There could be some more ports added in the future.
Test Lead at Canarys
Scalable, stable, easy installation, but needs more ports
Pros and Cons
- "The scalability of the solution met our needs."
- "There could be some more ports added in the future."
What needs improvement?
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for approximately five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We have not had any problems for stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of the solution met our needs.
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How was the initial setup?
The installation is not complicated.
What other advice do I have?
I rate MS - PowerEdge C a seven out of ten.
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
Network Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees
PowerEdge R910 is a high-performance machine with great architecture
Valuable Features:
- Perfect virtualization server, as it has 4 Intel Xeon 7500 sockets and 64 DIMM slots to utilize 1TB of RAM.
- R910 utilizes Intel’s RAS (Machine check architecture) feature which monitors hardware errors and recovers from them, which provides advanced reliability for critical applications. We are using these servers for our Oracle databases, web applications, and terminal services, and are very happy with it.
- Server has a dual Secure Digital (SD) non-volatile memory card for hypervisor failover and VMWare ESXi, which can be installed directly on this card for redundancy.
- The 4U Rack server was intelligently designed, as all components are easily reachable and also have a lot of room for expansion. Dell has designed this system to be tool-less and so for any maintenance, you don’t need a screw driver.
- IDRAC6 connectivity enables our administrators to manage the servers remotely.
Room for Improvement:
We have been using R910 servers in our data center for 2 years and have not encountered any serious issue.
Other Advice:
PowerEdge R910 is a powerful machine which supports 1TB RAM and takes advantage of its Nehalem EX processing power using 4 sockets including 32 cores. We strongly recommend R910 for efficient and scalable server infrastructure.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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