Dell PowerEdge C vs. Dell PowerEdge R

Overview
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Dell PowerEdge C
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Dell's PowerEdge C6420 is a density optimized server designed to support HPC and scale-out workloads with a flexible platform that offers up to 4 dual-socket servers and high-capacity storage in a 2U rack.N/A
Dell PowerEdge R
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Dell's PowerEdge R is a line of rack servers.N/A
Pricing
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Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Small Businesses

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Medium-sized Companies
Cisco UCS Series
Cisco UCS Series
Score 8.4 out of 10
HPE ProLiant DL
HPE ProLiant DL
Score 7.3 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco UCS Series
Cisco UCS Series
Score 8.4 out of 10
IBM Z
IBM Z
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
Dell PowerEdge CDell PowerEdge R
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
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9.9
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Likelihood to Renew
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10.0
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Usability
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Support Rating
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Implementation Rating
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User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
Dell Technologies
An excellent warranty and excellent technical assistance can be expected from the PowerEdge C Series, which comes from a well-known brand with a long track record in the market. Scalability, physical space optimization and performance and dependability for handling sensitive and vital data like databases and ERP systems that are fairly sophisticated are just some of the benefits we get from Dell gear, which saves us resources and energy by up to 40%.
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Dell Technologies
We chose Dell PowerEdge R series because we need to consolidate a lot of physical load into a smaller number of nodes. Their hardware configuration, specifically for vSAN helps us achieve a high-density load in a very low number of physical servers. On top of that, they have lots of expansion ports, so we can increase our load internally on each other with simple upgrades.
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Pros
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  • Adaptation to different workloads and especially to critical loads that need a lot of processing.
  • Great for virtualization of critical services.
  • Minimize physical space occupying only 1U.
  • Easy management.
  • High availability of processor, storage space, memory and font.
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  • Good price - Compared to other vendors’ server platforms. In our scenario (virtualization) we found out PowerEdge offers the best price/vCPU and RAM ratio.
  • Customizable - We were able to select optimal memory/disk capacity for our use case. Other platform's minimum requirements were above our needs, hence needlessly expensive.
  • Good warranty and service - Our project did not involve creating a big cluster with a lot of spare capacity, so the next business day warranty came handy.
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Cons
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  • The additional C series versions are more costly than the basic one
  • I haven't seen any downtime in my system's operation
  • All of the functionalities have been working as expected
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  • Getting DSAT report remotely does becomes a challenge sometimes
  • Server rebooting becomes an issue, it does not starts up easily
  • Server heats up sometimes a lot, emitting lot of noice
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Likelihood to Renew
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It is the best server in the market.
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Usability
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Dell Technologies
The Dell PowerEdge R range is just intuitive when you have skills engineers managing them in-house, although even with new members of staff on the team, the learning curve is very low providing they have previous general service hardware management experience. From the specification through to the management of this range, the usability is excellent.
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Support Rating
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We consider Dell's support to be best-in-class compared to other solutions and is also reasonably priced. Their SLA targets have almost always been met, except for minor occasions that have had extenuating circumstances. The service staff is also professional and thorough. Overall, we are very satisfied with the level of support we receive.
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Implementation Rating
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Installation was easy.
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Alternatives Considered
Dell Technologies
When it comes to multitasking networking and storage, I've always found Dell PowerEdge C to be the most effective solution. A network center that can service the whole business with capacity for future expansion is ideally suited for this device. The ability to consolidate data into a single storage system has reduced workloads. Using this platform is simple and the customer support team is constantly available.
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Dell Technologies
PowerEdge R servers was selected by CIO. I think the servers have lots of benefits for our company and are well placed on our projects. In most business cases they are working good and our management have a clear vision to upgrade them to the same brand with better specs. Hope to see this upgrade in close future.
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Return on Investment
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  • Return on investment in the medium term.
  • Easier to extend new services by implementing new features on demand.
  • Optimized technical support.
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  • From the perspective of physical server consolidations, when servers spread across multiple branch and remote offices are gathered into a central data center, this simplification process provides ROI in several ways. One, the configuration control, restriction of server access.
  • Reduce complexity and enable greater standardization of hardware purchases, which lowers costs.
  • Increased security of the move are important.
  • The costs of moves, add-ins, and changes are reduced, as well as the costs of travel time and maintenance.
  • Migrating legacy operating systems to a newer version via rehosting brings similar ROI benefits when it comes to server consolidation.
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