We performed a comparison between HPE ProLiant DL Servers and Oracle SPARC 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."HPE offers the products we need. They come back with solutions. It's uncomplicated to deal with HPE."
"We are quite satisfied with the technical support. We have a direct contact with our HP support. They are always very useful."
"In regards to the components that you can put into the servers, I feel that HP provides a wider variety of parts in comparison to Dell. For example, there is the ILO which is a network cable that goes into the server and reports back with an abundance of information about the server, even when it is off."
"It is stable and easy to set up."
"The solution is highly scalable."
"What I like most about HPE ProLiant DL Servers is that it gives the support and hardware availability that my company requires."
"This solution is very scalable. When we bought the DL580, we bought it with full capacity. It is great for our business."
"Very practical and easy to maintain."
"The operating system is rock solid and the best I have ever used."
"The most valuable features of the solution stem from the fact that Oracle Database functions very well with Oracle SPARC Servers."
"Our customers are happy with many features in Oracle SPARC Servers, like the automatic ASR feature."
"I have found the LDAP facilities most valuable. In addition, I like the CPU."
"The processor is very helpful and the licensing is very flexible."
"The performance is the best feature."
"The Oracle server is very powerful. They are more powerful and durable compared to Intel hardware. Which has been a benefit to our organization."
"The price of this solution should be lowered to make it more competitive."
"The speed of the solution could be increased."
"They can increase the controller cache. Currently, it has a controller cache of up to 4 GB. The RAID controller card comes with a maximum of 4 GB cache in HPE servers, whereas it comes with a maximum of 8 GB cache in Dell servers. They can also improve the port size. HP provides a 25 GB port on the server, whereas both Dell and Cisco provide a 100 GB port."
"The overall cost of the product needs to be lower, as it is one of the areas of concern in the product."
"If they could put a SAN storage or resend it in the same product, it would be very helpful and more powerful."
"They should build risc processors with high speed."
"The scalability of Gen8 models should be improved. They can also improve its price."
"In the HPE ProLiant DL Servers generation nine, there was a problem when the expansion cards were installed on the server. There was only a small amount of room for the top expansion cards that hand could insert or remove the cables inside."
"They have declared the end of life of the hardware."
"Like IBM, Oracle SPARC Servers should be able to run other open operating systems like Linux."
"The solution could improve by giving a clear roadmap about the future. I'm not seeing a lot of improvements on the OS side of the software. They need to work more on the operating system."
"I would like to see a reduced price point."
"They need some sort of modeling because IBM has different types of models."
"Oracle doesn't have a good roadmap for the solution because they are moving to the x86 platform."
"Oracle SPARC Servers should be fine-tuned well enough to work with the other servers and software products in the market, as it is an area where Oracle SPARC Servers lack."
HPE ProLiant DL Servers is ranked 2nd in Rack Servers with 156 reviews while Oracle SPARC Servers is ranked 6th in Rack Servers with 7 reviews. HPE ProLiant DL Servers is rated 8.6, while Oracle SPARC Servers is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE ProLiant DL Servers writes "Good availability and management console with good reliability". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Oracle SPARC Servers writes "A rock-solid OS and rich virtualization features for hosting many VMs on one box". 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 Dell XR2 Rugged Server, whereas Oracle SPARC Servers is most compared with IBM Power Systems, Intel Server System, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE Apollo and Dell PowerEdge FX. See our HPE ProLiant DL Servers vs. Oracle SPARC Servers report.
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