We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers and HPE Apollo 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.
"The server itself has the most stable updates. The patches and the updates will take you a long way before they release another one, so you aren't constantly doing more updates and upgrades."
"They provide good support for part replacement, and when they cannot because the part is unavailable, they are pretty good at informing us and letting us know, but generally, these servers just sit in the data center and have been working 24/7 for years without any problems."
"The management portal is essential because it gives you a lot of flexibility. You don't have to be at the location to manage the server. You can power it on and off remotely or start an installation remotely. All you need to do is connect it to the network and you can do things from thousands of miles away."
"The initial setup is so easy."
"Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is a user-friendly solution that provides performance stability."
"The solution delivers what it promises. You look at the specs and it delivers them."
"The core strength of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers lies in their expansive connectivity and seamless integration with other offerings within the Dell product ecosystem."
"I've been consistently impressed by the exceptional build quality of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers."
"With HPE Apollo, we can propose configurations with many hard drives, making it suitable for large storage needs."
"HPE Apollo's most valuable feature is the ability to expand our storage capacity."
"It enables us to implement software defined solutions very easily, because Apollo servers are certified for use with Linux systems"
"We usually use three blades for two-rack units, and with enough storage, it's really a small system with a powerful CPU, powerful hard drives, powerful disks."
"It's very reliable. I haven't had a single failure at all in the year and a half; not the slightest problem with it."
"We're going to buy another Apollo 6500. We may configure it with half the number of GPUs because that may be all we need. In a sense, we can see the Apollo 6500 being so powerful that we only need half the GPU capability that we have now."
"When we moved to the Apollo and all flash drives, we gained a lot of performance."
"Apollo Systems provide stuff that standard services do not. More HTDs, more compute power, at very reasonable pricing."
"I would like to see a virtual view of the solution after creating and configuring it."
"The T150 is a little bit bulky for what it is. I think if they created a T150 version with small form-factor drives, that would be an ideal solution. Currently, it is a tower box and it has quite a big footprint..."
"It would be nice if they could make the solution cheaper and faster."
"We wanted to have two storage cards during the onboarding process of the solution, which were available only on the more expensive version of the boxes that we usually use for work in our company."
"The way we can manage the environment through the solution's GUI could be improved."
"All of the servers are in cluster mode and when PowerEdge Server is down, others are affected."
"This solution helped us reduce our rack footprint. It reduced our power consumption including size and weight."
"Its customer support should be improved."
"Lustre seems to be just a little bit unstable overall."
"The solution's deployment, security, and scalability need improvement."
"The technical support from HPE has always been good in my experience."
"The support from HPE Apollo could be better, they are making knowledgeable."
"The predictive analysis feature could be improved."
"We could, perhaps, use more GPUs in the future, go from eight to 16 GPUs per instance. That could run head-to-head against the DGX-1, the DGX-2 that NVIDIA has developed in their own chassis. That would be interesting to see."
"What's coming out in Gen 10 is very strong in terms of additional security."
"We would like to see improved cooling because that is quite an issue. If you put that much compute power into a single rack, cooling really becomes an issue. And there is room for improvement there."
Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is ranked 1st in Rack Servers with 136 reviews while HPE Apollo is ranked 6th in Rack Servers with 22 reviews. Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is rated 8.8, while HPE Apollo 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 HPE Apollo writes "An affordable and easy-to-implement solution, but its after-sales support and technical support should be improved". 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 Huawei FusionServer RH Series Rack Servers, whereas HPE Apollo is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge FX, Dell PowerEdge XE Servers and IBM Power Systems. See our Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers vs. HPE Apollo report.
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