Dell PowerEdge R-Series Reviews

Our primary use case involves leveraging Dell PowerEdge R-Series racks for long-term on-premises storage and infrastructure workloads.

The biggest benefit I see from using Dell PowerEdge is the ease of use. It is easy and fast to put into production.

It’s not about one specific feature, but the reliability and simplicity of the entire platform. We’ve gained efficiency in maintenance and operations, thanks to a robust system that is exceptionally fast to deploy and handles our workloads without issue.

At this stage, I don't see any necessary improvements for the Dell PowerEdge R-Series. It is a mature and well-complemented solution that handles our current workloads effectively. While I am not a power user myself, the system’s reliability means it consistently delivers without issue. Regarding future features, my current requirements are fully met, and I have received no contrary feedback from my broader technical team.

I have been using Dell PowerEdge for approximately five or six years.

The Dell PowerEdge R-Series is stable; it manages our workloads with such reliability that I practically never need to think about it.

I have used the support and technical customer service for Dell PowerEdge. There is no problem at the support level. I always open a case and I have always received a response in time and answer my questions.

Positive

The only issue involves Dell's installation platform. The product registration website requires an excessive amount of information that is often unnecessary for the project. Additionally, the platform can be unreliable and does not always function correctly.

In the public sector, budget allocation is a matter of taxpayer responsibility. While Dell PowerEdge is a high-performance solution, its cost remains a significant challenge for public institutions funded by the state. We operate on fixed five-year cycles where we must balance technical requirements with strict fiscal constraints. This often forces us to make strategic concessions, opting for 'good enough' configurations to ensure we remain responsible stewards of public funds while still maintaining operational stability.

My overall rating for this product is 10.

On-premises

My main use case for these solutions is for production and our data center. So essentially, at my site, we have two Dell PowerEdge R-Series, one PowerStore, and then we have a third Dell PowerEdge R-Series filled with disks as an on-site DR.

The benefits I have seen from using Dell PowerEdge R-Series specifically include scalability; it has allowed us to scale up when we need to. It also provides the throughput piece. We don't have to worry about our factory systems slowing down or coming to a halt. Dell PowerEdge R-Series is more than capable of supporting those systems, and that has been really important.

When it comes to how Dell PowerEdge R-Series can be improved, I honestly don't know as I'm not on the technical side anymore.

I have been using rack servers for probably over the last seven to nine years.

I would describe the stability and reliability of Dell PowerEdge R-Series as never having an issue over the last seven to nine years; we've never had one issue with them.

When it comes to scaling capabilities, scaling has always been absolutely fine. We've bought what we need with a scope to scale, and it has always met our requirements.

I would rate support as very good; from a hardware monitoring point of view, if there's an issue, we get alerted about it. If there's a drive to be replaced, it's sent out with an engineer, and the engineers contact us to get it sorted. If there are issues with firmware or OS upgrades, we can get on to Dell, and they help us through.

Positive

We were using HP; they were okay and had done the job, but I think the storage that we put with them wasn't up to scratch.

My experience with pricing, setup, costs, and licensing has been that pricing in general has always been very competitive. We do go to market every time we do a refresh; that's one of the things we have to compare with our competitors. We deal with Dell direct, so it's very competitive.

The vendors I have considered include HP; we look at NetApp, and really any other player, but normally it's HP, NetApp, and Dell.

The primary reasons I went with Dell PowerEdge R-Series over all of these competitors include sitting down with Dell, explaining my use case, and discussing the issues I've had in the past with other vendors or other hardware, leading to an agreement on a template for all our production facilities. I would rate Dell PowerEdge R-Series a 10 out of 10.

On-premises

Other

I use Dell PowerEdge R-Series for CAE simulations, specifically for automotive CAE simulations. Currently, I am running brake system simulations on Dell PowerEdge servers.

The best features in Dell PowerEdge R-Series include the speed and accuracy of the solution. 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.

It helped me to reduce unplanned production downtime. The downtime has been reduced by 70% to 80%.

I am not the right person to talk about improvements for Dell PowerEdge R-Series because I am not related to the networking aspect; I am related to CAE. At my end, everything looks good for me.

In future updates, I would like to see better AI functionality in Dell PowerEdge R-Series product.

I have been working with Dell PowerEdge R-Series rack servers for a total of five years.

The technical support of Dell is very good, very helpful, with a quick response and fast part replacement if any failures occur. Recently, I faced an issue, and they replaced the part within 24 hours.

Negative

Deploying the product with Dell PowerEdge R-Series is quite easy.

The time required for deployment of Dell PowerEdge R-Series depends on the model size and the problem size; it is not a fixed time, generally taking a couple of hours, from one day to seven days.

The product was deployed in-house with the help of a third party. Two engineers are needed to deploy Dell PowerEdge R-Series solution.

If a colleague is considering running AI workloads on Dell PowerEdge R-Series, I would say if they are concerned about the cost, they should not worry because it is saving much. I did an analysis for the return on investment, and within one and a half years, I am getting a return on investment by saving the time.

Dell PowerEdge R-Series provides a return on investment in the long run; within one and a half years, it can be achieved, as per my analysis.

I have not yet run AI workloads on my Dell PowerEdge R-Series servers.

I do not have any colleague who can also share an opinion on Dell PowerEdge R-Series rack servers for now.

My review rating for Dell PowerEdge R-Series is 10.

Most of the use cases for our customers are for AI. Nowadays everything is focused on AI, whereas previously it was for virtualization. Currently, everything is virtual regarding Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers.

Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers improve productivity and ultimately increase business value.

The most valuable feature of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is management. We can manage it effectively. 

Improvement is always necessary for Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers so that people don't take it for granted. It keeps everyone on their toes to continue improving. There is always scope for improvement.

We have been selling Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers to our customers for quite some time, and performance-wise, it has been doing great.

Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are 100% stable and reliable.

Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers scale with our customers' needs. We can implement horizontal scale-out by adding additional Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers.

The customer service and tech support for Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are the best. 

I would rate the customer service and tech support for Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers nine, keeping one point for improvement.

Positive

From a sales perspective regarding Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, my team handles the hands-on implementation. According to my team, it is very easy to deploy Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers.

Some companies have seen return on investment within a year.

The price is competitive with Dell offering the best products.

From a management perspective, OpenManage is one of the best software solutions. Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers have been selling great.

I would rate this solution nine out of ten.

My current use case for Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is as a node in a five-node VMware cluster.

We receive Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers vSAN-ready, making it quite easy to install the ESXi software and get a VMware cluster up and running.

When trying to piece out a server for our builds, there are so many different SKUs—probably 30 to 40 SKUs—that it can be difficult to read. If that could be condensed a little bit, that would help.

I have been using Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers for at least five years.

I have not had any issues with stability. Considering some of the environments aren't great, I think they are remarkably stable.

We have more than 5,000 people in our organization. Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers scale for my company's needs. For the way that we are using Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, we have more than enough resources to run the VMs that we have running on our clusters. We currently have about ten clusters, with plans to bring on another ten or so in the next four to five years.

It's been great. We haven't had to call much, but I did have to call a couple of weeks ago, and the responsiveness was great. They sent out a replacement hard drive very quickly.

Positive

It was before my time. I am not sure what we were using before Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers.

I have not evaluated any other solutions during my time using Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers; however, Broadcom's purchase of VMware has us on edge, so we might be looking at competitors in the near future.

In terms of our partnership, I feel Dell is partnering with us effectively, although there is a concern regarding the new owner of VMware. I am more concerned about the new licensing model and cost of VMware going forward, not the interoperability with Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers.

For AI purposes, I see it being used for troubleshooting, where we gather all kinds of logs and monitor servers, software, and related items. I'd want to get it to a point where the AI could pinpoint where the issue is and maybe even resolve it.

I would rate Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers overall as a nine out of ten.

On-premises

Dell PowerEdge R-Series 760 series and the 650XD series are owned by our organization.

We are involved in working with Dell PowerEdge R-Series in many ways, especially for virtualization software.

Dell PowerEdge R-Series does play a role in our company's AI initiatives. We also have AI-supported systems, for example in monitoring.

Dell in general plays a significant role in our operations. Dell PowerEdge R-Series, since we use it the most, clearly serves a critical function. We use it in many ways, and it is always helping us move forward.

The most valuable features of Dell PowerEdge R-Series are definitely iDRAC along with the Lifecycle Controller integration.

The support alone and the way we are treated with Dell PowerEdge R-Series is worlds apart. When I have a problem, I am helped immediately. When I need a replacement part, I get the right one and not ten wrong ones first. That really adds a lot of value.

In the area of update services as well as support, those are our main points where Dell PowerEdge R-Series has noticeably improved our business operations.

Dell PowerEdge R-Series could be improved perhaps in terms of compatibility with other products. For example, we often have problems with Proxmox and Dell PowerEdge R-Series due to a bug. There could be some collaboration there.

At some point, we are lucky to have ProPlus support, which is really great. However, even they call it a day sometimes, and when you get into the follow-the-sun mode, there could be issues. We have had many discussions recently regarding another server about getting hard drive updates, and they suddenly said they were never installed. That is the point deduction.

I have been using Dell PowerEdge R-Series for over six years.

We once had a problem with a defective RAM stick in Dell PowerEdge R-Series, but that was resolved quickly as well. It was more of a transport issue. Opening it up, pressing it back in, and restarting resulted in everything working perfectly again.

Dell products, including Dell PowerEdge R-Series, grow with our needs. We are always taking on new challenges and Dell keeps up with us and always stands by our side.

The support alone and the way we are treated with Dell PowerEdge R-Series is worlds apart. When I have a problem, I am helped immediately. When I need a replacement part, I get the right one and not ten wrong ones first. That really adds a lot of value.

On a scale of one to ten, I give support for Dell PowerEdge R-Series a nine.

Positive

I used several solutions from HPE before Dell PowerEdge R-Series, with which we were very dissatisfied. This dissatisfaction was mainly due to support.

I was involved in the initial setup of Dell PowerEdge R-Series.

The initial setup of Dell PowerEdge R-Series went absolutely smoothly. We regularly install at least two to three servers a month, and we have never really had problems with that.

I am not sure what distinguishes Dell PowerEdge R-Series itself, but in general I would definitely say Dell really stands out from other companies.

Pricing and licensing of Dell PowerEdge R-Series is a tough consideration. Pricing itself is good. I also appreciate the licensing because it is all-in-one, so you do not always have to buy extras. I find that good. However, the cooperation with certain products from Broadcom is currently very difficult.

Dell PowerEdge R-Series is basically install and feel at home, so to speak, and I find that really great. Especially, for example, the rack rails. Even when working alone, you can install it by yourself and put the server in. That is definitely an advantage.

We switched to Dell PowerEdge R-Series because Dell could deliver to us faster and also had closer contact with us and could offer a better overall solution—the whole package.

My main use case for it is a server.

Dell PowerEdge R-Series is rackable, which is the feature I like the most about it.That rackable feature benefits my company at the end of the day because it is easy to ship racks all over the world.Dell PowerEdge R-Series has features that specifically cater to the needs of small-medium organizations, which stands out for Dell versus our competitors. They have a slightly nicer model for managing maintenance of BIOS upgrades and RAID upgrades, and I find it always really easy to get their serial number off the Dell iDRAC code.Dell PowerEdge R-Series has supported growth or operational success for my company because good servers sell good software.

Dell PowerEdge R-Series could be improved; some of the chassis could use a redesign, though I have older chassis, so I should go check their new models.

I have been using Dell PowerEdge R-Series for a year and a half.

I have experienced some downtime or crashes, but we are at scale, and nothing is outside of the average normally.

I see Dell products growing with our future needs. We are horizontally scalable, so it is just the number of machines that we buy.

My thoughts on the customer service and technical support for Dell PowerEdge R-Series are that it is good; 10 would be perfect, so I rate it nine.

Positive

I did use something similar to Dell PowerEdge R-Series before choosing this solution.

The deployment of Dell PowerEdge R-Series has been straightforward.

The return on investment for me specifically is good maintenance or a good lifecycle, which I see as the biggest return on investment when using Dell PowerEdge R-Series.The lifecycle has been expanded because it is useful to use the older hardware that we have decommissioned for new use cases; they do not go immediately into e-waste. We are actually using them in other areas for things that we had not even developed a few years ago, so they have been well past their lifecycle, but it is still beneficial.

My experience with the pricing, setup cost, and licensing has been acceptable, with no complaints.

I have considered switching to other solutions that do the same as Dell PowerEdge R-Series.

Dell PowerEdge R-Series does not play a role in my company's AI initiatives, and I do not see it being able to do that someday as well.I do use an Intel processor with Dell PowerEdge R-Series. The Intel processor handles my workloads well compared to what I expected. I do not have a comment on any specific pieces of the Intel processor, but it does have high compute density and good memory bandwidth.I have evaluated other systems powered by other CPU vendors. I do not have a comment on what stands out with Intel. I do not have a comment on the differences or why I switched to Dell PowerEdge R-Series.I have no advice to offer to other companies that are considering this solution. I give this solution an overall rating of nine.

On-premises

As the Head of IT, I am involved in working with Dell PowerEdge R-Series.

My hands-on experience with Dell PowerEdge R-Series is complemented by my team that works with it, and I purchase and design the whole infrastructure.

Our entire infrastructure runs on Dell PowerEdge R-Series.

Since I have not known anything else for nine years, I do not know if Dell PowerEdge R-Series has features that are specifically tailored to the needs of small or medium-sized enterprises.

The feature I find particularly valuable in Dell PowerEdge R-Series is the service.

What differentiates Dell PowerEdge R-Series from other servers is the service.

In areas where Dell PowerEdge R-Series could be improved, it is difficult to say, but for the most part, this is always a five out of five, especially regarding service and response times, which are already quite high.

I have been using Dell PowerEdge R-Series in the data center for about nine years, and this model is now in its third year.

Regarding failures, performance, and downtime, I experience no issues.

Speaking of stability and reliability, there have been no crashes, outages, or performance issues.

For my company's long-term plans, I switched to the APEX model, and that is very scalable.

On a scale from one to ten, I rate the support a ten.

For that, I have four-hour mission critical service, and that works, although I must say it is a pity, as I would have liked a bit more negative feedback to provide.

Positive

I had other solutions before, specifically IBM and Lenovo.

I removed IBM and Lenovo because they were bad in comparison.

There were specific reasons for switching, namely the licensing policy; in the end, for every tiny thing, I still had to buy an extra license.

With Dell PowerEdge R-Series, everything is simpler, much simpler.

I was involved in the deployment and initial setup of Dell PowerEdge R-Series the whole time.

Everything went smoothly during the setup; it was actually relatively easy.

Regarding return on investment, that was nine years ago, and it was definitely positive, otherwise I would not have done it.

The model I am using is Dell PowerEdge R-Series, specifically the PowerEdge 650 AX.

Dell PowerEdge R-Series plays a role in my future plans as well, but that is still coming.

What is still coming is my consideration of offering local AI as well, but for that, I still have to negotiate with Dell Sales to see if I can get a proof of concept beforehand.

The size of my company is hard to define; I am an internal IT service provider for affiliated companies, so we are a larger group and mid-sized.

Regarding whether I have over five hundred employees, I actually have under five hundred.

I am currently interested in smaller and medium-sized companies and would like to know whether Dell PowerEdge R-Series can or has significantly contributed to growth or business success, and it has, of course.

A concrete example where Dell PowerEdge R-Series has noticeably improved my business operations would be more in the client segment, so fewer servers and more on the user side, which means the rollout via Autopilot and Dell is a bit easier, but for Dell PowerEdge R-Series, I would not really know of a specific example.

Pricing is reasonable, as I already stated, and I did have other solutions before, specifically IBM and Lenovo.

Regarding product purchase via the AWS Marketplace, that is a good question; I do not even know how it was with APEX, as that was a bit more effort because Dell Financials was also involved, but I did all of that through Sales.

I am still considering whether to become a Dell customer or an MSP, but at the moment I prefer to be a customer.

I would give this review an overall rating of ten out of ten.

On-premises

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