Dell PowerEdge R Series Server - A holistic view of its usage
April 27, 2022

Dell PowerEdge R Series Server - A holistic view of its usage

Sudipta Banerjee | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review

Overall Satisfaction with Dell PowerEdge R

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
  • 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
  • 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%
Better Management, Better ROI, Better Supply Chain System ensures timely delivery even in recent times where Supply Chain has become a big issue. Also ensuring timely project completion leading to chain effect like customer able to utilize their budget within timelines and we getting our payment in time.

Do you think Dell PowerEdge delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Dell PowerEdge's feature set?

Yes

Did Dell PowerEdge live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Dell PowerEdge go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Dell PowerEdge again?

Yes

It is less appropriate for Defence departments where Servers are rebooted on regular basis.It is best suited for Hyper converge Environment, Virtualization. Increase performance with up to 50% * higher core counts.iDRAC9 Group Manager, offers a built-in “one to many console” web-based console letting us deploy multiple servers at the same time even remotely.

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