I am expecting additional features from Dell PowerEdge in the future, besides the automation features I have already mentioned. Technology is evolving, and we are heading towards HCI technology. I would love to see Dell come with already infused features of HCI, where customers do not need to go around looking for other software features to enhance the virtualization platform on Dell PowerEdge XR-Series. Although there is Dell VxRail, not all customers are at that level, so I believe Dell should look for technology that can accommodate medium and small business customers. The overall review rating I would give is eight.
Dell PowerEdge XR-Series is very popular and we are selling this as a standard. Dell actually has a very smart approach these days to selling Dell PowerEdge XR-Series through a purpose-built design. This makes it very smart as normally servers are very customizable in terms of configuration, which gives customers and partners the choice to customize based on customer requirements. However, this flexibility needs to be controlled by a compatibility matrix to ensure best practices. This should be controlled from the architect perspective. Sometimes for price and design, these guidelines or best practices are not followed. When speaking about purpose-built devices, it is an appliance that takes this appliance with the best practice configuration to ensure that there are fewer performance issues. Dell PowerEdge XR-Series is following the trend in the markets. Dell is moving with what is happening in the compute industry. There are no customers now with requirements for blade servers. Blades are still in Dell but may be going end of sale as a blade because the compute is now moving into GPUs and plates with chassis, which will limit the power and cooling. I feel Dell is going with what is happening in the compute industry, which is towards mainly rack-mounted servers. All Dell PowerEdge servers now have a price impact due to inflation and shortages happening with memory and SSD drives, NVMe drives, and even some CPUs. Intel CPUs have longer lead times these days, particularly some of the 16th generation CPUs. This is what is impacting the increase in price because in discussions with customers, they are now negotiating more on availability than price. If a customer needs something available very soon, they do not ask about targeted prices. In the latest models for Dell PowerEdge servers, they can support many more cores per platform. This higher number of cores supports more DIMMs, better PCIe cards, and we are working with some customers on consolidation platforms. For example, if customers have 15 or 10 old servers that are five years old, we are consolidating all these platforms into four or five servers because now there are more powerful platforms available. The power and cooling will be less in terms of quantity, but we need to use more power supplies to support the environment. We are competing with other vendors such as Supermicro, Lenovo, and HPE, especially in the AI trend. Dell has a complete story behind AI and the main building block of AI is GPU servers, where Dell is playing a big role in the market and their go-to-market strategy. It is not about selling a server with a GPU but rather selling customers a solution. What we discussed about zero trust, RAID, and the redundancy of power, as well as memories and CPUs and everything else, the redundancy here happens by design. For example, power supply design can be redundant to ensure that if there is a power supply issue, the full server is running on a single power supply until a replacement is made. By design, when speaking about RAID, you ensure that when you create the virtual machines inside the server, you duplicate the virtual machines in different nodes so that the server itself is very capable of running fully redundant. Even when speaking about network cards, you have multiple options to add and can add multiple network cards to avoid a single point of failure. I would rate this review overall as a nine out of ten.
Dell PowerEdge XR-Series has some internal diagnostic tools. You can actually monitor all of the hardware, and you can get all the logs and trace them if any issue happens or if you want to do preventive maintenance. You can look at the logs of the Dell diagnostic tools and find out if any proactive services need to be done or something like this. I didn't see any type of bottleneck that I can advise to go through. Any hardware is actually well done by most vendors, especially if you're talking about HP or Dell or Lenovo. Many years of experience have helped enhance and increase performance. For the time being, I can't see any major issues; maybe virtualization could be improved since most vendors are moving towards virtualization features. I have been in this sphere for more than twenty years now. Most of my experience has been with HP, especially the HP and three-series storage. My overall rating for this review is nine.
Data redundancy from RAID configurations decreases read and access time by approximately 20%. It is easy to do maintenance on Dell PowerEdge XR-Series. Maintenance takes place each quarter. I recommend Dell PowerEdge XR-Series. I give this product an overall review rating of 9.
Sr. Software Engineer at Accton Technology Corporation
Real User
Top 10
Jan 14, 2026
Security in Dell PowerEdge XR-Series is important. It would be more secure if I could log in to iDRAC with two-factor authentication. RAID configuration in Dell PowerEdge XR-Series is very important. I tested the throughput of Dell PowerEdge XR-Series with the time command, and it takes considerable time to execute. I would rate Dell PowerEdge XR-Series a 9 out of 10 in general. If it could be cheaper, Dell PowerEdge XR-Series would receive a 10.
Data Center Engineer at a tech consulting company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Nov 27, 2025
Efficiency is key when working, as that is what is needed. On a scale from one to ten, the support for Dell service is eight. Sometimes communication can be better, but overall it is good, though communication sometimes has a little mix-up. I would rate this review a nine overall.
My advice for other companies that are considering Dell PowerEdge R-Series right now is absolutely to look into the overall lifecycle and the solution. I think what brings Dell to the table is the flexibility of what you need, what you want to go through, and how the flow of the project goes. The integration partners and on-premises deployment were really well taken care of. I would rate this product and experience as an eight overall.
Manager of networks and infrastructure at a government with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Jul 22, 2022
Dell XR2 Rugged Server's technology is always on the competitive edge, with the most current technology. They have proven reliability. If you're looking for a mission-critical system and support is important to you, then this is something a solution you should consider. I rate Dell XR2 Rugged Server a nine out of ten.
My recommendation would be to go through the complete server configuration documents and the manual. Ascertain clearly your use case and from there you can really leverage the performance and scalability benefits. I rate the solution nine out of 10.
Dell PowerEdge XR-Series transforms edge computing by offering high-performance servers equipped for environments outside traditional data centers, designed to deliver when it counts.PowerEdge XR-Series is crafted to endure harsh and unpredictable conditions with a robust focus on security, remote manageability, and intelligent system monitoring. It excels in IoT, manufacturing, retail, and telecommunications, providing a cost-effective, energy-efficient solution for edge infrastructure....
I am expecting additional features from Dell PowerEdge in the future, besides the automation features I have already mentioned. Technology is evolving, and we are heading towards HCI technology. I would love to see Dell come with already infused features of HCI, where customers do not need to go around looking for other software features to enhance the virtualization platform on Dell PowerEdge XR-Series. Although there is Dell VxRail, not all customers are at that level, so I believe Dell should look for technology that can accommodate medium and small business customers. The overall review rating I would give is eight.
Dell PowerEdge XR-Series is very popular and we are selling this as a standard. Dell actually has a very smart approach these days to selling Dell PowerEdge XR-Series through a purpose-built design. This makes it very smart as normally servers are very customizable in terms of configuration, which gives customers and partners the choice to customize based on customer requirements. However, this flexibility needs to be controlled by a compatibility matrix to ensure best practices. This should be controlled from the architect perspective. Sometimes for price and design, these guidelines or best practices are not followed. When speaking about purpose-built devices, it is an appliance that takes this appliance with the best practice configuration to ensure that there are fewer performance issues. Dell PowerEdge XR-Series is following the trend in the markets. Dell is moving with what is happening in the compute industry. There are no customers now with requirements for blade servers. Blades are still in Dell but may be going end of sale as a blade because the compute is now moving into GPUs and plates with chassis, which will limit the power and cooling. I feel Dell is going with what is happening in the compute industry, which is towards mainly rack-mounted servers. All Dell PowerEdge servers now have a price impact due to inflation and shortages happening with memory and SSD drives, NVMe drives, and even some CPUs. Intel CPUs have longer lead times these days, particularly some of the 16th generation CPUs. This is what is impacting the increase in price because in discussions with customers, they are now negotiating more on availability than price. If a customer needs something available very soon, they do not ask about targeted prices. In the latest models for Dell PowerEdge servers, they can support many more cores per platform. This higher number of cores supports more DIMMs, better PCIe cards, and we are working with some customers on consolidation platforms. For example, if customers have 15 or 10 old servers that are five years old, we are consolidating all these platforms into four or five servers because now there are more powerful platforms available. The power and cooling will be less in terms of quantity, but we need to use more power supplies to support the environment. We are competing with other vendors such as Supermicro, Lenovo, and HPE, especially in the AI trend. Dell has a complete story behind AI and the main building block of AI is GPU servers, where Dell is playing a big role in the market and their go-to-market strategy. It is not about selling a server with a GPU but rather selling customers a solution. What we discussed about zero trust, RAID, and the redundancy of power, as well as memories and CPUs and everything else, the redundancy here happens by design. For example, power supply design can be redundant to ensure that if there is a power supply issue, the full server is running on a single power supply until a replacement is made. By design, when speaking about RAID, you ensure that when you create the virtual machines inside the server, you duplicate the virtual machines in different nodes so that the server itself is very capable of running fully redundant. Even when speaking about network cards, you have multiple options to add and can add multiple network cards to avoid a single point of failure. I would rate this review overall as a nine out of ten.
Dell PowerEdge XR-Series has some internal diagnostic tools. You can actually monitor all of the hardware, and you can get all the logs and trace them if any issue happens or if you want to do preventive maintenance. You can look at the logs of the Dell diagnostic tools and find out if any proactive services need to be done or something like this. I didn't see any type of bottleneck that I can advise to go through. Any hardware is actually well done by most vendors, especially if you're talking about HP or Dell or Lenovo. Many years of experience have helped enhance and increase performance. For the time being, I can't see any major issues; maybe virtualization could be improved since most vendors are moving towards virtualization features. I have been in this sphere for more than twenty years now. Most of my experience has been with HP, especially the HP and three-series storage. My overall rating for this review is nine.
I gave this review a rating of 10.
Data redundancy from RAID configurations decreases read and access time by approximately 20%. It is easy to do maintenance on Dell PowerEdge XR-Series. Maintenance takes place each quarter. I recommend Dell PowerEdge XR-Series. I give this product an overall review rating of 9.
Security in Dell PowerEdge XR-Series is important. It would be more secure if I could log in to iDRAC with two-factor authentication. RAID configuration in Dell PowerEdge XR-Series is very important. I tested the throughput of Dell PowerEdge XR-Series with the time command, and it takes considerable time to execute. I would rate Dell PowerEdge XR-Series a 9 out of 10 in general. If it could be cheaper, Dell PowerEdge XR-Series would receive a 10.
Efficiency is key when working, as that is what is needed. On a scale from one to ten, the support for Dell service is eight. Sometimes communication can be better, but overall it is good, though communication sometimes has a little mix-up. I would rate this review a nine overall.
My advice for other companies that are considering Dell PowerEdge R-Series right now is absolutely to look into the overall lifecycle and the solution. I think what brings Dell to the table is the flexibility of what you need, what you want to go through, and how the flow of the project goes. The integration partners and on-premises deployment were really well taken care of. I would rate this product and experience as an eight overall.
Dell XR2 Rugged Server's technology is always on the competitive edge, with the most current technology. They have proven reliability. If you're looking for a mission-critical system and support is important to you, then this is something a solution you should consider. I rate Dell XR2 Rugged Server a nine out of ten.
My recommendation would be to go through the complete server configuration documents and the manual. Ascertain clearly your use case and from there you can really leverage the performance and scalability benefits. I rate the solution nine out of 10.