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PV
Vice President at DWS Group

I've worked with IBM servers in the past as well. These servers are easier to deal with and set up. In this current organization, this is the first solution we are using.

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MG
Network manager at Farabi

I used to work with Synergy, and we had issues with the blade. 

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NE
IT Systems Administrator at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

They have been using ProLiant since before I joined the company. I don't know why they decided to use HP. However, I've used Dell servers as well. Personally, I think HP servers are easier to implement and maintain. Maybe that's why.

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HPE ProLiant DL Servers
March 2024
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EV
IT manager at Koleksiyon

I have used IBM. It was very expensive and was not scalable.

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NN
Technical support at SECURADO

I have used Dell and Lenovo, I found that HPE ProLiant DL Servers are a better solution.

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

At my old company, we used HPE's Blade server.

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Ozgur-Sargin - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Consultant at Elips Elektronik

We use ProLiant Servers and SimpliVity. We've also worked with Dell. The quality of HP is better here in Turkey. It's faster, and they come with spare parts. There's a shorter timeframe to replace hardware if parts are defective. 

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SCADA & Telemetry Engineer team manager (Industrial supervision) at Air Liquide

We used another solution from another company. However, the cost vs. benefit was not so good. For that reason, we switched to HPE services.

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Core Funder at O4AI

We also use Dell, but we mostly choose HPE servers because of price and stability. I'm currently only selling one Dell server model. It's hard for me to compare the two because I'm not as familiar with Dell. 

I sell HPE most of the time, so I'm more comfortable with HPE's stability. I'm not as familiar with Dell's model in the same price range. I tend to sell HPE unless the customer prefers Dell for some reason. I can't make a fair comparison. 

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SE
ICT Coordinator - Pakistan at Chiesi

We replaced Dell with this solution as Dell is no longer present in our country. While we were satisfied with Dell, we had to replace it. There are only a few Dell vendors left however they aren't so good in terms of support anymore now that they aren't in the country.

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

We will be switching to a combination of Cisco and Dell EMC. For computation, it will be Cisco, and for storage, it will be Dell EMC. The main reason for this switch is group policy. The group has decided that we move from HP and use Cisco with EMC Storage.

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it_user325035 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr IT Analyst at Bayer Pharmaceuticals

We've tried other products and have had some issues in the past. However, HPE has been the most reliable solution.

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

The product's competitor is Dell. 

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

When I joined the company, we were on Compaq ProLiant and we stayed with it. For HP, the ProLiant series is still a strategic product. If you look at other vendors, say IBM, they even sold the X86 server business. So there are not too many vendors in the business who have a very strategic X86 server series, and HP is obviously one of them.

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

We also have a similar solution by Dell, and I find that the ProLiant support is much better.

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Manager of Systems Engineering at Zayo

We do a lot of server cycling, every two years or so, and we evaluate it. Our work platform allows us to standardize. It's been HPE during the time when I've been here.

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GM
IT Consultant at SPE

We used IBM servers and switched to HPE ProLiant DL Servers because of the better price.

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

Previously we were using Dell, and we switched from Dell to HPE.

We have been very dedicated users of Dell and never had any issues with them. Unfortunately, we had to switch to HPE for a specific reason.

We switched from Dell because of some specific requirements that could not be met with Dell. Also, we switched because of some financial issues. Dell was more expensive and we couldn't afford it at that time.

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

We have only used HPE.

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

While the company hasn't used a different solution, I personally have experience with Dell. I generally prefer to use HP instead.

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

We have been using HP products from the beginning.

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

We knew we needed to invest in a new solution, because of lack of driver support. In the new Windows version, some drivers don't work with old MSAs and you have to get new ones. We used a previous generation of HPE servers before this.

When choosing a vendor, we look for support, reliability, durability, and not something that is end-of-life in a year.

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

Over the years that I've been involved with a lot of different server manufacturers as far as rack managed servers, Cisco C-Series, IBM X-Series, and a lot of HPE. They're comparable in many ways but we choose a lot of HPE because we know we're getting a good, reliable product and at a good price point.

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

We previously used Dell, but we switched because of pricing and availability.

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

Prior to what we were using, I think we were just using all of the firmware-based solutions for setting up our arrays.

If you use a different supplier or a different company for your firmware or your hardware, then it has a different interface. It was just complicated. If you're using HPE for everything, it just made it so much simpler.

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

My previous employer, we were an HP house. Then when I started at the new company, I’ve noticed that they’ve got a mixed breed of technologies. It's not all industry or first-year suppliers or brands. I started the standardization strategy and obviously, HPE was the first choice.

The most important criteria when selecting HP were performance and reliability. I've got an existing relationship with a current supplier and, like I've mentioned before, I'm familiar with the brand and the technologies.

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it_user368043 - PeerSpot reviewer
Global Active Directory & Security Manager - VP at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

We have a multi-vendor network, but 99% of our kit is HP. We also use Dell and IBM equipment, but we chose HP for servers because it's just easier to support the platform. Multiple vendors need multiple hardware, and for multiple hardware, there are more update methods. They don't all work the same way and they're not all as reliable.

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

Before coming on this project, I had used Dell servers. The performance of the HP server has an edge over the Dell systems I had used.

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

I've used HP servers predominantly so do not have much else to compare them with.

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

I've primarily been with HP throughout my career. I've used IBMs and Dells in the past, very briefly, but I've never really got on with them. I find that the support and the tools that come with HP servers are far better.

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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

We've always had HPE servers, but as a proportion of our environment we have fewer HPE ProLiant servers now. We have fewer HPE hub servers than we did previously, because we're now a dual vendor. We started that about five years ago, but it's a double-edged sword. Now, we are in two environments and we have another vendor to manage. You drive down price, but it's two lots to manage. Learning how to handle this internally is quite difficult as well.

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

I've used other platforms in the past, but nothing specific. We wanted to have a single pane of glass for management and have consistency as much as we can so we stick with one vendor overall between blades, between rack mounts, between everything.

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Chief Information Officer at Poder Judicial

We were using Compac. In the public sector, when you buy, you do it through a public process. You can’t choose, you write the specifications of your needs, and then vendors offer their products. We do our buying through our RFP process.

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

We previously used IBM. But I have not touched IBM in years, so I don't know how they compete, and they sold their servers to Lenovo, so I don't know how it evolved. But I'm really happy with HPE now.

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it_user680283 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Admin at American electric power

Experience, knowing which vendor, which division and getting the best results are factors that affected our decision to switch solutions.

Previously, we were using Dell; we had a different vendor, i.e., a lower cost vendor at that time. The reason we switched from Dell was because we felt that the HPE solution was far superior.

The overall value, cost of keeping things running and knowing the product are important criteria while selecting a vendor.

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

We have used previous HPE/HP generations since G1 as far as I can remember. We typically switch at the time of an asset refresh.

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it_user680241 - PeerSpot reviewer
Linux Admin at a media company with 10,001+ employees

We have multiple servers, such as from Dell, in addition to the HPE servers. We deal with both of them. My personal preference is HPE, because they are hassle free. The selection of tools is done by solution architects. I don’t take part in that process.

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Senior SQL Server Consultant at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I inherited the Dell servers from a legacy. I just replaced them with the HP servers. Those are my preferred choice, always. Without being detrimental to Dell, we don't like their servers very much, and the HP ones have always been far better.

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

This product was installed prior to my employment, but I have used servers from HP in the past and have always been satisfied with them.

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

I've only been with the organization a short time. The decision to go with this product was made before I started. The vendor, who did our infrastructure as a service offering, is an HPE partner. So we didn't really choose the solution, but rather, it came to us. And I wouldn't have chosen anything else anyway.

When selecting a vendor, I look for flexibility and support. Everyone has a good sales pitch. However, when it comes to actually executing on it and supporting it long-term, those are the really important parts that not a lot of people consider up front.

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

We didn’t use other solutions before. We pretty much use servers from generation 3 and now we are up to generation 8.

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

We have been buying HPE rack servers for years. We are talking every year about switching to another technology, and it depends on the performance and the price at that moment, for one year normally.

When we are looking at a vendor like HPE, the most important criteria are innovation, reliability, and good support.

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

Growth – our biggest problem is spontaneous growth. We sign new customers and our processing requirement levels spike, and we needed to meet that demand.

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

I have previously used the HPE BladeSystem.

When comparing the HPE ProLiant DL Servers to the HPE BladeSystem, the HPE BladeSystems are compact and need less space for installation. They can provide the same computing as the HPE ProLiant DL Servers in the same unit and are a lot easier to manage.

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MW
Project Manager at Realnux

We also use Dell servers as well. However, it's based on the project and the client.

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

I had an issue with Dell before so that's why I went away from Dell and went to HPE. I briefly used HPE at former positions, so I knew what they're pretty much about; they were my next step, to put it that way.

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

Within our IT group, we do have some older HP UX Blade infrastructure. We do have some other platforms such as Cisco's Unified System. Not much else besides that.

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

We were using Dell. Dell was the state recommended choice. Everybody said, "Oh, you got to buy Dell because we've got a relationship with them." They got my boss really mad over some stupid stuff. It was like two-hundred dollar set of rails, and so we said, "Okay, let's try HP's." We loved the first one, and we've been buying them, and Dell has been trying to get back in the door ever since and we just tell them to go away. It's like, "No, I'm not fixing what isn't broken. This works great, so we don't care what you've got."

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Chief Digital Officer, Director at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

When I first started the company was looking at Dell, and I was a Compaq engineer in my day.

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

The solution was already there when I joined, but it was the much older generation. We've been using DL380 since the first generation and we are now at Generation 9.

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

The Dell servers were four to five years old. They were already getting close to end of life and end of support, so it was time to upgrade.

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Network Administrator at CSC Finland

We were using Dell, which were almost the same as the DL380.

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

We have looked at Dell and just recently looked at Dell FX2.

We will probably stick with HPE because of the long-time factor that we've had with them and other factors such as reliability and knowing the product. We know we're looking at HPE ConvergedSystem for our offices and that will be the next stage.

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AA
CTO at Cloud Technology

Used OLD IBM, Dell, Sun and Huawei they are good but not like HPE, give you deferent feels.

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

When looking for a vendor, I look for cost and support.

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

I have used UCS. They are bit messy with their fiber interconnect and have too many configuration and maintenance activities involved. They are expensive compared to HPE ProLiant servers.

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Systems Engineer with 501-1,000 employees

Primarily, my organization has been a ProLiant job since I've been there. Prior to that, I wasn't in this industry to have alternate experiences.

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IT Manager at AlgoSec

We used Dell and it wasn't as fast and accurate. 

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it_user680187 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Manager at Mentor graphics

We knew we needed to invest in this solution because our customers told us. They needed more compute. We develop software, so they needed processing and compute power, so that they can get products to market faster.

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

Management decided to move to this solution. I inherited this from them. We were using a solution from IBM. We negotiated a better price with HPE.

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

We knew we needed to invest in a new solution because our customers asked for this series of servers. HPE is our primary go-to solution for servers, unless somebody asks for some other brand in particular. When looking for a vendor, the main differentiation between most of them is good back-end support. We've had good luck with HPE support.

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

I used to use another solution, but that was over 10 years ago, so it's not relevant.

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it_user680205 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Server Specialist at a tech company with 51-200 employees

We knew we needed a solution because we didn't have anything prior to this solution. I had to come up with a solution and say, "These four servers are in the same cluster. We need to write codes that indicate that these servers are in this frame or in this enclosure." That way, we could map out our status.

When selecting a vendor, I look at price, if they are technologically inclined, i.e., that they know what they're doing. We look for a personal relationship, just to make sure that they are friendly and that they know their stuff.

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

We've used IBM. We got away from IBM just because of the sheer cost for maintenance.

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

It was a market shift into x86 hardware and more commodity-based hardware.

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

We just evaluated it and other solutions, and we just chose this one.

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

We had a mixture of Sun Thor and HP C-class with AMS FC storage from Hitachi.

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it_user784095 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Coordinator

We were previously using another blade solution. We decided to switch because this solution provides more memory density.

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

We knew we needed a new solution because of the latest requirements. Nowadays, IT is very involved with the business. We try our best to enable them to do their job in an efficient way. We had a different hardware platform before, and support was not at the level we've expected.

The most important thing when selecting a vendor is service, regardless of price. We look more for partnership and service in that sense.

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it_user680298 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Manager at a tech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

We knew we needed to invest in a new solution through our acquisitions. We used Dell before. We switched because of the HPE platform.

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

We didn't use any other solution.

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

We generally switched from Novell to Microsoft; and then we used HPE. We also previously used Compaq, which I think was part of HPE.

We never looked at Dell or IBM.

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Buyer's Guide
HPE ProLiant DL Servers
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about HPE ProLiant DL Servers. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,386 professionals have used our research since 2012.