Overall Satisfaction with Dell PowerEdge R
We use Dell PowerEdge R servers at our client sites as physical hosts for running VMware ESX or Hyper-V Hypervisors. The organization's business critical applications within virtual machines (VMs) on the PowerEdge rack-mount servers. They are very powerful servers and can handle the most demanding business applications i.e. Databases, ERP, Business Intelligence, MS Exchange etc.
- Flexible CPU socket options i.e. 1 socket, 2 socket and 4 socket servers.
- The PowerEdge R portfolio includes servers for the branch (entry) to mid and enterprise servers for the datacentre to run most demanding workloads including HCI.
- Supports NVME drives for minimum latency.
- Sizing tools should updated and easily accessible.
- Offer higher scalability where you can scale up like with IBM Power Servers.
- Rock solid hardware.
- Responsive technical support.
- Various options, i.e. single, dual or quad socket machines.
- Very nice design and complements the data centre.
Dell PowerEdge servers are very solid and come with all the required management software and features, i.e. iDRAC provides a web interface and a command line interface that enables the server admins manage the server by performing a wide variety of tasks. Also, it should be noted that iDRAC is a piece of hardware that sits on the server motherboard that allows the server to be updated and manage Dell systems, even when the server is turned off. There are tons of information and forums discussing these servers online which makes troubleshooting easy.
Do you think Dell PowerEdge R delivers good value for the price?
Not sure
Are you happy with Dell PowerEdge R's feature set?
Yes
Did Dell PowerEdge R live up to sales and marketing promises?
Yes
Did implementation of Dell PowerEdge R go as expected?
Yes
Would you buy Dell PowerEdge R again?
Yes