HPE ProLiant DL Servers Other Advice

PV
Vice President at DWS Group

We are end-users.

I would definitely recommend the solution to others based on how well it has worked for me in the past. I'd happy with its capabilities.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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SM
Systems Administrator at Diyar United Company

I would recommend this solution, but it depends on whether you are using a blade server or a rack mount server. If it's a blade server, it offers easier connectivity and makes it convenient to replace components.

Overall, I would rate this solution a nine out of ten. 

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MG
Network manager at Farabi

I'm not sure if we are using the latest version of the solution. I am familiar with the 300 and 500 series.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

I'd recommend the solution to others. 

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HPE ProLiant DL Servers
March 2024
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NE
IT Systems Administrator at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I rate HP ProLiant DL Servers 10 out of 10 because I never had a breakdown in six years, and the price is decent. ProLiant gives you something that's stable, reliable, and powerful for an excellent price.

The only thing that we might need is an extra interface to connect the server to the network with the fiber instead of a copper connector. It's something that we never did. And I would advise someone to implement this from the beginning because it might be a bit hard to configure. It will be fantastic if you do it before it goes into production. 

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EV
IT manager at Koleksiyon

I have little knowledge about hardware. I recommend the solution to others. Overall, I rate the tool a nine out of ten.

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Ricardo Elorza - PeerSpot reviewer
Expert IT Solution Architect at Nestle

I give the solution an eight out of ten.

We have been having issues with HPE's road maps, which tend to be very aggressive. For example, if we have a server and then HPE announces and releases the NexGen, the previous server only has one more gear before the end of use. This can be problematic for clusters that are configured to only have the same model, as after a year we would have to do diagnostics or buy a new cluster. This is something we do not like about HPE, although other vendors may also be aggressive, HPE is really bad. It is important for new users to keep this in mind.

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PS
Senior Manager - SBR Technical Services at Reliance Industries Ltd

HPE is the vendor that supplies my company with HPE ProLiant DL Servers and other HPE hardware. My company provides the solution to end users.

Thousands of applications run on HPE ProLiant DL Servers, so it has millions of users.

I recommend HPE ProLiant DL Servers if you get more information about the product first. You must go to the HPE technical staff and ask how you can scale HPE ProLiant DL Servers for your architecture and also find out if HPE supports your architecture before making your decision.

My rating for HPE ProLiant DL Servers is eight out of ten. Its documentation could be better.

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NN
Technical support at SECURADO

I would recommend the solution to others.

I rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers a nine out of ten.

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SHIVAKUMAR A P - PeerSpot reviewer
Country Manager - Emerging Business at Orbit Techsol

My company's customers use Nutanix or VMware in their data centers for server consolidation and resource optimization.

The solution has been deployed for running virtualization workloads or hosting business-critical applications in our company's customers' organizations, as the product is built for certain purposes. If VMware is deployed on HPE ProLiant Gen11 Servers, users can use hypervisors in Nutanix or hypervisors in VMware.

The product's most beneficial features for improving IT infrastructure efficiency stem from the fact that the tool lasts for a long period for a customer. The life cycle of the servers is pretty good, and it is a proven fact since my company has seen customers using it for seven years, even in the production phase.

HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) improves IT infrastructure efficiency since it is an area where you see the consumption of the servers. You can monitor even 1,000 servers on a single pane of glass.

In terms of operational costs, you don't have to go to physical servers to do anything, as the tool does everything. With the tool, you can do 98 percent of the tasks remotely. People working in multiple branches across the world don't have to go and deploy the servers physically. From one place, users can control the servers from anywhere in the world with the help of HPE ProLiant DL. The tool reduces the operational costs and increases efficiency.

The product doesn't affect its customers' environment in any way. The product offers scalability and availability. That tool is also easy to deploy.

HPE has built the servers to last for decades, owing to which stability is one of the areas that HPE ProLiant DL has focused on when it comes to the solution.

The customers in India are not concerned about energy savings or reduced cooling costs after the implementation of the solution.

Whether the workload demands are met or not depends on what the customers want from the product in the beginning and how much they want to scale up.

Whether the workload demands are met depends on what the customers want from the product in the beginning and how much they want to scale up. My company offers solutions depending on whether the customers want to provision the product for the upcoming three or five years. Customers have to buy more servers if they want to scale up beyond a certain limit.

The product helps in the area of business growth.

I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. Before purchasing the product, people should consider their growth plan for the next three or five years. Until and unless there is a business plan in place, it is very difficult to figure out the requirements of the solution.

I rate the overall tool a ten out of ten.

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AP
Sr. Network Admin at Millennium Automation and Systems

I rate HPE ProLiant Servers nine out of 10. In my country, it's better for customers to rely on the vendor who delivers the solution. We think the HPE server is better than others for that.

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SW
Technical Manager at Hi-Impact Consultancy

It is important to note that on some of the servers, you can only insert 2.5 inch drives, so, maximizing the SSDs may be a bit expensive.

Other than that, I would advise working with HP because they have reliable products that rarely have any issues and, when there are issues, they are easily resolvable by us. In the rare event that we cannot fix it, we are able to make returns at no additional costs.

Overall, I would rate the DL Servers a nine out of ten.

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Vicente Centelles - PeerSpot reviewer
ITC manager at Greene Enterprise

I give the solution a nine out of ten.

We have twenty people using the solution in our organization and plan to increase that number to 30.

We require five people to maintain the solution consisting of managers and automation engineers.

I recommend the solution to others.

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Ryan Dave Brigino - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Es'hailSat

I rate HPE ProLiant servers nine out of 10. I would recommend them if you live in an area where HPE has a strong support presence. In Qatar, HPE doesn't have as much support as Dell. I would recommend Dell if given the option because it has a solid local presence.

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Ozgur-Sargin - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Elips Elektronik

I'm a reseller. We are HPE partners.

I'd advise users to try HP. It's a good solution. However, it depends on the customer. Some prefer working with Dell. If a company already has Dell infrastructure, we advise them to continue with Dell to have a homogenous environment. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

When you compare hyper-converged with ProLiant, hyper-converged is more available due to the clusters; you can cluster it. However, for ProLiant, you have to find a solution with VMware or something like that, for example,  third-party solutions. That said, on the hardware side, ProLiant has no cluster option.

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FB
IT systems consultant at GrupoTTA

10 out of 10. The latest generation is the best, but Generation 6 was very stable. It was a good one. Now Generation 10 is the best. I don't know why they took so long to upgrade this generation. Still, Generation 10 has improved a lot in memory and processing, so you can operate in an environment that supports ProLiant. That's why I think HP-UX will disappear because Linux can run this environment on the ProLiant architecture very well.

For example, the range of velocity and processor speed is four or five times greater than before. You can run every Linux environment, which can replace the Unix environment. You can run this Linux environment inside the ProLiant and get the same service as a Unix environment. That's why Linux and ProLiant run very well.

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it_user568011 - PeerSpot reviewer
SCADA & Telemetry Engineer team manager (Industrial supervision) at Air Liquide

When selecting a vendor, it's good to have a real relationship in order to get a reliable, ascertainable, and a flexible solution. With this solution, you can close your eyes and you can use it because it's a very stable and personable tool. There is a real relationship between HPE and the customer, and they support you during all the steps you take.

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SR
IT Engineer at KBS LLP

I give the solution a ten out of ten.

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Chris Chang - PeerSpot reviewer
Core Funder at O4AI

I rate HPE ProLiant DL servers nine out of 10. I'm satisfied with the product.

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Jorge Soto - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect of solutions at Trendit

I rate HPE ProLiant DL servers nine out of 10. I recommend HPE servers. It's a good product. If you plan to implement DL servers, you should check the family of the network and storage cards, and you should create a list of components so there isn't a delay in delivery. 

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SE
ICT Coordinator - Pakistan at Chiesi

I'm just a customer and an end-user.

We are using the on-prem version of the solution as the connectivity is not very stable. We cannot afford a cloud solution.

We have a service contract with VMware and HP as well for support.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.

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JM
IT Manager at a construction company with 10,001+ employees

I would recommend these servers. I would rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers a nine out of ten.

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it_user325035 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr IT Analyst at Bayer Pharmaceuticals

You would be foolish not to be looking into HPE. A lot of their products seem very interesting and they are very useful in our field.

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AH
System Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

In project tenders, system requirements are specified, including the number of cores, storage, and personnel needed. The information is shared with the HPE team to prepare a BQ specifying the server model to be used. The tool is a good physical server. 

The choice of server category or type is not specific and varies case by case. Customers may initially purchase higher servers than their immediate requirements, anticipating future use cases. It's a complex decision and depends on individual circumstances.

The product's roadmap seems to be good. Its deployments are mostly on-prem due to government regulations.

The product is purchased specifically for security solutions, not for the entire data center stack. It is recommended for medium to enterprise-level customers. 

I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. 

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JP
System Administrator at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.

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Ryan Dave Brigino - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at Es'hailSat

The kind of servers or HPE products we are using with those of ProLiant DL are DL390, 380, gen 10 and HPDL. We are utilizing gen 10 as our latest version of DL servers.

We utilize a total of six HPE Servers, strictly as a monitoring tool. The NOC membership comprises only 10 people.

As I mentioned, HPE ProLiant DL Servers came as part of a project. We will continue to use it for as long as we continue to renew the contract for the solution that is provided by the contractor.

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it_user567810 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Server Operations at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Investigate some use case scenarios relevant for your daily business perspective, for example:

  • What do you need to do to change defective hardware in your system?
  • What do you need to do to upgrade your systems?

Check the workflows:

  • How easy is it to change the parts?
  • How easy is it to access the server?

Do you have the right documentation already in the server, like it is for HPE; or do you need external sources to know what you are doing?

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BG
Technical Systems Support Manager at a hospitality company with 201-500 employees

The solution is mostly deployed on private cloud. 

I can safely state that we have more than 100 users making use of the solution, since we have installed more than 10 or 20 servers to different locations.

The basic package can include iLO features.

I rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers as a nine out of ten.

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OH
Telecommunication Department Head at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

In summary, this is a good product and I can recommend it to others.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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it_user981507 - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager / Head – Central Automation at Essar

I would rate them eight, primarily because of the service that they provide and stability that the hardware gives.

For any other person who wants to buy any hardware, the first thing that he should look for is who is going to support him locally. He should then evaluate cases of the availability of that particular vendor's hardware. Buying any such systems is not a big task. He should see if he can maintain these servers in the long run. By long run, think ten years. He should be comfortable with the people that are going to help maintain and comfortable with the equipment that he's going to buy.

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it_user683265 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We're a bit of an HPE shop. We've used Dell in other places, too, but generally, in terms of the price-point and quality of service it has always led us to HPE, so these are the main driving points for us.

For companies like us, we want more than a server. When we buy servers then we want some level of software orchestration on top of it to help us deploy OS or hypervisor plus some form of high-level capacity/environment review. This is sort of happening with Generation nine and ten hardware but not as refined as what you get with Nutanix.

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it_user680304 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Systems Engineering at Zayo

It is solid hardware. I'd give them a list of the drivers to rip out before the builds. I've done that before, actually, because most of the drivers that I'm talking about cause hard crashes. The will cause a blue screen, and that impacts customers. Some versions are safe, and some versions are not safe.

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GM
IT Consultant at SPE

I give the solution a nine out of ten.

We require two people for the maintenance.

I recommend the solution to others.

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RK
M. I. S. Manager at Ruby Mills Ltd

We will continue to use this solution, as we have purchased it and can't afford to just throw it away. If we continue to have further issues, we will consider changing it over.

With my current experience, I could not recommend this product to others.

I would rate this solution a six out of ten.

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AM
Product Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

I would recommend this solution. I would rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers an eight out of ten.

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it_user680319 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

Work with HP to pilot before you go buy it.

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it_user680268 - PeerSpot reviewer
UNIX Systems Specialist at Usps

As I said earlier, look at their maintenance support. The number of companies that they actually support. Those are big factors. And disaster recovery. That's what I would say.

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KR
Head of IT Infrastructure at AMK Microfinance

The product is lower quality than its competitors in terms of performance. The hardware  was frequently faulty and sometimes broke down. 

I would therefore give it an overall rating of eight out of 10.

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MM
Director of Information Services at a import and exporter with 51-200 employees

It is a good product. I would rate it a nine out of 10 because it has good support and good performance.

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OH
Telecommunication Department Head at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We're just customers. We don't have a business relationship with HP.

We're using the latest version of the solution. We purchased Gen 10 about a year or so ago.

I'd recommend the solution to other organizations.

Overall, I would rate the product at a nine out of ten.

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PS
Solutions Engineer at AmWINS Group, Inc.

I think it's the best server you can possibly buy. I have recently had more exposure to Dell and Cisco products to compare with and I stand by the DL line as the best server and it is primarily because of iLO.

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MM
Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution has a good performance ratio. I rate the solution as a seven.

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Ayush-Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at Inflow Technologies

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers a nine out of ten.

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DA
System Administrator at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

HPE ProLiant DL Servers are easy to use and suitable for mid-range users. HP has other products for enterprise users. I don't compare them with this family. We had the physical servers for all services, but now we are migrating to virtual servers using VMware.

I would rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers an eight out of ten.

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it_user784062 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Operations Engineer at Agfa Healthcare

When we look to work with a vendor, we look for stability. That's the most important. What is very important is that the systems are delivered on time. At this moment, that's a big problem, because of the hurricane in Houston, probably.

Also the team we're working with, because we have different countries that are ordering. It's on us to follow up on the deliveries.

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it_user680208 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Team Lead at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

If they're not using HP today, I would highly suggest them to take a deep look at it, in the long run, even just as a starter. I'm not saying that Dell or others are bad, it's just, in the long run, I like the hardware layouts better in HP.

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it_user680259 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

I would recommend HPE, but you have to be careful. Check if everything is compatible with what you currently have. You might upgrade part of a server, but not all of it. There can simply be incompatibility issues.

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it_user485712 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Datacenter Specialist at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

Get on it with OneView, because it's that single pane of glass, you can manage your blades, your DLs, and your 3PAR, all using that one tool.

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it_user470361 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director of Technology at Resorts World Las Vegas

Look at the Hyper Converged as everything's going to virtual, so look at the ProLiant in a Hyper Converged space.

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it_user359688 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager IT Technical Services at a engineering company with 10,001+ employees

I'd recommend them, but make sure you've planned the right management options, power supplies, and other technical specifications. Make sure, also, that you get the extended warranty.

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EA
IT Manager at Epson Precision (Philippines), Inc.

My advice for anybody who is implementing this product is to purchase spare parts. The reason for this is that there is currently an electronic parts shortage. Any replacement components, such as a new hard disk, is very difficult to order and will have a long lead time. For this reason, I suggest ordering spare parts to have them in stock.

In summary, this is a good product, I'm content with it, and I recommend it for others.

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

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MD
Technical Account Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers a nine out of ten.

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it_user680289 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Architect at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

I mean, look at what other solutions are out there, and look up what your requirements are. For us, it's met all of our requirements. I don't think that the others could do that.

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it_user567663 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at MA Automotive Tool & Die (South Africa)

Absolutely HPE. Absolutely happy with it.

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it_user313830 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Systems Engineer at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees

Overall the HP Proliant servers have been dependable and fit nicely into the price vs performance that is required for custom application stack.

HP Proliant servers are rock solid and when you need technical support HP’s team is there to support you with answers, no matter how long it takes to properly identify the root cause and then propose a solution.

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SC
System Administrator at a non-profit with 51-200 employees

The only thing I don't like about them is that if/when you have to restart it, it takes a long time to come back on. As the sea of sensors have increased in recent generations, the time has become longer.

Define your storage needs in advance and then plan the disks accordingly. Suggest that if flash storage is financially feasible, then invest in that as the performance benefits are worth it.

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it_user362355 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Make sure you get what you actually need rather than overpaying for something. Consider the different chips and memory that you can buy off the shelf. Make sure you're not over-spec or under-spec. Take your time.

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it_user568197 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Windows Server Trading International at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

My main advice is to standardize your internal offering. So, if you are buying something you're going to sell internally, which is effectively what I am doing, I'm selling a service, try to standardize it to a degree rather than having custom fixes for every internal customer. Then you've got some uniformity across your offering internally.

When choosing a vendor, there are two main requirements. One is for a solid, stable product. That's number one. The second thing is the ability to be able to make the deal. With our vendors, we have kind of a mixed bag. One of them doesn't really deliver on the stability and the manageability, but is excellent on service and cutting a deal. The other one is not too good at cutting the deal, but actually we know that that's the kit we want because it is very stable and very manageable.

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it_user476355 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Engineer at Cardinal Glass

For me, they key things are reliability, and ease of use. Then the pricing's good as well.

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it_user88854 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Analyst at CAE

I rate the ProLiant line very highly because you see the commitment of them building on it, and to me that's important.

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it_user471279 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at a university with 10,001+ employees

Proliant, they're fine. I mean it's compute, it's pretty hard to mess it up these days.

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it_user251847 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information Officer at Poder Judicial

We have a private-cloud data center, but we also host publicly for some customers. The software that we’re offering to our buyers is web-enabled for both internal and external users. So the servers needed to be powerful and simple to use.

For me, in the public sector, it was never that concerning for us to get the latest release of servers. Our users were satisfied with using older servers that served their needs just fine, and it saved us a lot of money as we didn’t have to pay the premium for the newest servers.

HP has been very good for us. I would recommend buying exactly what you need and the same line of the hardware to be consistent.

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CC
Business application analyst at CFI

I rate HP ProLiant DL servers eight out of 10. I recommend HP ProLiant. It's a robust and scalable product. If you're having problems with the drivers, you can go to the HP forums and get some help. 

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Mahmoud Abdellatif - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Engineer at CORELIA

I rate this solution eight out of 10. 

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AS
CS Core planning manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers a nine out of ten.

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JP
Administrative Assistant at a government with 10,001+ employees

On a scale of one to ten, I would give HPE ProLiant DL Servers an eight.

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it_user680283 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Admin at American electric power

Probably, you should evaluate the total cost of operation before you try and take orders. Check a cheaper solution.

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it_user388956 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Architect at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

Get multiple quotes, shop around. Keep your management/monitoring tools as vendor agnostic as possible to allow you to be more flexible in your hardware vendors.

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it_user567570 - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Manager at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

In a vendor, good technical support and product reliability are key. If you ask my head of finance, it will be money. Availability, support, reliance, and reliability are absolute.

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it_user567690 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Architect at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We go through software purchasing cycles and we know roughly when, in the lifetime, we need to purchase certain key infrastructure components. We also have the ad hoc requests where we need to get a certain per-line, server-specific, full requirements, and then we buy as we need it.

When selecting a vendor, trust is the main issue. I'd suggest others seriously consider HPE as a service solution. Our experience has been pretty positive. Based upon that I, would recommend HPE products.


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PS
Assistant Manager at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

I rate this product a nine out of ten. To those considering implementation, I would advise them to calculate their commercial as well as their data load and user load. After that, you can choose a solution from HPE. 

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ZP
Owner & General Manager at a media company with 1-10 employees

We are fully satisfied with this solution and I recommend it for others who are interested in using it.

On a scale from one to ten, I would rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers a 10 out of 10.

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AH
Information Technology System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

We use a mix of versions, mostly Gen8 and Gen10.

We've been quite satisfied with the solution overall. It's good hardware. I'd recommend it to organizations that mostly would be using Dell or HP servers.

I'd rate the solution, on a scale from one to ten, at an eight. We've been quite satisfied with the level of performance we get, and their general stability.

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BV
Marketing Specialist

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: 

  1. The vendor guys should know the product well. 
  2. They can recommend the right solution. HPE has a wide range of products in its portfolio. So, the vendor team must know HPE products and provide the right product to the customers.
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it_user680241 - PeerSpot reviewer
Linux Admin at a media company with 10,001+ employees

The solution is worth it. You should invest in it, go for it, and have fun with it.

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it_user331389 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

I would highly recommend purchasing an HP server product

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GP
Independent Computer & Network Security Professional at PORTGUARDIAN.COM SRL

I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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AG
Service manager at a computer software company with 1-10 employees

HP has come up with the GreenLake model. Wherein they set up private clouds using CapEx and OpEx models for customers. They also provide integration with other networking and security components.

I advise others to follow the basic instructions for deployment. Also, they should learn about the solution's framework and features while making a purchase decision. I rate the solution as a seven.

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JC
Technical Support Engineer at Netsoft Consulting Services (P) Ltd

I rate the solution an eight out of ten. The solution is good, but the processing power can be improved. I recommend the solution to people who are considering implementing it.

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it_user680322 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a paper AND forest products with 1,001-5,000 employees

Just make sure you look at the total cost of ownership and the long-term use case of what you're actually doing, versus the problem that you're trying to solve right now.

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it_user680274 - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Manager at a non-tech company with 10,001+ employees

Depending on the applications they use, they should study the technical requirements, such as storage and processing power.

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it_user564135 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a tech consulting company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Have a deep look at the HPE products. They are a market leader, by the numbers. Have a look at them; make a thorough comparison.

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it_user362226 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant/Architect at a insurance company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Look for performance specs. There's a lot of high-end servers being sold in the market with quite low specs.

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it_user567795 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Cloudservices Virtualisation IaaS + Linux at a government with 10,001+ employees

We do a mini competition a few times a year and we buy a lot of servers. This is needed in the Netherlands. We started to use HPE.

We are looking for basic functionality and see if the solution conforms with open standards.

When choosing a product, price is an issue. If two products have the same specifications, then we have to choose the one with the lowest price.

My advice is to decide if you want a cheap and bad server, or if you want a stable and good server.

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it_user252615 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Infrastructure with 501-1,000 employees

It’s good, but the display ports are ill-designed.

We look for stability when choosing a new vendor. It’s extremely important to us. But, find a local partner to make sure that you make the right choice. I’m from Montreal, so I use ACCII, so build your order to fit your needs. Understand all the options available to you to fit your workload, not the other way around.

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Dara-Azartash - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers an eight out of ten.

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KB
Team Leader Presales at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers an eight out of ten.

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AH
Information Technology System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

HPE servers are pretty decent. We will definitely keep using them until their end of life. I am quite satisfied with this solution.

I would rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers an eight out of ten.

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Teferi Demissie - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at CBO

I can recommend HPE Proliant DL Servers to other users.  

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate this product as an eight-out-of-ten. To make it ten-of-ten, would be two things. First, when they make a sale they should provide support for the product to the buyer. I think they also need to make the hardware as relevant as possible as it is not completely up-to-date. For example, the drive bays generally seem to need to be upgraded.  

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it_user485724 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Analyst at a local government with 501-1,000 employees

Just make sure you size it right off the bat. Make sure you know what you want.

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it_user567666 - PeerSpot reviewer
Connect Germany at Westfälische Wilhelms-University

For the server technology, most of the features you can nowadays find with most of the vendors, so they're probably at the stage where HPE was five years ago. The ecosystem is so mature and still evolving. There's nothing like, "Hey we have this feature, we don't change it." The management, the procurement, the provisioning, all of that is really kicking off going forward. Probably with the next generation, I’d gave it a higher rating.

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it_user499935 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Test Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

One must be aware of the objectives he/she is expecting. Thorough research about the product and the reviews is always advisable from my end. If it fits in, the user can very well carry on.

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it_user471237 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Service Delivery at a tech company with 501-1,000 employees

I always have colleagues who are looking to implement new servers within their divisions. As part of my responsibility, I am the conduit by which divisions can seek out additional assistance for getting servers. I am in that space a lot. I typically go over the benefits that we see within our global IT group and explain to them the efficiencies that can be seen by going to the ProLiant platform. Showing how the system can provide good alerting, good stability, and explaining that within the global IT group, if they have additional concerns or needs, that we can support them because we use the platform.

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it_user471243 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager for Infrastructure at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We've been extremely happy all along. I don't see a reason to go anywhere else. I don't see a reason to even try different things. For us right now getting adventurous is we bought a DL360 instead of a 380 and it's like, wow, that's a little small.

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SS
Owner at INTUIS COMPUTERS

I give the solution a nine out of ten.

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it_user364617 - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President Information Technology at ADVA Optical Networking

The DL series it's quite easy to use. It's a commodity product and you can buy it at any reseller. If you have any technical reliability issues with other vendors, switch to the DL series.

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it_user680238 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Enginner at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

HPE DLs are very easy to implement. There is a lot more manageability now than there used to be. The IDOL 4S is great at managing.

When selecting a vendor, we like to have an all-in-one solution, i.e., one company behind all the different products. We like to be able to have support when needed and a partner who can give us stuff as we need it.

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it_user567606 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

HPE has excellent maintenance agreements. They provide on-site, 24-hour response times. They deliver agreements. We're not ones to readily replace equipment so they have good extended warranties, which we rely on pretty regularly. This was one of the more important criteria because I work for a law firm and they're not big on shelling out money, unless they absolutely have to. We get the biggest bang for the buck with HPE. Again, I think it's the warranty service that you receive from the HPE that makes the difference. It's reliable. You should always shop around for price. Vendors are always willing to compete in the marketplace.

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it_user567648 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Technological Officer at Zwise s.a.

When selecting a vendor, the ratio between the price and quality is the main thing. I don't want to be spending too much, but I still want to get good quality. It just depends on what you are looking for. If you are looking for a very inexpensive, bare bones server, then you should go for a cheaper solution. If you are looking to buy a bunch of servers, then go to Dell, for example, because they're very aggressive with their prices. HPE is just in between. It's very good. It is a bit more expensive than the others, but the quality is where you expect it to be.

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it_user487494 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would tell them to strongly take a look at the HPE. Go ahead and do a bake off if you want to. If they want to prove a concepts with the Dells, Dells will give them a way to you to try them out. If you rack them up side-by-side, I think all the features set and just the reliability of HPE makes them come out ahead.

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PS
System Administrator at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

This is a good product and I can recommend it.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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it_user567594 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Management Engineer at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Have no doubts you'll be getting a product that will work. It will do what you want, as long as you follow the guidelines and best practices. You should speak to other people. The product will just tick along for its lifecycle. You will get the odd issue but it's fixable.

We've been more than happy with the DL product that we've used. We never buy them when they first come out; we always wait 6-12 months to buy them. Let somebody else do the testing during the first six months, even though they should be tested.

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AA
CTO at Cloud Technology

Start to use Nutanix Solution with HPE Dl Servers that recommend by Nutanix.

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it_user784005 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer Server Operation at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

We have a good relationship with HPE, they offer the products we need. They come back with solutions. It's uncomplicated to deal with HPE.

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it_user680202 - PeerSpot reviewer
Server Management at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Look at the product and look at the support. In the long term, the support of the hardware is crucial. It is not just about the price point.

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it_user680244 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cto at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Get it because it will work very well for you.

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it_user539703 - PeerSpot reviewer
Tech Spealist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

You wouldn’t regret purchasing this solution. However, do your homework on your needs and talk to relevant guys for any info you are missing.

HPE offers three rack mount server categories and several models in each variant. Carefully choose the one that suits you the best. There are those that occupy 2U and others that occupy 1U. This could bring down the space and rack usage drastically.

Take the following steps:

  1. Find out the compatible processors from the server specifications.
  2. Visit Intel‘s web site and carefully compare all the details of the supported processors.
  3. Base your decision on the number of cores, speed, cache size, your usage, and the processor that you would like to combine with the server.
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it_user484980 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer with 501-1,000 employees

If we were to move away from using Proliants and HP, I think I'd be disappointed. I've had nothing but good experiences really, racking stacking and deploying to ProLiants. Based on my track record I would say that's probably a pretty good path to go down.

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MW
Project Manager at Realnux

We're an integrator. We can help clients set up the solution.

I'd recommend the solution to other organizations. It's a very high-quality product.

In general, we have been very satisfied with the capabilities of the solution. It's well made and works well. I'd rate it at an eight out of ten overall.

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it_user567903 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at AlgoSec

I think that the most important thing that you need to look at is a company that will give them end to end support. HPE does that.

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it_user680187 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Manager at Mentor graphics

I would say that they can't go wrong.

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Raju Koirala - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at Leads Innovation

I rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers a nine out of ten.

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it_user567657 - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Operation Manager at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

Make sure you negotiate yourself a very good service contract.

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it_user680286 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Enginner at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Go for it and call HPE support if you get stuck.

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MC
Gerente TI at Tecdex

I rate ProLiant10 out of 10. My advice to new users is to be sure all the elements are compatible between systems. Also, you need to ensure the customers' needs match the size of the server that will be implemented. I'm talking about computer power.

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SK
Deputy General Manager Information Technology at a media company with 201-500 employees

Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give this solution a rating of eight.

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NA
Executive Director at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

I would advise others to get the technical training for this solution. They would then enjoy this solution very well.

I would rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers a nine out of ten.

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it_user784101 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees

With the DL380, you can't go wrong. There is no risk to go and take them.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: Trusting that you will always have the right level of service. Support is key for that, and obviously knowing that the servers are used by thousands and thousands of other people. That they will be tried and tested. It is reassuring.

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it_user783969 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer

When our company looks to work with vendors, we look for

  • first the price
  • then the support 
  • then the ease of use.
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it_user680205 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Server Specialist at a tech company with 51-200 employees

It is a good investment and they should go for it.

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it_user251868 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer with 501-1,000 employees

I'd encourage them to use it. For the price and the functionality you get out of it, they work out great.

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it_user369552 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at a healthcare company with 501-1,000 employees

I would recommend you use them, especially if you have other HP products.

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it_user361509 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Overall, we have a good partnership with HP and we are heavily invested in them.

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it_user365994 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of IT at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Perform a comparison between the same level of quality, same level of service, and same level of performance, and choose the product. I think you will find it the most suitable one for you.

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it_user253335 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

Reliability, support, and performance. A roadmap for where they are going in the future is important. We have that with HP.

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RP
Senior Support Executive at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I would recommend this solution. HPE servers are better than Dell and Wipro servers. 

I would rate this solution a ten out of ten.

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it_user680277 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Definitely look at their solution.

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it_user286842 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage Systems Specialist at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It works fine, it gave quite a lot of storage per rack unit. There are better options for storage density these days. Also, there are better options for more storage per rack unit, and more CPU power.

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it_user784095 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Coordinator

It is a good product.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: innovation.

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it_user294162 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Architect at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Be careful when selecting the vendor. It has to be a partnership. If the vendor can't deliver what is expected, it's going to be a nightmare. It's going to affect your operations.

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it_user366651 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

If you're looking for high-performance computing, then blade technology is the best you can get. Also, if you're looking for GPU power, then these are the servers for you.

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AL
Sap Advanced Business Application Programming Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate HPE Proliant DL Servers a nine out of ten.

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NV
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I would recommend this solution. We plan to keep using this solution. 

I would rate HPE ProLiant DL Servers a nine out of ten.

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it_user1440213 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at ITVision

I would rate this solution an ten out of 10. 

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RJ
Director at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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it_user567798 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a tech company with 51-200 employees

Buy Synergy. :)

Look for the flexibility of the system; and get everything from one partner.

The most important criteria when we choose a vendor is the range of products available. HPE has a huge range of products: switches, servers, storage systems, and so on.

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Buyer's Guide
HPE ProLiant DL Servers
March 2024
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