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HPE ProLiant DL
HPE ProLiant DL
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What is HPE ProLiant DL?
HPE ProLiant DL is a rack server, from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.
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HPE ProLiant DL, excellent architecture, great features and can provide fantastic ROI.
We use HPE Proliant DL servers as the backbone of our VMWare ESXi infrastructure. We utilize them as the ESXi hosts where our critical …
ProLiant - The professional choice
We use [HPE] ProLiant [DL] servers as the backbone of our infrastructure. Whether it be stand alone or clustered together, we find the …
HPE ProLiant DL Benefitfs
We use HPE ProLiant to virtualize the VM of call manager and contact center solutions. We use it in the IT department. Currently, we have …
Solid performers at a decent price point
We use ProLiant DL servers as VMWare hosts that support all 300+ virtual servers in our enterprise. ProLiant is the foundation hardware …
A reliable and robust machine for server infrastructure
We are using these in our main data center with a bunch of other systems. It is mainly being used to host our virtual infrastructure of …
My HPE ProLiant DL Review
We use HPE ProLiant DL servers for core computing in our Data Center. They are in use for the whole organization. Our high loaded cluster …
Overall reliable and easy to use
It is used across the whole organization. HPE ProLiant DL solves ease of remotely managing servers in other locations where physical …
HPE ProLiant DL a reliable product
HPE ProLiant DL series servers are used for various of our projects as well as we sale, implement, operate and manage for other …
ProLiant DL excels compared to competition
Our organization has been using ProLiant DL servers for about a decade now. Over the years, we had a chance to try other products from …
ProLiant DL servers are reliable, flexible and true to their Compaq DNA
ProLiant Servers are very flexible and easy to deploy. They are used primarily as virtualization hosts to achieve high-density compute …
HPE Proliant DL is ideal for small businesses!
HP ProLiant DL is a great, compact solution for virtual environments. It allows us to have our host and servers within the device all in …
It's in the name: ProLiant is ReLiable
Our server infrastructure is based on ProLiant hardware. We use a mix of blade and rack servers and currently have a wide range of …
HP DL servers run our environment
We have always used HP Proliant DL servers in this organization. We use them for AD Domain controllers and file servers. This goes back to …
Incredible Reliability and Performance with an Affordable Price
HP ProLiant servers are the core of our server infrastructure. We operate in a 100% VMware virtualized environment and use HP servers …
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HPE ProLiant DL is a rack server, from Hewlett-Packard Enterprise.
Reviewers rate Usability and Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.3.
The most common users of HPE ProLiant DL are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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March 10, 2021
ProLiant - The professional choice
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Daifuku North America Holding Company (Industrial Automation, 1001-5000 employees)
We use [HPE] ProLiant [DL] servers as the backbone of our infrastructure. Whether it be stand alone or clustered together, we find the performance is great and the manageability is simple. with features like iLO we are able to console into our servers, remote troubleshoot issues, gather diagnostics and reporting etc.
HPE [ProLiant DL] also makes it very easy to patch and maintain [HPE] ProLiant [DL] servers with there Service Pack for ProIiant. This is a quick and easy way to ensure that all ProLiant servers in our environment are up to date with the latest drivers and firmware revisions.
HPE [ProLiant DL] also makes it very easy to patch and maintain [HPE] ProLiant [DL] servers with there Service Pack for ProIiant. This is a quick and easy way to ensure that all ProLiant servers in our environment are up to date with the latest drivers and firmware revisions.
- Affordable
- Reliable
- Scalable
- intelligent provisioning can some times be a little buggy. I've had bad experiences with upgrading firmware from intelligent provisioning
When we need new physical server hardware we go with [HPE ProLiant DL]. They are cost effective and they last. we have it as the back bone of our clustered Hyper-V environment and the hardware runs without issue. We also use it as the backbone of our stand alone servers as well. We have a [HPE ProLiant DL] backup server and the RAID solution on board allows us to easily add and expand our raid volume to meet our data storage needs with ease.
- Our servers have easily lasted 7+ years. we budget for 5.
I've used Dell poweredge servers and they were great too, but I found remotely deploying HPE hardware was significantly easier and faster.
One thing I love about HPE is when i got to deploy an OS remotely via iLO I can utilize the virtual media URL as opposed to mounting an iso. these eliminates the SSL overhead and the OS can be deployed in under an hour. Mounting an ISO has proven reliable but due to the SSL overhead it can take hours.
In addition i found im able to register my HPE hardware with HPE and they provide me a clean IT dashboard of all of my hardware and they give me alerts as to expiring support coverage, if a server is down or reporting an error. its a very solid and reliable solution all around.
One thing I love about HPE is when i got to deploy an OS remotely via iLO I can utilize the virtual media URL as opposed to mounting an iso. these eliminates the SSL overhead and the OS can be deployed in under an hour. Mounting an ISO has proven reliable but due to the SSL overhead it can take hours.
In addition i found im able to register my HPE hardware with HPE and they provide me a clean IT dashboard of all of my hardware and they give me alerts as to expiring support coverage, if a server is down or reporting an error. its a very solid and reliable solution all around.
Veeam Backup & Replication, Hyper-V
September 22, 2020
A reliable and robust machine for server infrastructure
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Professional in Information Technology
Automotive Company, 1001-5000 employees
We are using these in our main data center with a bunch of other systems. It is mainly being used to host our virtual infrastructure of multiple servers. It is a very sturdy and robust machine and can handle high loads during our peak hours of activity. With these machines, we are able to remove our old desktop servers. The management and flexibility of deploying new servers have greatly improved.
- Works well with high loads
- Great capacity to add more hardware for future deployments
- The support of HP is great
- Cost effective
- Fewer network ports
- Less options for expansion drives
- No front indicators for network ports
It is a robust and reliable machine and can be used in different scenarios. If you have a requirement for a high end physical server to host your organizations different online services then you can use ProLiant DL. It can also be used in an environment where there is a need to host multiple different virtual machines on two or more physical servers.
- Reduce physical hardware footprint and space and hardware failures.
- Great support
Cisco UCS Series is an enterprise-grade rack server offering from Cisco. It is a very reliable product and backed by Cisco's global support as well as a warranty. However, it is an expensive solution and not in the budget of many small to medium organizations. In these circumstances, HPE ProLiant DL servers give the best cost to benefit ratio and cost to performance ratio.
The technical support of HP is great. Whenever we have any issue whether it is a hardware fault or some bug in the software or even just a misconfiguration the technical support team of HP is always there to assist us. In case of a hardware failure, they quickly locate and replace the faulty component with minimal to no impact on our business.
We have been using these servers for many years now and we have used different generations of this product line. We have never faced a catastrophic issue using these and even the smaller issues that we have faced have been dealt with by the technical support team of HP. They have been a reliable partner in our data center.
September 19, 2020
ProLiant DL servers are reliable, flexible and true to their Compaq DNA
Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees
ProLiant Servers are very flexible and easy to deploy. They are used primarily as virtualization hosts to achieve high-density compute clusters and lower TCO. In the case of my organization, they are used by all departments for back-end services, development, file sharing, directory authentication services, backup, management, etc. The ability to remotely deploy and administer them makes them very powerful. No need to visit the datacenter if one or more needs to be rebuilt, you remote in via iLO (Integrated Lights Out), which is a bare metal remote access technology that allows one to manage a crashed server, perform diagnostics, or install an operating system remotely and virtually.
- They are very reliable.
- They are very well designed.
- They are very modular and use hot swappable parts.
- They are cost effective.
- iLO can be improved with faster co processors.
- Lower costs on some of the internal add-ons/hardware components.
- Improved customer service.
- Longer warranties given reliability track.
Best designed and most flexible configuration options available in a server line. They come in 1U, 2U, 4U, and 9U footprints for a variety of use cases. Overall, they are priced competitively but offer a premium build quality over the competition. If there is a need for a small or large computer cluster, the ProLiant DL line will shine.
- Saved costs due to reliability.
- Improved response times due to ease of remote management.
While Cisco and Dell make fine servers, the Compaq pedigree of HP ProLiant servers is in their DNA and one can see that by just opening one. The internal design is very well thought out and the modularity is unrivaled. While Dell may be cheaper for enterprise servers, one should not skimp on quality.
Having offshore support is sometimes challenging and HP uses India for its call centers. While knowledgeable, the support staff sometimes has trouble with the English language, and time is wasted understanding one another. Depending on the time of day, time on hold can also be long, but that is common in the industry and not restricted to HP.
Excellent performing servers. If one were to maintain, clean, and keep them in a temperature-controlled environment, the servers will run forever and will be very reliable. The remote management makes them ideal for increased usability and lower support costs.
September 16, 2020
HPE Proliant DL is ideal for small businesses!
Verified User
Technician in Information Technology
Construction Company, 51-200 employees
HP ProLiant DL is a great, compact solution for virtual environments. It allows us to have our host and servers within the device all in one. It is a very powerful device and also has lots of great features for notifying team members of performance maintenance. A lot to like with the DL series. With the more powerful processor and storage, our users are able to much more easily access network resources and files. Upload times have decreased when adding to network folders dramatically!
- Performance for users accessing network resources
- Reporting on data usage and overall health of the server
- The DL server will have years of support, so from a security perspective, patches are very important!
- More ease of use out of box
- Faster boot up times
- Shorter upgrade processes
If your IT room is compact or you wish to have a smaller factor server, along with a budgeted device, this is a great option. Although this may not be the most powerful, for most small-mid sized businesses that have 3-4 Virtual Machines, this is a great server to get introduced with.
- Fewer repairs and less time spent replacing parts.
- More efficient accessibility for our users to network resources.
The ML series is a bit more expensive and also larger, it does pack more power but the DL stands above in terms of performance and cost when comparing the two. The DL also has great storage capacities where the amount of desired bays can be installed and even at a later time.
HPE Support is one of the best. To same day service and prompt phone support, you never feel left out with HPE.
The HPE DL is a very easy device to navigate and utilize. Of course, as all things, it takes some getting used to but afterwards, there are no issues.
PRTG Network Monitor, SolarWinds Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
February 28, 2019
HP DL servers run our environment
Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employees
We have always used HP Proliant DL servers in this organization. We use them for AD Domain controllers and file servers. This goes back to when these were used as physical Windows Servers running everything from Server 2003 to Server 2008 R2, these were DL160 and 180 G6. In the last 4 years, we purchased 3 new Proliant Dl 360p servers to run VMware. These only have flash drives installed to run VMware on them. These are connected to a SAN which houses our Virtualized Servers. As some of these older servers have legacy software on them, we virtualized all-out physical servers and now run a totally virtualized environment.
- Runs VMware well, these have been very reliable.
- We were also able to expand our storage by adding hard drives to these servers and that integrates well with VMware.
- HP support has helped us maintain these and been able to provide extended parts availability.
- With upgrades to newer versions of VMware, HP has not provided VMware images with loaded drivers, this could be an issue for future upgrades to VMware users on HPs. The support forums discuss this and we wonder why no images are available.
- Lilo support can be limited. These servers were preconfigured for us. HP was not able to help with this, telling us it must be in the preconfigured setup.
- The base server did not meet our needs and the price ramped up quickly with add-ons to utilize SAN.
These are well suited For VMware, they are workhorses for that. We have also had great luck with these as physical servers running Windows. They were great file servers and AD domain controllers. With them virtualized, we have a lot of added functionality in setting up web servers for new software we run and also keeping our legacy software running. We have more issues with legacy Windows server software than anything with these servers.
- Allowed us to move forward with running web-based applications and to scale them as needed.
- The lack of future driver support has made it difficult to consider upgrades, we may need to go with more expensive hardware in the future to be able to maintain upgrades.
- While we have not realized all the business growth benefits we expected from this investment, we have had much more flexibility and options when we need to change our environment to meet the business needs.
These are complementary products, our HP servers running VMware connect to the Nimble SAN for storage and these work great together, it's like one big machine consisting of the VMware HP servers and the Nimble SAN (now owned by HPE). we run 10GB connections between these devices and they have no lag or other issues for the workload we have in place.