We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge XE Servers and IBM Power Systems based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Rack Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature of these servers is the ability to store a lot—the capacity and the number of hard disk drives."
"Its reliability and consistency are most valuable."
"The strong point of this solution is its compatibility with VMware and its resilience."
"The most valuable feature is that it can support up to 32 drives of internal storage."
"The most valuable feature is the trusted platform module."
"In general, it works well. We haven't had issues."
"The resource management features are valuable."
"PowerEdge XE servers are high-performing. We're hardly using 15 percent of their computing power, so there's a lot left over that we could utilize."
"From a reliability standpoint it has provided us with excellent performance."
"Power VM gives us the flexibility to increase or decrease machine resources when required."
"Additionally, the processing power is far superior, especially with the RSA feature for reliability, serviceability, and availability."
"The most valuable feature of our machines is their ability to replace faulty parts without causing any downtime."
"Active Memory Expansion allows you to compress your memory on the run time to allow you to have less physical memory available, but provision more memory to your partitions, as everything will be compressed on the fly."
"BM Power Systems get updated every two years and are scalable and stable."
"From a software developer standpoint, virtualization is really the key, as we can more easily spin up a new partition, virtual instance of IBM i."
"The backups work great, data recovery works great."
"I would like to have support for performing a detailed analysis of the server from a mobile device."
"It is mostly stable, but the usual problem would be, for example, upgrading to a newer version of VMware or dealing with compatibility issues during the process."
"The support team must improve the speed of response."
"Dell PowerEdge XE Servers can improve by adapting HCI technology."
"It should be easier to extend PowerEdge XE servers. We haven't architected them with an eye toward scalability. They have a fixed number of slots for hard drives, which is enough for our present use case, However, we would have more options if we could extend that. We could deploy the servers in a broader range of use cases with different requirements. It's fine for our current deployment with only a few thousand users. We're exploring other solutions like such as VxRail or PowerFlex for larger public-facing use cases."
"Upgrading can be a bit difficult."
"We use OpenManager a lot, and that can be a bit clunky at times. They can make that better."
"The quality and reliability could be improved."
"I would like to see firmware available to all of the systems."
"I know lab services does a lot of work but systems, if they could include some kind of lab services and bundling of services to get you to the greatest and latest feature at the already included cost"
"Its pricing could be better."
"Its management can be made easier because it is not easy to manage. They should also find a new way for migrating from an old Power Systems to a new one. The migration process is currently very complicated. It should be made easier to scale. Currently, its scalability depends on the initial sizing, whereas in Nutanix HCI, you can add whatever you need and whenever you need it."
"IBM should provide a platform where users can learn about the storage and security of IBM Power Systems."
"The solution is quite expensive."
"Technical support and documentation need to be improved."
"In the next release, I would like to see additional graphical dashboards to help the administrators access information more easily."
Dell PowerEdge XE Servers is ranked 10th in Rack Servers with 10 reviews while IBM Power Systems is ranked 4th in Rack Servers with 69 reviews. Dell PowerEdge XE Servers is rated 8.4, while IBM Power Systems is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge XE Servers writes "We're hardly using 15 percent of their computing power, so there's a lot left over that we could utilize". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Power Systems writes "A solution with minimal downtime and quick recovery time in the event of a sudden or unexpected crash". Dell PowerEdge XE Servers is most compared with HPE Apollo, Dell XR2 Rugged Server, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers and Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, whereas IBM Power Systems is most compared with Intel Server System, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, Oracle SPARC Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers and Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers. See our Dell PowerEdge XE Servers vs. IBM Power Systems report.
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