We performed a comparison between HPE Apollo and PowerEdge C based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Density Optimized Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."HPE Apollo's pricing is low, and implementation is very easy compared to other products."
"It's very reliable. I haven't had a single failure at all in the year and a half; not the slightest problem with it."
"we can use the same platform for several use cases: Hadoop, Ceph, and we are considering the server for another use case right now. It's a single solution, we only have to integrate it once and we can use it for several technologies."
"We're going to buy another Apollo 6500. We may configure it with half the number of GPUs because that may be all we need. In a sense, we can see the Apollo 6500 being so powerful that we only need half the GPU capability that we have now."
"The cost benefit of this solution is most valuable. It is quite effective for the work for which we are using it. We are mainly running video servers on these, and we are quite happy with the resilience, density storage, and streaming capacity of the system."
"We usually use three blades for two-rack units, and with enough storage, it's really a small system with a powerful CPU, powerful hard drives, powerful disks."
"HPE Apollo's support is the most valuable feature."
"It's going to meet our needs moving forward, it is scalable."
"PowerEdge C is the best server I have worked with. I like that it's user-friendly. PowerEdge C performs very well."
"I have found the compression capability the most valuable feature."
"Technical support has been helpful."
"With the tool, we can easily upgrade and ensure compatibility between operating systems, hardwares and drivers. Among other features, the hardware also stands out because it is certified and aligns with the processor manufacturers like Intel. This enables them to offer the latest options which are not available with other suppliers."
"The hybrid solution is much more stable than other products."
"The management platform is great."
"The solution provides good support and service."
"One of the main features that attract customers to buy their products is the great management tool and almost zero failure rate, making it easy to use."
"HPE Apollo's after-sales support and technical support should be improved."
"There is a shared battery for all cache controllers in the node. When you have to replace that element, you have to take down all three nodes and not just one."
"We would like to see SimpliVity on top of the Apollo."
"We are quite happy with it, but its price and storage density can be better."
"We have tried to used standardization using Ubuntu Linux and it's been hard. They had some difficulties getting the RAID configuration up and running because there are no drivers for it. It's not supported by HPE."
"The support from HPE Apollo could be better, they are making knowledgeable."
"The technical support from HPE has always been good in my experience."
"If there could be some training for our team, we would be better equipped to promote and support HPE Apollo."
"The VxRail should be opened to allow other virtualization platforms to be used."
"The reliability needs improvement."
"HP is a little bit lower in terms of price."
"An area where the product lacks and needs to consider improvement is by allowing it to integrate with some AI tool for monitoring."
"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."
"There is some trouble with the stability part of the product, making it an area where improvements are required."
"It would be better if it worked with SMTP servers on the cloud. Right now, it only allows notifications via the SMTP server. In the next release, I would like to have a better processor."
"There has been an increase in quality issues."
HPE Apollo is ranked 2nd in Density Optimized Servers with 22 reviews while PowerEdge C is ranked 1st in Density Optimized Servers with 23 reviews. HPE Apollo is rated 8.4, while PowerEdge C is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE Apollo writes "An affordable and easy-to-implement solution, but its after-sales support and technical support should be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PowerEdge C writes "Easy to deploy and has high performance and no downtime". HPE Apollo is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge FX and Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, whereas PowerEdge C is most compared with Huawei FusionServer X Series. See our HPE Apollo vs. PowerEdge C report.
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