We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge M and Super Micro SuperBlade based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco, Dell Technologies and others in Blade Servers."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 initial setup is straightforward."
"The solution integrated well."
"It's great for managing overall infrastructure."
"It helps us to manage multiple chassis from a single website."
"It is easy to manage by an administrator and we can spend valuable time on other IT issues."
"The initial setup is easy."
"I think the IPMI is a really good feature."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The ability to save resource is a key feature."
"I would like to have additional HPC and AI capabilities on general Dell PowerEdge servers."
"Can be improved by being proactive in making changes that could improve the solution."
"More interconnections with third party equipment and limited I/O selection."
"Dell PowerEdge M lacks GPU nodes and doesn't have a direct solution for GPUs."
"We have had some issues with the vendor's support that we have received. When you open up a support case with Dell they send a partner to assist you and in our experience, they are lacking knowledge about the solution. There are times when you need professional support from the vendor that knows the solution well."
"It requires time to transition to the new generation."
"Dell PowerEdge M needs to run AMD CPUs on it."
"The firmware updates for the product need improvement."
"There is a lack of support for fiber channels currently that needs to be added."
"Supermicro blade servers are not the best. They could improve in scalability but are not really scalable right now."
"The solution does not scale well."
Dell PowerEdge M is ranked 4th in Blade Servers with 14 reviews while Super Micro SuperBlade is ranked 8th in Blade Servers with 4 reviews. Dell PowerEdge M is rated 8.4, while Super Micro SuperBlade is rated 8.0. 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 Super Micro SuperBlade writes "Easy to set up with good technical support but does not scale well". Dell PowerEdge M is most compared with HPE Synergy, HPE Superdome X, Cisco UCS B-Series, HPE BladeSystem and Fujitsu Primergy BX900 Series, whereas Super Micro SuperBlade is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, HPE Integrity, HPE BladeSystem, Cisco UCS B-Series and Cisco UCS E-Series Servers.
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