We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge FX and HPE Apollo 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 features that I have found most valuable are that it has very robust servers and a very heavy load. We've been working on servers now for 10 years and those servers are still up and running. Those servers are still very powerful until today."
"The power efficiency is very good and nice."
"The product's initial setup phase was simple and easy."
"It is a scalable solution. My company hasn't faced any difficulties related to the product's performance and scalability since Dell ensures to provide a high-performance service."
"The remote management is great."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerEdge FX is you can customize the solution to your specifications, such as speed. Additionally, part orders are shipped and received quickly when a part needs to be replaced."
"The best feature is PowerEdge's ability to stack up eight blade servers in one 2U chassis."
"We like PowerEdge for its high-performance computing architecture."
"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 technical support from HPE has always been good in my experience."
"HPE Apollo's most valuable feature is the ability to expand our storage capacity."
"The solution is well documented in a data sheet."
"It's going to meet our needs moving forward, it is scalable."
"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."
"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."
"Absolutely being able to mount into Omni-Path architecture, HFIs on those nodes, because we were the very first site in the world"
"When it comes to Dell PowerEdge FX, the area of concern revolves around the delivery time where improvements are required."
"I think that Dell has full documentation on their products, but it needs to be improved for this one."
"In terms of the cost, it is a little bit high, meaning, there is some difference in the cost compared to the equivalent product with HP servers."
"They could improve from a manufacturing perspective."
"I don't have any technical issues, but I would like to see the commercial side improve as compared to all other OEMs."
"There are certain shortcomings with Dell PowerEdge FX's integration capabilities with different operating systems, where improvements are needed."
"The positioning of the power supply is not ideal. Both of them are on the same side, so you need to untie the cabling when you're installing the server. Another thing is storage separation. The storage can only be used by a particular server blade. I want the ability to use a storage unit for more than one server."
"The product must provide more integration."
"The support from HPE Apollo could be better, they are making knowledgeable."
"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."
"HPE Apollo's after-sales support and technical support should be improved."
"The predictive analysis feature could be improved."
"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."
"If there could be some training for our team, we would be better equipped to promote and support HPE Apollo."
"We could, perhaps, use more GPUs in the future, go from eight to 16 GPUs per instance. That could run head-to-head against the DGX-1, the DGX-2 that NVIDIA has developed in their own chassis. That would be interesting to see."
"We are quite happy with it, but its price and storage density can be better."
Dell PowerEdge FX is ranked 8th in Rack Servers with 12 reviews while HPE Apollo is ranked 6th in Rack Servers with 22 reviews. Dell PowerEdge FX is rated 8.4, while HPE Apollo is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge FX writes "A highly stable product that seamlessly integrates with the storage portfolio and provides excellent technical support". On the other hand, 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". Dell PowerEdge FX is most compared with Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, Lenovo Edge Servers, Oracle SPARC Servers, HPE Moonshot and Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, whereas HPE Apollo is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge XE Servers and IBM Power Systems. See our Dell PowerEdge FX vs. HPE Apollo report.
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