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Dell PowerEdge vs. Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dell PowerEdge

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/ADell's PowerEdge R is a line of rack servers, offering a range of options from cost-efficient one-socket servers to four-socket servers designed to support intensive and critical data center workloads.N/A

    Dell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ADell's PowerVault series presents both disk based and tape backup solution. The PowerVault TL and Powervault LTO are tape drives, while the PowerVault DR, RD, and DL series are disk based.N/A
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    Dell PowerEdgeDell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)
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    Dell PowerEdgeDell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Dell PowerEdgeDell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
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    User Ratings
    Dell PowerEdgeDell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (23 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (16 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    Dell PowerEdgeDell PowerVault Disk Backup and Discovery (DL, TL & ML Series)
    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
    Dell PowerVault suits SMB needs, VMware datastores, and backup targets where cost and simplicity matter. It's less ideal for latency-sensitive workloads, or environments needing sophisticated replication and automation.
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    Pros
    Dell Technologies
    • 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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    Dell Technologies
    • iscsi
    • storage
    • and it's simple.
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    Cons
    Dell Technologies
    • The value of 24x7 support is expensive, the value of 8x5NBD is more attractive.
    • The other superior models of the C series are more expensive.
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    Dell Technologies
    • The solution isn't really for large enterprise solutions except for direct attached solutions.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Dell Technologies
    It is the best server in the market.
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    Usability
    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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    Dell Technologies
    It's reliable and familiar to Dell-centric teams. Purpose-built modern arrays from Pure or HPE offer a noticeably smoother experience for the same core tasks.
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    Support Rating
    Dell Technologies
    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
    Against hp servers, Dell has outperformed them in terms of incidents regarding hardware memory parts. With the Dell PowerEdge R series servers we have not had any incidents regarding memory modules. On the other hand, with HP servers, we encountered a lot of failures regarding memory modules during the first year of implementation.
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    Dell Technologies
    Pure Storage is much better overall. If you need to have a 7.2K solution or an array where you have several speeds needed (7K, 10K, or SSD) then Powervault is good. It is also much cheaper than Pure Storage.
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    Return on Investment
    Dell Technologies
    • 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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    Dell Technologies
    • as a tech/network guy i dont care for ROI... it works.
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