We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers and Dell PowerEdge XE Servers based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Rack Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The newer servers are more energy-efficient compared to older ones."
"Ease of use."
"Nowadays, iDRAC is very important. It is one of the features that we use the most because we do not always have physical access to our machines. iDRAC is a tool that we use daily. If we did not have it, it would be very complicated to manage the machines. This is a great feature."
"The convenience, because we can swap very easily swap hard drives when one goes down."
"The solution's lifecycle management with iDRAC works really well, and it is a valuable feature because it helps with maintenance and keeping track of what we have in our company."
"The availability is excellent."
"Virtualization and distributed power management are good and valuable features."
"Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are user-friendly."
"Its reliability and consistency are most valuable."
"The strong point of this solution is its compatibility with VMware and its resilience."
"The most valuable feature of these servers is the ability to store a lot—the capacity and the number of hard disk drives."
"The most valuable feature is that it can support up to 32 drives of internal storage."
"The most valuable feature is the trusted platform module."
"In general, it works well. We haven't had issues."
"The solution is flexible in my experience."
"PowerEdge XE servers are high-performing. We're hardly using 15 percent of their computing power, so there's a lot left over that we could utilize."
"The terabytes are never enough."
"Overall, the solution is excellent, though Dell could improve the monitoring."
"On the MX7000 platform, they should continue to release better and faster blades."
"We have experienced some challenges with iDRAC when upgrading firmware."
"One of the things that I've noticed is that over time, the system degrades, meaning that little things don't work. For example, the hard drive would need to be replaced or iDRAC would not be functioning properly. We may have to flash the firmware. It is not like some other hardware where it just runs without issues for four or five years. With Dell, generally, there are little hiccups here and there."
"The iDRAC Telemetry that monitors PowerEdge system data and provides analytics could be a little bit more in-depth. Someone wanted more information on the RAM and the hard drives and we couldn't retrieve this information."
"Occasionally, there might be extended wait times between placing an order and receiving the delivery."
"The analytics reports could be more useful."
"Dell PowerEdge XE Servers can improve by adapting HCI technology."
"The quality and reliability could be improved."
"I would like to have support for performing a detailed analysis of the server from a mobile device."
"We use OpenManager a lot, and that can be a bit clunky at times. They can make that better."
"Upgrading can be a bit difficult."
"The support team must improve the speed of response."
"In future releases, there should be more support options for the latest processor."
"It should be easier to extend PowerEdge XE servers. We haven't architected them with an eye toward scalability. They have a fixed number of slots for hard drives, which is enough for our present use case, However, we would have more options if we could extend that. We could deploy the servers in a broader range of use cases with different requirements. It's fine for our current deployment with only a few thousand users. We're exploring other solutions like such as VxRail or PowerFlex for larger public-facing use cases."
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is ranked 1st in Rack Servers with 138 reviews while Dell PowerEdge XE Servers is ranked 10th in Rack Servers with 10 reviews. Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is rated 8.8, while Dell PowerEdge XE Servers is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers writes "We get centralization, remote management, and good customer service with these servers". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge XE Servers writes "We're hardly using 15 percent of their computing power, so there's a lot left over that we could utilize". Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is most compared with Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers, IBM Power Systems and HPE Moonshot, whereas Dell PowerEdge XE Servers is most compared with HPE Apollo, Dell XR2 Rugged Server and Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers. See our Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers vs. Dell PowerEdge XE Servers report.
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