We performed a comparison between HPE Apollo and PowerEdge C based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Density Optimized Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."we can use the same platform for several use cases: Hadoop, Ceph, and we are considering the server for another use case right now. It's a single solution, we only have to integrate it once and we can use it for several technologies."
"It's going to meet our needs moving forward, it is scalable."
"HPE Apollo's support is the most valuable feature."
"When we moved to the Apollo and all flash drives, we gained a lot of performance."
"With HPE Apollo, we can propose configurations with many hard drives, making it suitable for large storage needs."
"We usually use three blades for two-rack units, and with enough storage, it's really a small system with a powerful CPU, powerful hard drives, powerful disks."
"It's very reliable. I haven't had a single failure at all in the year and a half; not the slightest problem with it."
"The solution is well documented in a data sheet."
"The solution provides good support and service."
"It is a scalable platform."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"Every new version is better than the previous one."
"The management platform is great."
"The initial setup is not complex. It's a user-friendly tool."
"I have found the compression capability the most valuable feature."
"PowerEdge servers have high CPU processing power, and the support is also good."
"HPE Apollo's after-sales support and technical support should be improved."
"We are quite happy with it, but its price and storage density can be better."
"One drawback which I had: When I needed to expand storage on the Apollo, I had significant problems getting disks for it. It was a very long wait-time. So, if I were to give any advice in regards to improving this product, I would say make more of the 8TB disks available quicker."
"What's coming out in Gen 10 is very strong in terms of additional security."
"There is a shared battery for all cache controllers in the node. When you have to replace that element, you have to take down all three nodes and not just one."
"We have tried to used standardization using Ubuntu Linux and it's been hard. They had some difficulties getting the RAID configuration up and running because there are no drivers for it. It's not supported by HPE."
"Lustre seems to be just a little bit unstable overall."
"If there could be some training for our team, we would be better equipped to promote and support HPE Apollo."
"Its customer service could be better."
"The price must be improved."
"The product’s pricing could be a little cheaper."
"An area where the product lacks and needs to consider improvement is by allowing it to integrate with some AI tool for monitoring."
"There could be some more ports added in the future."
"There has been an increase in quality issues."
"The current memory could be improved."
"It would be easier if data center management and disaster recovery were combined."
HPE Apollo is ranked 2nd in Density Optimized Servers with 22 reviews while PowerEdge C is ranked 1st in Density Optimized Servers with 23 reviews. HPE Apollo is rated 8.4, while PowerEdge C is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE Apollo writes "An affordable and easy-to-implement solution, but its after-sales support and technical support should be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PowerEdge C writes "Easy to deploy and has high performance and no downtime". HPE Apollo is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge FX and Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, whereas PowerEdge C is most compared with Huawei FusionServer X Series. See our HPE Apollo vs. PowerEdge C report.
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