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"The solution's most valuable features are centralized monitoring and management and the ease of upgrading firmware.""The most valuable feature of Dell PowerEdge M is iDRAC.""The networking features for administration and working with the server are valuable.""The solution integrated well.""I have compared Dell EMC to other solutions and have found it to be good. The SAN and LAN traffic, manageability, and upgradability are all good.""The solution is made with high-quality hardware.""The initial setup is easy.""It is easy to manage by an administrator and we can spend valuable time on other IT issues."

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"The most valuable features of HPE Superdome X are speed, performance, and resilience.""SDX gave us a very large RAM and we need that for the large-scale graph-handling applications.""This product is very reliable.""I like the robustness of the machine. Similar performance could likely be achieved with other configurations, but this machine is very stable.""We've got a few of them, because we needed some really large machines. So far, they've been working pretty good.""Superdome X is a system that can compete in terms of performance and uptime, but it's now standard. That is the great value. There are competitors like IBM, for example, but IBM has a propietary operating system. With Superdome X, you have a system that can run Windows, Red Hat, or VMware, but in a mission critical server.""One of the really cool things about Superdome is, depending on the model you choose, you can put 8-16 blades in it."

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Cons
"It requires time to transition to the new generation.""Dell PowerEdge M lacks GPU nodes and doesn't have a direct solution for GPUs.""More interconnections with third party equipment and limited I/O selection.""Technical support is not good.""In terms of improvement, it should also offer a hyper-converged option.""I would like to have additional HPC and AI capabilities on general Dell PowerEdge servers.""Dell PowerEdge M needs to run AMD CPUs on it.""There is room for improvement in scalability."

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"It would be helpful if you could do the maintenance completely online.""HPE Superdome X can improve by adding a lot of cloud capabilities to allow this solution to be cloud-ready in case the customer wants to move it to the cloud.""I'd like to see the onboarding of some storage class memory to really expand the already very large RAM, into something that could be even much bigger.""What would make it better from my point of view is if HPE spent more time on testing with the actual built-in Red Hat Linux drivers, as opposed to always trying to say, "Use our driver."""I know we support Windows and I think it's Red Hat, and I'd like to see more OSs supported.""In this specific model, it could be beneficial to have a server configuration similar to Cisco, like the kind offered in HPE Superdome Flex X280. The ability to separate the chassis is important because we are forced to use two chassis even with lower loads. So introducing more flexibility in the Superdome environment would be helpful."

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  • "It was budget friendly."
  • "If we would not have gone with the vendor we might have been charged unnecessarily for packages we did not need."
  • "Dell PowerEdge M price is comparable to other solutions but cheaper than IBM. However, the IBM solution is a higher grade solution whereas Dell PowerEdge M is a medium-level solution."
  • "The pricing of PowerEdge Next is higher than it was before."
  • "The product is neither expensive nor cheap. It is manageable for medium enterprises as well."
  • "The solution's pricing is slightly higher."
  • "The product is budget-friendly. The initial cost for each server was around 10,000 euros. It's a standard price, not too high or too low."
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  • "There is a very expensive one-time cost with no licensing fees."
  • "The pricing is not very cheap. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being very inexpensive, and ten being very expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The solution's most valuable features are centralized monitoring and management and the ease of upgrading firmware.
    Top Answer:The solution's pricing is slightly higher. However, we don't require an additional license for it. The solution's pricing depends on the customer's connectivity requirements, whether 10G, 25G, or 100… more »
    Top Answer:Cisco UCS X-series provides a GPU node and compute node in a single chassis. Dell PowerEdge M lacks GPU nodes and doesn't have a direct solution for GPUs.
    Top Answer:I like the robustness of the machine. Similar performance could likely be achieved with other configurations, but this machine is very stable.
    Top Answer:The pricing is not very cheap. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being very inexpensive, and ten being very expensive.
    Top Answer:In this specific model, it could be beneficial to have a server configuration similar to Cisco, like the kind offered in HPE Superdome Flex X280. The ability to separate the chassis is important… more »
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    Also Known As
    HP Integrity Superdome, HP Superdome X
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    Overview

    The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers address the challenges of an evolving IT environment by delivering leading enterprise classfeatures and functionality. The M-Series delivers a unique array of options configured to meet the needs of your IT environment both now and in the future.

    • Multiple blade form-factor choices.
    • Long life cycle providing better life cycle management and improved TCO.
    • Modular I/O switches for future scalability.
    • Breakthrough fan technologies for reduction in power consumption.
    • Configuration management via chassis management controller.
    • Persistent MAC/WWN/iSCSI addresses in a switch-agnostic environment.
    HPE Superdome X is an HPE server that represents a new category of x86 modular, mission-critical systems to consolidate all tiers of critical applications on a common platform. Engineered with trusted Superdome 2 reliability, the HPE Superdome X includes a modular, bladed design, and shares HPE BladeSystem efficiencies including a common server management framework, supported from x86 to Superdome 2. With breakthrough innovations such as the fault-tolerant Crossbar Fabric and Error Analysis Engine coupled with hard partitioning capabilities, Superdome X sets the standard for mission-critical x86 computing.
    Sample Customers
    Newport City Homes, Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium (NMTRC), Georgian College, AgreeYa Solutions, IIHT Cloud Solutions, Arizona State University, AudienceScience, University of the Incarnate Word (UIW), The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Holy Cross School
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    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Healthcare Company11%
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    Computer Software Company14%
    Government10%
    Manufacturing Company10%
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    Financial Services Firm18%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Manufacturing Company8%
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    Small Business40%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise58%
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    Small Business24%
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    Dell PowerEdge M is ranked 4th in Blade Servers with 15 reviews while HPE Superdome X is ranked 6th in Blade Servers with 11 reviews. Dell PowerEdge M is rated 8.4, while HPE Superdome X is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge M writes "Average pricing and good feature sets but is complex to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Superdome X writes "Robust product, helped with workload management and offers remote configuration ". Dell PowerEdge M is most compared with HPE Synergy, Cisco UCS B-Series, Super Micro SuperBlade, HPE BladeSystem and HPE NonStop, whereas HPE Superdome X is most compared with HPE Synergy, HPE BladeSystem, Lenovo Flex System, HPE NonStop and HPE Integrity.

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