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Dell PowerEdge R-Series vs IBM PureSystems comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerEdge R-Series
Ranking in Converged Infrastructure
1st
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
353
Ranking in other categories
Data Center Networking (4th), Blade Servers (2nd), Rack Servers (1st)
IBM PureSystems
Ranking in Converged Infrastructure
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure for SAP HANA (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Converged Infrastructure category, the mindshare of Dell PowerEdge R-Series is 4.4%, up from 2.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of IBM PureSystems is 5.7%, up from 4.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Converged Infrastructure Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell PowerEdge R-Series4.4%
IBM PureSystems5.7%
Other89.9%
Converged Infrastructure
 

Featured Reviews

Tom van Mil - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at Lico Innovations B.v.
Supports flexible hosting needs through seamless upgradability and strong monitoring capabilities
The most valuable features of Dell PowerEdge R-Series for me are the feature richness and the upgradability. I really love the way that it is so dynamically applicable for every situation, and they manage to have an all-in-one solution for every single situation. Dell PowerEdge has supported the growth and operational success of my company through its great compute power and price-to-performance ratio. Every time Dell is at the top of its game for us, and there is just no other brand for us that is able to reach that kind of price-to-performance ratio. Dell PowerEdge R-Series has features that specifically cater to the needs of my small company, such as iDRAC. The iDRAC system is a complete feature set for managing servers and hardware technically and monitoring-wise. It really fits in our system and our ecosystem, and monitoring-wise, it is excellent. They have all these sensors available via different protocols and end points, which I love, and the ability to manage and control everything via the iDRAC interface is just a welcome bonus. In our use case, Dell PowerEdge R-Series is very flexible. It is another computer which helps a lot because of the durability over time. They keep running, making scalability for getting more of those resources in our environment so easy.
it_user6186 - PeerSpot reviewer
Independent Analyst and Advisory Consultant at Server StorageIO - www.storageio.com
PureSystems, something old, something new, something from big blue
PART I For a certain generation of IBM faithful or followers the recently announced PureFlex and PureApplication systems might give a sense of DejaVu perhaps even causing some to wonder if they just woke up from a long Rip Van Winkle type nap. Yet for another generation who may not yet be future…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"I rate Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers a ten out of ten."
"Dell servers and the management tools that are there make our life easier as admins; there is no comparison if we had to choose."
"Dell's customer support is very good, especially since we have premium support for next-day hardware service."
"The initial setup is so easy."
"What we like the most is the stability, because without shutdowns our VMs and servers are up and running fine."
"Dell PowerEdge R-Series has positively impacted my organization by making simulations easier and faster, reducing the solution solving time and the project delivery time, as well as the cycle time."
"Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are pretty good at handling diverse applications."
"The Intel processor handles my workloads well; it is just Intel, and it just works."
"The strengths of the system is how the Flex scales from a very powerful, next generation BladeCenter all the way up to an IaaS platform."
 

Cons

"I chose a rating of nine instead of ten because there is always room for improvements in technology."
"Even though there is some downtime, they are durable."
"I wish that Dell had a competitive product to the HPE MicroServer because if they did, I would buy them, not in their hundreds, but certainly in their tens, especially in my capacity as an MSP."
"It is not good in terms of its energy consumption for a large-scale deployment. I probably would go for something more dense, like blades or any type of small scale hardware service solutions, to lower the heat and power consumption. However, for small environments, this solution is okay and easy to maintain."
"As the disks and memory should be expandable, I would highlight scalability as an issue."
"The flexibility of card use could be improved."
"The pricing of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers has been a little problematic. It was sticker shock with our most recent purchase compared to the previous one, and there's a gap in pricing at our current level because what we do isn't very compute-intensive, resulting in a mismatch where we fit into an in-between category without an exact solution available."
"The accessibility when opening up the chassis could be improved, but since we haven't had to do that since installation, it's not a big deal for us."
"The FSM does not quite deliver in the areas it plays too. A fairly sluggish interface that is more complex and less streamlined than it perhaps could be, holds it back and deployment of certain functionality from the switches requires more user intervention than feels necessary."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost structure associated with Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers presents itself as a potential point of contention for budget-conscious consumers, as it could be more strategically positioned to compete within the broader marketplace."
"The product's pricing is not good."
"The solution's prices are good, especially considering what you get to use...The licensing aspect of the solution is also fine."
"It is expensive. The price needs to be more competitive. Additional licenses are required to enable some of the features for scalability."
"One of the clients has been offered a price of $18,000 instead of the regular price of around $25,000."
"We would prefer it if the pricing were for half the cost. We have been expanding our company, and my boss stated that we must save money."
"Regarding the pricing, it seems fair."
"I wouldn't say the solution's pricing is the best, but it's very competitive."
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Manufacturing Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Construction Company
6%
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Small Business125
Midsize Enterprise70
Large Enterprise156
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Questions from the Community

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