"I am impressed with the tool's ability to create clusters and virtualizations."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"We can utilize more than a terabyte of memory."
"The most valuable feature is the technical support, which is both good and available easily."
"I rate ProLiant servers 10 out of 10 for stability. We periodically need to replace components like disk drives, but HPE customer care is good about replacing them."
"The most valuable feature of HPE Proliant ML is the high availability of the parts. It's easy to find parts, such as replacements or spares. Additionally, we have a good relationship with the brand which is important."
"HPE Proliant's price is cheaper than other platforms."
"It does its job and runs smoothly."
"The series of processors were designed to serve missions, and they have 24/7 operation and ECC support memory."
"The technical support from HPE Proliant ML could improve. They are not as fast as they should be. When you have an SLA contractor, they don't give you the parts quickly, it can take weeks sometimes."
"I think that the RAID support can be improved because it is not very effective compared to the DL series."
"The product should allow management to troubleshoot remotely."
"HPE Proliant has a managed tool called OneView that could be improved."
"I would like the solution to improve cloud migration."
"Updating the firmware could be easier. It's always a hassle, and the process HPE describes on their website doesn't seem to work well."
"One area where the product could improve is in its anti-rust protection, especially at the bottom, which has shown some signs of rusting."
"The pricing is not reasonable."
"It would be beneficial if Lenovo could create a simpler server line to reduce cost and lower power requirements."
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HPE Proliant ML is ranked 1st in Tower Servers with 17 reviews while Lenovo ThinkSystem Tower Servers is ranked 3rd in Tower Servers with 1 review. HPE Proliant ML is rated 8.4, while Lenovo ThinkSystem Tower Servers is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of HPE Proliant ML writes "Quite scalable and runs smoothly". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo ThinkSystem Tower Servers writes "24/7 operations, stable, and scalable". HPE Proliant ML is most compared with Dell PowerEdge T, whereas Lenovo ThinkSystem Tower Servers is most compared with IBM System X.
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