We performed a comparison between Dell XR2 Rugged Server and HPE ProLiant DL Servers based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lenovo and others in Rack Servers."The scalability of the Dell XR2 Rugged Server is good and easy to do."
"The storage and the disc performance in terms of IOPS is great."
"Our monitoring tool has a database, so we need a server with a fast IO."
"We decided to switch because this solution provides more memory density."
"The most valuable feature is stability."
"There is a lot of extra storage. I am only using half of what I need."
"The hardware is reliable."
"Stability is where HPE dominates competitors like Dell and Cisco. The servers are highly reliable, and we are impressed with the technology HPE offers."
"We are quite satisfied with the technical support. We have a direct contact with our HP support. They are always very useful."
"HPE offers the products we need. They come back with solutions. It's uncomplicated to deal with HPE."
"It lacks a modular option to expand to a 16-bay system."
"Dell XR2 Rugged Server could improve if there was more customization allowed."
"A better option would be same day support, not next business day."
"HPE ProLiant DL Servers are customizable, but when you first deploy them, you basically have to rebuild configurations on them. This is true for large orders. But for small orders, you will be tied up with previous configurations of some other brand like Dell."
"They should continue to maintain the stability that is there."
"HPE ProLiant DL Servers are not scalable."
"The scalability of Gen8 models should be improved. They can also improve its price."
"We found that the extensions could be improved and the price could be a little lower."
"I would like the solution to improve its storage and performance. Also, I would like to replicate data between on-premises and cloud in future versions."
"On the software side, I would like for the management of the server overall (including reviewing its health) to be a bit easier. Right now, we have something that sits on the server to make sure all hardware drivers and other thing are up to date. This is a pain to set up."
Dell XR2 Rugged Server is ranked 12th in Rack Servers with 2 reviews while HPE ProLiant DL Servers is ranked 2nd in Rack Servers with 156 reviews. Dell XR2 Rugged Server is rated 9.0, while HPE ProLiant DL Servers is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Dell XR2 Rugged Server writes "Simple to scale, high availability, and top level service and support". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE ProLiant DL Servers writes "Good availability and management console with good reliability". Dell XR2 Rugged Server is most compared with Dell PowerEdge XE Servers, Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers and Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, whereas HPE ProLiant DL Servers is most compared with Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, HPE Apollo, Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers and Intel Server System.
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