temps ou presque.
La console OpenManage a pas mal affecté la productivité de notre personnel informatique. Quand on a du matériel qui arrive, on se contente de le mettre en racks dans le centre de données et derrière, toute l’installation et tout le management se fait à distance et donc, on n’a plus besoin de passer un certain nombre d’heures dans le centre de données.
L’utilisation des serveurs PowerEdge Rack a affecté la flexibilité globale de nos opérations ou de notre entreprise. Nous avons la capacité de pouvoir intervenir dessus, ce qui est important. C’est forcément plus facile que d’avoir un serveur sur lequel, dès qu’on a un problème, on doit se rendre au centre de données ou on doit appeler quelqu’un pour venir nous aider. Il nous arrive même de devoir arrêter un serveur et ça, c’est assez ennuyeux.
Quelles fonctionnalités avez-vous trouvé les plus utiles et pourquoi?
Le potentiel de calcul avec des CPUs modernes est très utile. Nous avons la capacité d’augmenter le nombre de CPUs par machine et de faire des économies d'énergie.
Dans quels domaines les serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack pourraient-ils être améliorés?
On n’a pas eu ni vraiment rencontré de gros problèmes. Au niveau des prix et du support, ils ont toujours été très réactifs mais on sait que lorsqu’on a besoin de plus de stockage, on a tendance à trouver beaucoup moins cher ailleurs. Le matériel est très bien mais le prix est un peu trop élevé et en plus, le support pour les pièces pourrait être meilleur.
Avez-vous utilisé une solution différente auparavant et le cas échéant, pourquoi avoir changé?
Comme beaucoup de monde, on n’utilise pas que des produits Dell. On utilise un peu de HPE. J’ai une préférence pour Dell mais on a encore quelques vieux serveurs encore d’autres constructeurs qui trainent. On a du vieux matériel mais tout ce qui est récent est soit du Dell, soit du HPE. On a changé les vieux serveurs tout simplement parce qu’ils étaient en fin de vie.
Avant de faire votre choix, avez-vous évalué d’autres options? Le cas échéant, lesquelles?
On travaille principalement avec Dell et HPE. Pour évaluer les options, on prend en compte la facilité d'exploitation du serveur. Pour moi, Dell est imbattable là-dessus. On n’est pas une très grosse entreprise et donc, on fait très attention au coût de nos serveurs.
Que conseillez-vous aux autres en ce qui concerne les coûts d’installation, les tarifs et/ou les licences?
En ce qui concerne les licences, on a peu de serveurs. On n’a plus besoin des licences. On les prend directement chez les constructeurs ou les personnes qui conçoivent les logiciels plutôt que de les prendre avec les serveurs parce qu'on n'est pas forcément sûr de l’usage spécifique de chaque serveur. On prend donc les licences après.
Au niveau tarifaire, il y a des moments ou Dell ne sait pas forcément s’aligner avec d’autres constructeurs qui nous proposent quelque chose de moins cher. Sur du stockage, ça varie mais le prix peut aller du simple au double.
Quelles sont vos impressions sur la scalabilité de cette solution?
Nous faisons peu de scalabilité car nous achetons selon nos besoins.
Quelles sont vos impressions sur la stabilité de cette solution?
Ils sont stables.
Avez-vous constaté un RSI (Retour Sur Investissement)? Si oui, de quelle manière (p. ex. mesures/points de données)?
Globalement, on a constaté un RSI. Le RSI est en termes de productivité au niveau du service infrastructure. On n’a pas besoin de changer régulièrement les pièces et on peut faire toute la partie administrative à distance, c’est un gain de temps qui est assez important.
La configuration initiale était-elle simple ou complexe et de quelle manière?
Je suis impliqué dans l'implémentation de ces serveurs. L'implémentation est simple.
On sait qu’on va avoir une demi-journée dans le centre de données pour faire tout ce qui est partie rackage. Une fois cela fait, on peut se répartir les tâches parce que bien que les serveurs soient dans la même baie, on ne se marche pas tous sur les pieds pendant la tâche. On peut travailler en parallèle pendant l’installation d’un certain nombre de serveurs sans difficulté. Dès qu’on n’a pas de console et avec un écran à l'arrière du serveur, on est bien limité sur le nombre de serveurs sur lesquels on peut agir à la fois.
Avez-vous utilisé un revendeur ou une de vos équipes pour ce déploiement? Si à travers un revendeur, comment évalueriez-vous leur niveau d’expertise?
Nous faisons généralement tout nous-mêmes, en ce qui concerne les PowerEdge.
Décrivez votre expérience avec le service client et le support de Dell.
Leur support est très bon. Je leur donne une note de huit sur dix. Ils pourraient être plus réactifs sur leur envoi de pièces. Le service support est très réactif pour nous répondre mais ils ont besoin d’un peu de temps pour nous envoyer la pièce. Nous, on a plutôt tendance à demander les pièces. C’est nous qui faisons les remplacements. On ne demande pas le technicien avec. Et il nous est arrivé que la pièce soit délivrée à la mauvaise adresse.
Comment évalueriez-vous cette solution sur une échelle de 1à10 pour le service et le support?
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Sur une échelle de 1 à 10 (1=le pire, 10=le meilleur), comment évalueriez-vous les serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack? Veuillez expliquer pourquoi.
Je donnerais une note de neuf sur 10 aux serveurs Dell PowerEdge Rack.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Director at mindIT
Provides centralized management capabilities for large environments, reduces data processing times, and supports full automation
Pros and Cons
- "We haven't faced any problems with the power supplies. The consumption of power is robust. We still have slots for the new hard discs for availability and upgrading RAM, but the machine itself has been working nonstop for ten years."
- "Different types of applications that are now trendy in the market, like AI, are still big topics that are not mapped correctly in the server and storage environment. Knowing those kinds of activities and definitions will help us more to position these kinds of servers for the client."
What is our primary use case?
We have implemented the PowerEdge servers in data centers for intelligence, governments, banks, hospitals, and for different use cases. It's a very robust product.
We're a Dell Gold partner, and we sell services for our clients. We've been working in this domain for a long time.
We're using the seven series and the six series, and we previously used the eight series.
Most of our implementations are completed on-premises.
How has it helped my organization?
PowerEdge's system management capabilities help increase staff productivity.
It provides centralized management capabilities for large environments. In data centers, implementing multi-servers and managing different kinds of resources from a single portal definitely helps us a lot.
PowerEdge reduces data processing times. The server must be set up well to do this. Knowing your application and how to set up a real configuration that will map your request, helps a lot in the PowerEdge environment.
The enabling of full automation has affected the operations of our company.
This is the target of every client and organization. The servers fully support automation. A combination of a company's strategy when implementing solutions and having applications that are synchronized with the hardware requirement will lead to a very good result. The hardware is the best part of it because it's so easy. The hardware supports big implementations. If the structure is right, the results will be very good.
PowerEdge hasn't let us down in any situation. It's a very robust system.
We haven't faced any kind of downtime with applications, especially in analytics, because we implement a PowerEdge cluster and support it with storage. The infrastructure is highly available based on the Dell server.
From our implementations over the years and the new demand in technology, we haven't faced any kind of problems related to hardware based on PowerEdge. Everything is based on the application itself and the algorithm that the client uses through the servers. The problem isn't with the servers. The problem is with development.
It's all about processing. If you use a different kind of application that needs a lot of resources, that is a key factor, especially in data collection, open-source data, and applying different analytics over that. That will need a lot of processing, and the hardware is a key factor in that part.
Full automation is fully supported with PowerEdge. From the server perspective, it is fully compliant.
What is most valuable?
We haven't faced any problems with the power supplies. The consumption of power is robust. We still have slots for the new hard discs for availability and upgrading RAM, but the machine itself has been working nonstop for ten years.
We haven't faced any problems with new demands for digital transformation and infrastructure development.
The system is very updated. The machine itself is secure, but it depends on the client's environment and security strategy.
PowerEdge has good value for energy consumption. We know this from other vendors that have the same data centers that we used to work with. It provides better performance in terms of power consumption. More power is saved with the use of a full cabinet of PowerEdge servers versus other solutions with multi-servers.
We work in environments with systems in analytics, AI, Hadoop infrastructure, open source, and data gathering. We have those kinds of servers in our setups, and we never face problems when running the latest high-demand applications. We have an advantage in getting those results on PowerEdge servers rather than other servers.
We had some applications in artificial intelligence. Some of the clients are starting to adopt those use cases. We didn't face any problems adopting those kinds of solutions, although it's still an open discussion.
We are very familiar with the Dell portal, updates, supports, and assessments.
The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller telemetry for monitoring the PowerEdge system data and providing analytics is very simple and accessible. For centralized management, it's a good value. These kinds of implementations in a big data center make a difference.
We have CloudIQ in the machine learning systems that we are implementing for some of our clients, and those are based on Dell PowerEdge. We have those kinds of predictive analytics, and the hardware is doing great so far.
Dell EMC is a combination of processing, storage, and power. We're in a really good position in terms of technology, trends, and the leaders in the market.
Dell has different types of servers that can fit different types of businesses.
What needs improvement?
Different types of applications that are now trendy in the market, like AI, are still big topics that are not mapped correctly in the server and storage environment. Knowing those kinds of activities and definitions will help us more to position these kinds of servers for the client.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used this solution since 2005.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It's very stable. We have been using it for ten years.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's easy to scale.
How are customer service and support?
I would rate technical support an eight out of ten. We have never had a problem with technical support. There are a lot of different layers of support, and they're all very responsive. Dell is a very good company.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used to work with HP most of the time, and we worked with servers from Cisco for a short time.
Dell used to have different categories of servers that can fit different types of businesses. Sometimes we find that small servers have good specs over other competition, which is key for some new clients. For some new businesses, small servers can help achieve different targets for SMEs.
How was the initial setup?
The setup is very simple. When deploying PowerEdge, we used the automated server and OS deployment features. Our clients are very familiar with the setup. It's straightforward and very fast. If someone is knowledgeable in IT, they are familiar with PowerEdge.
What about the implementation team?
As a partner, most of the time we help clients. However, most of the clients are knowledgeable enough to implement the servers in a very simple way.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
PowerEdge is not a cheap product. It's a quality product, but there is always competition.
If you want to buy a server, you need an operating system, and most of it is Microsoft. A bundled solution costs less than a separate operating system and hardware.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We cannot compare public cloud solutions with PowerEdge. This decision is related to the availability of features over the internet versus something that you own in your data center, your servers, and your manageability and power. Implementing those kinds of servers on-premises will cost more, but having a cloud solution with on-premises storage is more feasible and economically better.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.
I cannot recommend a solution other than PowerEdge. I'm very happy with it and proud that we have it implemented.
I would definitely recommend this solution to those who are interested in using it. It's a robust, solid solution, and the hardware is designed carefully. The features and capabilities are built-in and it's a very supportive, long-term company. There are continuous efforts for development.
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
Web Design, IT & Organization of Art Events at Fluor Corporation
Compact and reliable storage solution that supports high performance workloads
Pros and Cons
- "PowerEdge Rack Servers offer good performance in handling the evolving needs of high-performance workloads and offer good value for money."
- "The security of this solution could be improved. We have very specific needs as an engineering company and require multiple layers of security. This is not offered when implementing the Dell hardware."
What is our primary use case?
We run the 900 and 700 models.
How has it helped my organization?
PowerEdge Rack Servers powered by Intel offer good performance in handling the evolving needs of high-performance workloads and offer good value for money.
The Intel Xeon scalable processor has helped to improve the performance of our targeted workloads. Dell's OpenManage console is easy to use.
PowerEdge Rack Servers has affected the overall flexibility of our operations. We are able to build our data centers with multiple clusters, and that provides sufficient scalability for us to do bigger deployments.
What is most valuable?
The support that you receive from Dell after buying this product is very valuable.
What needs improvement?
The long lead times in receiving hardware could be improved.
We have experienced issues with memory. We received help from the Dell team and this has been resolved.
The security of this solution could be improved. We have very specific needs as an engineering company and require multiple layers of security. This is not offered when implementing the Dell hardware.
Dell's OpenManage console is easy to use but could be better by offering additional features. The console has not decreased the time it takes to deploy new data centers.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using PowerEdge Rack Servers powered by Intel for over 15 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
This is a stable solution.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
This is a scalable solution.
How are customer service and support?
The customer service for this solution is very good. I would rate it an eight out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have used different solutions including Lenovo. We currently use Dell for all of our needs from our user hardware to our infrastructure data center.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward. We had 10 staff members involved in the deployment. The server bill team set up the hardware and the DMR team ran the virtualization layer over it. The security team completed the checks. We have about 55,000 users supported by this solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The licensing is expensive and inflexible.
What other advice do I have?
For anyone looking for a reliable storage solution, I would recommend PowerEdge.
I would rate this solution a nine 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.
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