Item: HPE ProLiant DL
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

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

Return on Investment

Reduce physical hardware footprint and space and hardware failures.
Great support

Alternatives Considered

Cisco UCS Series

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.

Support Rating

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.

Usability

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.

Key Insights

Do you think HPE ProLiant DL delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with HPE ProLiant DL's feature set?

Yes

Did HPE ProLiant DL live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of HPE ProLiant DL go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy HPE ProLiant DL again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller, Fortinet FortiGate, Nagios XI, IBM Disaster Recovery Services, D-Link Ethernet Switches, D-Link Wireless, Ubiquiti Networks UniFi, Microsoft Teams, Zoom, FortiClient

Likelihood to Recommend

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.

HPE ProLiant DL Customer Support Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
Quick Resolution Good followup Knowledgeable team Problems get solved Kept well informed Immediate help available Support understands my problem Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response	None

A reliable and robust machine for server infrastructure

Overall Satisfaction with HPE ProLiant DL