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HPE ProLiant DL Servers pros and cons

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PROS

HPE ProLiant DL Servers are praised for their stability and scalability, ensuring reliable performance.
Users appreciate the servers for their ease of setup and maintenance, as well as for robust support from HPE.
Integrated with HPE InfoSight, the servers offer valuable alerts and remote problem-solving capabilities up to L2 level.
HPE ProLiant DL Servers are recognized for their affordable pricing and cost-effectiveness, especially in large deployments.
The servers support a variety of applications and are complimented for their hardware reliability and smooth operation of applications.

CONS

Not all of the hardware is completely up-to-date. The RAID controller card comes with a maximum of 4 GB cache in HPE servers, whereas it comes with a maximum of 8 GB cache in Dell servers.
The price should be lowered to make it more competitive.
In DA 500 systems, the flow of air is not good enough, and some components get overheated. IBM systems have better airflow and scalability.
The servers that we have are only scalable to some extent. They have got a limited amount of hard drive that you can insert. Their scalability should be improved.
The licensing fees are expensive and have room for improvement.
 

HPE ProLiant DL Servers Pros review quotes

reviewer1213008 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 31, 2022
Where there is a need to actually expand on the capacity, it's easily done, especially when more memory is needed.
FB
Oct 13, 2021
HPE's iLO server management software is a handy tool to install and deploy.
SHIVAKUMAR A P - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 12, 2024
The most valuable feature of the solution is HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
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NE
May 29, 2022
HP ProLiant servers provide redundant solutions for almost everything. You can set up multiple power supplies, with a primary power source and a secondary power supply connected on UPS. If the power goes out in the building, the UPS will supply power to the host at all times. The solution can run on batteries for many hours, depending on your battery and UPS capacity.
reviewer905394 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 9, 2021
We get good performance with HPE ProLiant DL Servers. They are really stable. We run all our applications smoothly. We have no problem at all.
SM
Jul 14, 2023
The initial setup for HPE ProLiant DL Servers is easy.
Ryan Dave Brigino - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 1, 2021
We have had no issues with the stability of the product.
PS
Feb 1, 2023
What I like most about HPE ProLiant DL Servers is that it gives the support and hardware availability that my company requires.
SE
May 17, 2022
It's very easy to set up.
JM
Jan 12, 2021
This is all I've ever used. These servers are strong, and they have very few failures on them. They are also easy to manage and monitor.
 

HPE ProLiant DL Servers Cons review quotes

reviewer1213008 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 31, 2022
There is a challenge sometimes with having quick access to some of these components when you need them. It takes a lot of time to get spare parts from genuine sellers.
FB
Oct 13, 2021
It would be great if HP could use a ProLiant Server to run HP-UX, the Unix build from HPE. Right now, HP-UX cannot run on the ProLiant architecture.
SHIVAKUMAR A P - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 12, 2024
The overall cost of the product needs to be lower, as it is one of the areas of concern in the product.
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NE
May 29, 2022
I would like to replace a hard drive that might be saved on the fly, on the server that I'm using currently, but I can't do that. I'm forced to power off my virtual machine, turn off the server, disconnect it from the power, replace the drive, rebuild the storage, and power it on again.
reviewer905394 - PeerSpot reviewer
Dec 9, 2021
In terms of what could be improved, if I could have faster processors with less cores, that would be good.
Ryan Dave Brigino - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 1, 2021
HPE ProLiant DL Servers are not scalable.
PS
Feb 1, 2023
The documentation for HPE ProLiant DL Servers has room for improvement. For example, it says on the documentation that this specific product or part number is supported. Still, when you ask the HPE team, the reply is that it's not supported, so HPE should update the information on the documentation.
SE
May 17, 2022
Its management console could be better.
JM
Jan 12, 2021
They are pretty solid servers, but, just like all servers, they become obsolete after some time. They can maybe provide a console to monitor the health of the servers. There should be some kind of console to which you can log in to remotely check on the health of a server, even when the server is off. The servers that we have are only scalable to some extent. They have got a limited amount of hard drive that you can insert. Their scalability should be improved.
SW
Feb 9, 2022
On the software side, I would like for the management of the server overall (including reviewing its health) to be a bit easier. Right now, we have something that sits on the server to make sure all hardware drivers and other thing are up to date. This is a pain to set up.