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SHIVAKUMAR A P - PeerSpot reviewer
Country Manager - Emerging Business at Orbit Techsol
Real User
Top 10
With an easy setup phase in place, it is suitable for small and large-sized businesses
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of the solution is HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO)...Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
  • "The overall cost of the product needs to be lower, as it is one of the areas of concern in the product."

What is our primary use case?

The use cases attached to the solution can be anything on the database, or it can be a part of a cluster, like an HPC cluster, general-purpose servers, or ad servers. The tool's use cases can vary, and it all depends on the customers as to what exactly they want to start with and scale up.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of the solution is HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO). HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) is a remote management platform from which you can remotely manage all the physical servers. HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) allows you to do many things, including power cycling of servers and deployment of applications monitoring of servers. In general, you can power cycle and restart servers with the help of the aforementioned feature.

What needs improvement?

When you speak of any enhancements in the product, you need to shift to the tool's commercial mode. You get more features in the solution if you pour in more money.

If a customer needs some features in the solution, they will have to buy it since certain features are not loaded by default in the server. With entry-level licenses, servers are shipped to customers free of cost. Customers need to pay if they want more and more features in the solution. Every OEM solution in the market, including HPE ProLiant DL, operates similarly.

The overall cost of the product needs to be lower, as it is one of the areas of concern in the product.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have experience with HPE ProLiant DL for fifteen years. My company operates as a system integrator. My organization also has a partnership with HPE. My company currently uses HPE ProLiant Gen11 Servers.

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What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The product offers excellent scalability. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

My company deals with more than 100 customers who use the product.

My company deals with SMBs, enterprise-sized businesses, and global customers who use the product.

How are customer service and support?

The product's support team has been excellent. I rate the technical support a ten out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

I rate the product's initial setup phase a ten on a scale of one to ten, where one is a difficult setup phase, and ten is an easy setup process.

The solution is deployed on an on-premises model around 90 percent of the time. Customers prefer to avail of the cloud services offered by AWS, Azure, or the services from some local partners in India.

The solution can be deployed in an hour. For racking and powering up the server, it takes a maximum of an hour.

For the deployment process, you need to fix the rack rail kit to install the server and then go for power on, after which you need to do the initial configuration check before going ahead with VoIP installation.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The product is expensive. I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price. On the needs of the customers, the product offers a lot of support SLAs. Customers can choose a single point of contact for support.

What other advice do I have?

My company's customers use Nutanix or VMware in their data centers for server consolidation and resource optimization.

The solution has been deployed for running virtualization workloads or hosting business-critical applications in our company's customers' organizations, as the product is built for certain purposes. If VMware is deployed on HPE ProLiant Gen11 Servers, users can use hypervisors in Nutanix or hypervisors in VMware.

The product's most beneficial features for improving IT infrastructure efficiency stem from the fact that the tool lasts for a long period for a customer. The life cycle of the servers is pretty good, and it is a proven fact since my company has seen customers using it for seven years, even in the production phase.

HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) improves IT infrastructure efficiency since it is an area where you see the consumption of the servers. You can monitor even 1,000 servers on a single pane of glass.

In terms of operational costs, you don't have to go to physical servers to do anything, as the tool does everything. With the tool, you can do 98 percent of the tasks remotely. People working in multiple branches across the world don't have to go and deploy the servers physically. From one place, users can control the servers from anywhere in the world with the help of HPE ProLiant DL. The tool reduces the operational costs and increases efficiency.

The product doesn't affect its customers' environment in any way. The product offers scalability and availability. That tool is also easy to deploy.

HPE has built the servers to last for decades, owing to which stability is one of the areas that HPE ProLiant DL has focused on when it comes to the solution.

The customers in India are not concerned about energy savings or reduced cooling costs after the implementation of the solution.

Whether the workload demands are met or not depends on what the customers want from the product in the beginning and how much they want to scale up.

Whether the workload demands are met depends on what the customers want from the product in the beginning and how much they want to scale up. My company offers solutions depending on whether the customers want to provision the product for the upcoming three or five years. Customers have to buy more servers if they want to scale up beyond a certain limit.

The product helps in the area of business growth.

I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. Before purchasing the product, people should consider their growth plan for the next three or five years. Until and unless there is a business plan in place, it is very difficult to figure out the requirements of the solution.

I rate the overall tool a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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Reliable and affordable servers with many add-on components available
Pros and Cons
  • "In regards to the components that you can put into the servers, I feel that HP provides a wider variety of parts in comparison to Dell. For example, there is the ILO which is a network cable that goes into the server and reports back with an abundance of information about the server, even when it is off."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

I am a technical manager and have technicians who go out to schools and look at their network. We have two servers that are linked to a SAN and run virtual servers to form a cluster. This is done so that the servers will always stay on even if one of them goes off. 

What is most valuable?

In regards to the components that you can put into the servers, I feel that HP provides a wider variety of parts in comparison to Dell. For example, there is the ILO which is a network cable that goes into the server and reports back with an abundance of information about the server, even when it is off.

What needs improvement?

I do not believe that improvements need to be made on the hardware side. 

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.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using this solution for a couple of years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I like the stability. There are rarely any issues with the servers.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

This is a scalable solution and I am able to put as much RAM in as I want.

How are customer service and support?

We have not needed to contact support as most issues are able to be resolved by our in-house team and have yet to be severe enough to need to contact support.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was not complex and took about half a day for one technician to set up. We have one technician who looks after the servers, but there is not much that needs to be done to them in regards to maintenance. Over holiday breaks we perform maintenance checks to ensure that everything is working properly.

What about the implementation team?

We bought the server and desired bits and then had an in-house hardware technician come and put in the bits and install the service software on it through the ILO. 

What was our ROI?

We are able to get a few years out of the servers.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I like the price of this product and the add-on components. It is cheaper than Dell and is a one-time hardware purchase with minimal ongoing costs.

What other advice do I have?

It is important to note that on some of the servers, you can only insert 2.5 inch drives, so, maximizing the SSDs may be a bit expensive.

Other than that, I would advise working with HP because they have reliable products that rarely have any issues and, when there are issues, they are easily resolvable by us. In the rare event that we cannot fix it, we are able to make returns at no additional costs.

Overall, I would rate the DL Servers a nine out of ten.

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Ryan Dave Brigino - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Es'hailSat
Real User
Top 5Leaderboard
It has a fast IO, which we need for the database supporting our monitoring tools
Pros and Cons
  • "Our monitoring tool has a database, so we need a server with a fast IO."
  • "In Qatar, HPE doesn't have as much support as Dell. I would recommend Dell if given the option because it has a solid local presence."

What is our primary use case?

The ProLiant server is where we install our monitoring tools. We are only utilizing about half of its total capacity. We need to install more memory and other hardware to maximize our usage. We're close to the minimum. We have around 20 users for this project across two departments. 

What is most valuable?

Our monitoring tool has a database, so we need a server with a fast IO. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using ProLiant servers for three years

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The server hasn't failed in three years. Typically, it takes about five years before the power supply or hardware fails.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We configure the server as a standalone. It's not clustered to scale out. We are only just scaling up by installing additional RAM and other hardware as necessary.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

At my old company, we used HPE's Blade server.

How was the initial setup?

It's straightforward but requires a little more configuration than Dell because this HPE has an ILO where you can run an independent operating system. A system integrator deployed the server, which took less than a day. Our deployment and maintenance team consists of four engineers and one manager. We followed the installation guide and the standard steps for installing a Windows operating system.

Configuring the ILO operating system added some additional steps that weren't required with Dell. It's running Windows 7 ILO, a step higher than Dell's operating system.

What was our ROI?

I believe we have seen a return. However, the software accounts for the large cost, so ROI is difficult to calculate from a hardware perspective.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

HPE ProLiant servers are priced about the same as Dell's, maybe a little more. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate HPE ProLiant servers nine out of 10. I would recommend them if you live in an area where HPE has a strong support presence. In Qatar, HPE doesn't have as much support as Dell. I would recommend Dell if given the option because it has a solid local presence.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Ozgur-Sargin - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Elips Elektronik
Consultant
Reliable, good hardware with intelligent provisioning
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution is stable and reliable."
  • "I want to improve hyper-converged sites."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution in our company and our client's company.

What is most valuable?

I trust the hardware mostly. 

There are some features like intelligent provisioning, et cetera, which are quite useful.

The ILO for management is great.

It's scalable.

The solution is stable and reliable. 

What needs improvement?

I want to improve hyper-converged sites. We are mostly working with the DL series, however, now we are trying to work with more hyper-converged.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for more than 20 years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We are really happy with HP ProLiant Servers. They are stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We find the solution to be scalable. 

At this time, we have more than 100 users on the solution. 

We work with clients that have companies that vary in size, from small to large.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support has been great. I have been quite satisfied with their level of assistance.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We use ProLiant Servers and SimpliVity. We've also worked with Dell. The quality of HP is better here in Turkey. It's faster, and they come with spare parts. There's a shorter timeframe to replace hardware if parts are defective. 

How was the initial setup?

How difficult or straightforward the implementation process is depends on the customer's location. We have lots of customers in Turkey. Some of them are complex, and some of them are simple.

We have three admins that can handle maintenance tasks. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

While the price is okay, the price of Dell is lower. 

What other advice do I have?

I'm a reseller. We are HPE partners.

I'd advise users to try HP. It's a good solution. However, it depends on the customer. Some prefer working with Dell. If a company already has Dell infrastructure, we advise them to continue with Dell to have a homogenous environment. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

When you compare hyper-converged with ProLiant, hyper-converged is more available due to the clusters; you can cluster it. However, for ProLiant, you have to find a solution with VMware or something like that, for example,  third-party solutions. That said, on the hardware side, ProLiant has no cluster option.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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IT systems consultant at GrupoTTA
Consultant
Built-in software management and redundancy for solid stability
Pros and Cons
  • "HPE's iLO server management software is a handy tool to install and deploy."
  • "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."

What is our primary use case?

With HPE ProLiant, you can run a Windows operating system or a Linux OS based on Intel architecture. We also use several applications like iLO to manage the servers within the architecture of our serverless AMD processors. 

Alternatively, you can use another monitoring solution like HP OneView to manage ProLiant Servers. It's a product for monitoring and managing the servers. In addition to monitoring software, ProLiant can be managed with a cloud-based solution. For example, HP's cloud-based InfoSight solution lets you monitor your server and storage, including ProLiant and Intel. 

ProLiant can be mounted in different types of server racks, like a CD or tower. The tower solution of ProLiant is for a small site or office. With this type of tower server, you can add a kit as well. ProLiant has several servers: 150, 350, 380. And there is another ProLiant architecture that you can install in a Synergy and BladeSystem enclosure. 

What is most valuable?

HPE's iLO server management software is a handy tool to install and deploy. OneView is also suitable for management, but you need a license for it. You can use OneView's monitoring features for free, but you need to pay for management capabilities. In the latest generation, Gen10, you have to add a license for iLO. In addition, generation 10 requires an ISO license to use iLO for management. And if you're working with Synergy, there is another new product like SimpliVity. SimpliVity has a helpful product that is based on ProLiant and another type of architecture similar to Apollo.

What needs improvement?

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. So if HP made HP-UX compatible with ProLiant Servers, it would be pretty helpful. On the other hand, Linux is also replacing HP-UX, so maybe HP doesn't need to integrate this architecture into ProLiant. 

If you look at ProLiant's trajectory, I think the next generation will be focused on adding memory. Currently, there is a gap in the memory technology, so I'm predicting that the internal disk for the next generation of ProLiant will be RAM only. I believe this high-speed disk will be available in the next generation. I think the disk will be integrated into the RAM architecture. 

With the improved RAM architecture, the disk will be faster than the first-class disk because there are other protocols between memory and disk. If you have your disk, you look at the disk in terms of the motherboard. If you add to the processor, it would be faster. All disks in this architecture will be in the solution's memory.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been working with ProLiant for almost 10 years. And two or three months ago, I implemented several ProLiant Servers running Windows. It was a very short project — a  small solution for a small customer. The majority of my experience has been with HPE servers like ProLiant and Integrity. I've been working with HPE products for about 18 years, including HPE infrastructure, storage, and servers products. So I've been working with HPE since my first job after I graduated.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

ProLiant Servers are stable because they have redundant elements built in.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would say ProLiant Servers are scalable, but it also depends on the architecture. You can scale up with Synergy. For example, you can add two servers into one node. So if it's part of the cluster, it also depends on the operating system that's running. 

How are customer service and support?

When our customers deploy a ProLiant server, we're usually the ones providing support. We have a three-year contract for hardware and software support. The procedure for escalating to HP is pretty straightforward. You contact an HP call center then they verify your system handle or serial. If the server has an active contract, the response from the engineer depends on the conditions of the contract. Some contracts are six hours. That means they're going to solve your problem in six hours.

How was the initial setup?

Installing ProLiant is straightforward. There are different ways you can deploy. You can deploy it locally using the graphical user interface, or you also have the option to set it up using a shell. You only need some basic knowledge to install ProLiant. The procedure is pretty similar to setting up a PC or a laptop. ProLiant has an array of tools, so you can easily install the servers without any experience. The installer has a simple Windows-based GUI, so you just click through the wizard and provide some information to the servers. 

You don't need a deep understanding of the architecture. If you have a fundamental knowledge of operating systems like Windows, you can handle this with no problem. Also, HP has a lot of information available online, including video tutorials on installing your ProLiant Servers. HP has several channels to provide information for customers and engineers.

The time needed to deploy depends on the scale and your environment. If you want to deploy just one ProLiant server, it takes maybe 30 minutes. If you're going to deploy a Synergy of BladeSystem with different modules inside, you might need to spend an entire workday on it. Maybe it takes a day to install all your servers or maybe less. But installing a single ProLiant rack-based server can be done in 30 minutes, including installing the operating system. Installing the operating system, updating your system, etc., will take maybe 30 or 40 minutes.

What other advice do I have?

10 out of 10. The latest generation is the best, but Generation 6 was very stable. It was a good one. Now Generation 10 is the best. I don't know why they took so long to upgrade this generation. Still, Generation 10 has improved a lot in memory and processing, so you can operate in an environment that supports ProLiant. That's why I think HP-UX will disappear because Linux can run this environment on the ProLiant architecture very well.

For example, the range of velocity and processor speed is four or five times greater than before. You can run every Linux environment, which can replace the Unix environment. You can run this Linux environment inside the ProLiant and get the same service as a Unix environment. That's why Linux and ProLiant run very well.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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SCADA & Telemetry Engineer team manager (Industrial supervision) at Air Liquide
Vendor
It provides redundancy, flexibility, and compatibility with operating systems.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are redundancy, flexibility, and compatibility with operating systems.

How has it helped my organization?

The cost and the user experience are two of the main benefits.

What needs improvement?

In the next release, I would like to see more redundancy of the CPU. That would be great.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The solution is very stable. We have had it for more than ten years, for several generations of the product. It's a very stable solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The first version was not so scalable. Today’s versions are very scalable. We are very, very happy with this new version.

How are customer service and technical support?

We have a maintenance contract for support from the HPE team around the world. We don't use it so much because the solution is very stable. When we do use it, the quality depends on the country. For example, in France, it works very well. However, when we try it in China, it can be a little bit tricky.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We used another solution from another company. However, the cost vs. benefit was not so good. For that reason, we switched to HPE services.

How was the initial setup?

I was involved with the setup. It was very easy to apply.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We worked with Dell and IBM, but we chose HPE.

What other advice do I have?

When selecting a vendor, it's good to have a real relationship in order to get a reliable, ascertainable, and a flexible solution. With this solution, you can close your eyes and you can use it because it's a very stable and personable tool. There is a real relationship between HPE and the customer, and they support you during all the steps you take.

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IT Engineer at KBS LLP
Real User
Scalable, high quality, and good technical support
Pros and Cons
  • "The quality and the technical support are the most valuable features."
  • "The cost of the solution has room for improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We have several HPE ProLiant DL Server models in use, DL360, 380, and 580.

We use the servers for multiple business services.

What is most valuable?

The quality and the technical support are the most valuable features.

What needs improvement?

The cost of the solution has room for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I am currently using HPE ProLiant DL Servers.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution is scalable.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution is expensive.

What other advice do I have?

I give the solution a ten out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Chris Chang - PeerSpot reviewer
Core Funder at O4AI
Reseller
Top 5
It's a cost-effective solution that's easy to configure
Pros and Cons
  • "HPE service in Taiwan is quick and professional, and ProLiant is cost-effective compared to Dell. Dell is good for one or two servers, but HPE is cheaper than Dell for a large deployment. Cost is the most important thing in the market."
  • "ProLiant servers could be more scalable. For example, some models can only contain four hard drives, but many of our customers expect six. If they were to add another extendable hard drive slot, it would be easier to sell the servers to our customers."

What is our primary use case?

We use ProLiant servers for Enterprise Asset Management services.

What is most valuable?

HPE service in Taiwan is quick and professional, and ProLiant is cost-effective compared to Dell. Dell is good for one or two servers, but HPE is cheaper than Dell for a large deployment. Cost is the most important thing in the market.

What needs improvement?

ProLiant servers could be more scalable. For example, some models can only contain four hard drives, but many of our customers expect six. If they were to add another extendable hard drive slot, it would be easier to sell the servers to our customers. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used ProLiant servers for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate HPE ProLiant servers nine out of 10 for stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate HPE ProLiant eight out of 10 for scalability.

How are customer service and support?

I rate HPE support nine out of 10. I'm happy with them. They are knowledgeable and professional.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We also use Dell, but we mostly choose HPE servers because of price and stability. I'm currently only selling one Dell server model. It's hard for me to compare the two because I'm not as familiar with Dell. 

I sell HPE most of the time, so I'm more comfortable with HPE's stability. I'm not as familiar with Dell's model in the same price range. I tend to sell HPE unless the customer prefers Dell for some reason. I can't make a fair comparison. 

How was the initial setup?

I rate ProLiant servers nine out of 10 for ease of setup. The installation is straightforward. Most clients only need to give me a server name and IP address. After that, you need to configure virtualization if the customer wants that. They need to do the configuration training. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

HPE is more popular with my clients because of the price. They will generally go with HPE unless another brand in the market can offer the same specs cheaper with the same stability and service quality. Our customers are generally happy with HPE's price. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate HPE ProLiant DL servers nine out of 10. I'm satisfied with the product.

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