PowerEdge C Reviews

• Good management tool – the overall management is simplified with Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) • It is cheaper than similar products from other vendors. • Reduced power consumption • It supports up to 12 LFF or 24 SFF hot plug-in SAS. • The nodes are hot swappable. • Good warranty and support services.

I don't see the possibility of mixing LFF drives with SFF drives in a particular machine.The PowerEdge C series is a racked server good for enterprise data-centers or even cloud services. We deployed four PowerEdge C6100 when we needed to reduce the power consumption and the amount of heat generated in our data-center. In the long run, we discovered that we have succeeded in reducing the space occupied by our old PowerEdge 2900. We also noticed improved performance and simplified maintenance.

Each of the PowerEdge C6100's can accommodate either 12 LFF or 24 SFF hard disk drives. This is a major improvement compared to what we used to have. PowerEdge C6100 is totally independent with its own monitor port, serial port, USB port, and NICs.

The solution is used for data center services.

Everything is working perfectly. The performance is good.

Data center management and disaster recovery have different life cycles and different licensing. It would be easier if data center management and disaster recovery were combined.

I have been using the solution for five years. I am using the latest version of the solution.

The tool has the best stability. We haven’t had any issues with the storage and network.

The solution is scalable. We use a vSphere cluster. It is highly scalable. We have 240 customers. We need three deployment engineers and seven technical people, including administrators, to deploy and maintain the product.

We have contacted technical support.

The initial setup is simple. We configured the T8 servers within two days. We used Dell Autopilot for deployment.

The price could be reduced.

We offer cloud solutions and DevOps solutions. We also have experience with Cisco solutions, but it is very little. I would always recommend Dell products. Overall, I rate the tool a ten out of ten.

On-premises

We use the solution to host VMs and install our clients' operating systems on the servers.

They should improve the solution's RNA process.

We have been using the solution for five years.

It is a stable solution.

It is a scalable solution. We have four customers using it.

The solution's customer service could be better. The support partners and distributors delay in replying to queries.

The solution's initial setup process is easy. It involves mounting servers and upgrading the values. Afterward, we need to install and deploy it on the server. The time taken for deployment depends on clients' requirements. If they want to install the solution on the operating system, it takes an hour. But, in the case of complex configuration, it takes more time.

We buy licenses for the solution's advanced features, including iDRAC and support.

I advise others to look for more affordable and better solutions than Dell. I rate it as a five.

It's a good product. Virtualization on it is good.

It should be improved in terms of future expansion. We should be able to have additional free slots for future extensions in terms of memory.

I'm not working on that. My team is working on that. We've been using it in our company for a long time.

It's stable.

It's scalable. We can extend a node on HVI.

They are good.

It was straightforward. 

I'd rate it an eight out of ten.