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."Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are user-friendly."
"For us, the most valuable feature is the iDRAC. It helps us to solve problems when a server is stuck or hung or we don't have any network access."
"Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers powered by Intel are easy to use, are easy to manage with Dell's OpenManage Console, and have extended support for five years."
"The enduring stability and longevity offered by Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers stand out as their most invaluable features."
"The initial setup is pretty straightforward."
"The performance of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is very good."
"The solution is very strong and reliable."
"It's very easy to get new systems in the data center and to get them ready for production."
"The most valuable feature of these servers is the ability to store a lot—the capacity and the number of hard disk drives."
"One of the most valuable features of Dell PowerEdge XE Servers is the ease of fixing issues if there are any."
"The resource management features are valuable."
"The solution is flexible in my experience."
"Its reliability and consistency are most valuable."
"In general, it works well. We haven't had issues."
"The strong point of this solution is its compatibility with VMware and its resilience."
"The most valuable feature is that it can support up to 32 drives of internal storage."
"On the MX7000 platform, they should continue to release better and faster blades."
"I've had some trouble where the customers are not happy with the Toshiba drives, and it's a challenge when it comes to specific requests for Dell to a non-deviate, and only use Seagate drives."
"As the disks and memory should be expandable, I would highlight scalability as an issue."
"Unfortunately, PowerEdge Rack Servers do not support NVMe storage."
"The analytics reports could be more useful."
"The Industrial and healthcare areas both need improvement."
"The servers get slower at the end of their life cycle. The technology needs to evolve."
"It is hard to make a comparison without any technical factsheets for the other servers to compare with but like everyone else, it is about the pricing."
"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."
"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."
"The support team must improve the speed of response."
"Dell PowerEdge XE Servers can improve by adapting HCI technology."
"It is mostly stable, but the usual problem would be, for example, upgrading to a newer version of VMware or dealing with compatibility issues during the process."
"Upgrading can be a bit difficult."
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is ranked 1st in Rack Servers with 136 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 "Storage solution used to host databases and support a company with more than 10,000 users". 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 HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack 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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