#1 most frequent
United States of America
49.2%812 installations of 1,652
What is Dell PowerEdge?
Dell'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.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses Dell PowerEdge
#2 most frequent
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
6.1%101 installations of 1,652
#3 most frequent
India
4.1%67 installations of 1,652
Rack Servers -- Go for Dell PowerEdge R!!
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Dell PowerEdge R series are very handy and easy to deploy rack-based servers. I am using Dell PowerEdge R710, R720 & R730 for more than 5 years. We use these rack servers as Hypervisor i.e., VMware ESXi as well as a backup server. Most of the virtual infrastructure is running on this series. You can use these rack servers as standalone ones, or like a hypervisor, etc.
Pros
- Reliable memory feature is unique.
- Easy in RAID configuration where we need OS and storage partitions.
- PowerEdge iDRAC are way more easier to administer.
Cons
- iDRAC interface can have some more shortcuts.
- Getting DSAT report remotely becomes challenging sometimes.
Most Important Features
- Virtualization compatibility.
- Proactive alerts.
Return on Investment
- Easier to manage by IT resources.
- Perfect for standalone cases.
Alternatives Considered
HPE ProLiant DL
Dell PowerEdge R series: Our experience in a few words
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We are using Dell PowerEdge R series servers in our production environment. We have 6 of them in a vSAN cluster located in only one location. We made the decision of buying them helped by Dell Consulting services. They helped us to simulate our main load and to project how that load would best fit into their hardware.
Pros
- Low part incident.
- Fast hardware delivery.
- Centralize management VM.
Cons
- Not particularly found any worth mentioning.
- Some issues were fixed by firmware updates.
- They are very stable.
Most Important Features
- Reliability.
- Security for our production databases.
- Fast customer support.
Return on Investment
- We got ROI in just 6 months in, after implementing in.
- We are saving 70% in electricity costs after migrating.
- We have reduce management costs in 30% after migrating.
Alternatives Considered
Nutanix AOS and HPE ProLiant DL
Other Software Used
Nutanix AOS, Commvault Complete Backup & Recovery, VMware vCenter Server
Dell PowerEdge R Series Server - A holistic view of its usage
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have used Dell PowerEdge R series Servers in our organization to support multiple Application platforms that runs on individual physical machines. The Product ranges offered supports ecosystems which suits our budget. We have even created excellency centre in our organization which runs multiple work loads requiring variety of physical configurations. Hence recommend Dell PowerEdge R Servers
Pros
- Supports both Legacy and latest Work Loads
- Support multiple Virtualization Platforms
- Require very less management
- Easy BIOS set up
- Offer Single GUI to monitor multiple machines
- Susceptible to tough DC environment
Cons
- 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
Most Important Features
- We can access your servers anywhere, anytime from your mobile device with the Dell EMC Open Manage Mobile App.
- we can proactively resolve issues w by leveraging technology from Pro Support Plus and Support Assist
- Support multiple Work loads
Return on Investment
- Reduced cost of management has overall impact on Manpower
- Reduced Space consumption had an impact of cooling effect and electricity consumption
- Single window management and installation even remotely reduced the operational cost exponentially
- Overall ROI has been approximate 53%
Alternatives Considered
HPE ProLiant DL, Cisco UCS Series and Lenovo ThinkSystem SR Series
Other Software Used
VMware ESXi, VMware Cloud Foundation, Nutanix AOS
My Dell are going Well
Pros
- PowerEdge R really well work for small/med hosting servers.
- MS SQL DBs are running well for such type of hardware.
- Dedicated backup servers are performing well on Dell servers.
Cons
- DRAC interface should be better designed to improve usability of management.
- Raid controllers sometimes have an issue with non-Dell disks.
- There is room to improve drivers for server support.
Return on Investment
- It is balanced impact on ROI, the price of maintaining them a little bit high.
- I like those servers because they are easy to mange.
- Reliability of the servers is good.
Alternatives Considered
HPE ProLiant DL and Lenovo ThinkServer RS Series
Usability
Other Software Used
HPE ProLiant ML, HPE ProLiant MicroServer, VMware Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Dell PowerEdge R is an Economical and Stable Server!
Pros
- Solid performance.
- Few reboots.
- Few maintenance issues.
Cons
- Interface could be improved upon.
- Better IOPS, i.e. the disc speed. That is the main limitation for scaling up the number of users.
- Increase GPU's and benchmarking.
Return on Investment
- 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.
Alternatives Considered
HPE ProLiant DL
Usability
Other Software Used
HPE ProLiant DL, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Photoshop