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Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers vs Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers
Ranking in Rack Servers
1st
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
208
Ranking in other categories
Converged Infrastructure (3rd), Data Center Networking (4th), Blade Servers (5th)
Huawei KunLun Mission Criti...
Ranking in Rack Servers
15th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Rack Servers category, the mindshare of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is 27.4%, down from 28.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server is 0.3%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Syed Masuood - PeerSpot reviewer
Handles workloads and diverse applications efficiently
We have a lot of VMs on Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers. On a single server, we have probably hosted 14 or 15 VMs. Out of these, 8 to 10 are continuously running, and four of them are backup VMs, so it can handle a good workload. For cybersecurity, it is only accessible on the intranet; it is not accessible through the web. We use it for local development purposes, and it is behind our firewall. Its security is strong. We handle a lot of test data for government and confidential customers. It is safe and strong locally. We have not experienced any security issues. Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers have helped to reduce unplanned production downtime if we need to replace a hard disk, instead of completely shutting a server, there is a hot swap feature. It is quite good in that aspect. Usually, for any activity, there is a downtime of about 30 minutes. It has saved a lot of time. We have tried AI workloads for a development environment for a government customer in Singapore. The servers are hosted in Singapore. It is an ML-based engine with AI. It is a government project where data is processed, and we run it on Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers. The benefit of running AI workloads on PowerEdge Servers is that it is easy to allocate memory. The application we are running is memory intensive. It is pretty easy to scale memory and storage.
JO
A good server with useful features like partitions
Huawei KunLun Mission Critical Server support can be better. HP has better support, and more customers have experience with this brand. For clients, there are opportunities to replace the server and take applications from the Huawei server to the Dell server. The server isn't the problem. The problem is with the applications and the database.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is a user-friendly solution that provides performance stability."
"The Xeon CPU makes the system work very well and fast. I like this type of CPU. It has helped to improve the performance of targeted workloads by 70%."
"The feature of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers that I value the best is the iDRAC, as it is extremely good and simplifies tasks."
"The performance of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is very good."
"The scalability of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is excellent."
"The price is competitive with Dell offering the best products available."
"The iDRAC is an excellent service; it allows us to install and deploy our software remotely."
"The real advantage to Dell when I look at some of the other competitors is the support."
"Features like partitions are useful."
 

Cons

"I would prefer more flexibility when configuring Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers."
"They should reduce its size. Because the CPU power is more now, they can reduce the size of the servers."
"Unfortunately, PowerEdge Rack Servers do not support NVMe storage."
"Currently, the solution does not have the in-process memory encryption technology."
"Pricing might be an area for improvement. There is competition, and lowering prices could be beneficial."
"We have storage and would like to manage more backups without adding extra storage devices. Maybe it's already there. I need to look at it more."
"The pricing can be better. These are expensive machines."
"They need improvement in spare part availability in Argentina, but the servers are very good from a hardware point of view."
"Support can be better."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing comes with a warranty."
"I'd like them to be cheaper, but that's not the world we live in and that's not where the pound is at."
"The pricing is very good because there are a lot of types of PowerEdge Rack Servers. You have the R540, R640, and R740. The prices are very scalable through the specific server, e.g., small businesses can take the R640 while large businesses can take the R740 or R840. Thus, Dell technologies touch on every organization."
"We do use Dell's OpenManage console. It is easy to use this console for lifecycle management or PowerEdge servers."
"The price is good for the quality of the Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers."
"The price of this solution is reasonable. It's very comparable to similar solutions."
"It's a one-time licensing fee for the device and we pay a quota per year for the support."
"I don't know about the product's licensing part. Price-wise, it is an okay product. I believe that the cheaper the better, but I think that the product's price is okay."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
21%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Educational Organization
6%
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Also Known As

PowerEdge R
KunLun 9008, KunLun 9016, KunLun 9032
 

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Sample Customers

NxtGen Datacenter, Medien-Service Untermain (MSU), Exasol, IndigoVision, Dayco
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