HPE Integrity NonStop vs. HPE ProLiant DL

-It is highly advisable for the organization that is planning to deploy on Unix/Linux-based platforms and also windows. -We have faced issues while deploying it on windows but the support provided by HPE Integrity is excellent and quick. -HPE Integrity NonStop highly provides security for the data, it is possible to track where there the sensitive data got exposed if any. -Also, we can restrict the users who can use the data, so it is highly flexible, secured and for the audit perspective it is more effective.

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It is a robust and reliable machine and can be used in different scenarios. If you have a requirement for a high end physical server to host your organizations different online services then you can use ProLiant DL. It can also be used in an environment where there is a need to host multiple different virtual machines on two or more physical servers.

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• No payment interruption/data lost as it provides zero fault tolerance.
• As it is complete virtualized network, security that we get is simply awesome.
• We can also extend the features and also it is customizable the integration and flexibility of HPE Integrity are brilliant.

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• Remote management is excellent. The newest iLO software is really good and has more than enough options to satisfy most datacenter needs.
• Uptime! These machines just keep trucking and don't need much care and feeding, even with mechanical drives where they're used.
• Centralized management is a breeze.
• Provisioning has been good for some time and has gotten even better recently.
• Security is good and very rarely are the units in need of an urgent security update.

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• Improvement needed on deployment especially on Windows platform.
• Should add features like monitoring tools if anything goes up wrong.
• Data migration to new environment or backup of data is not supported.

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• With upgrades to newer versions of VMware, HP has not provided VMware images with loaded drivers, this could be an issue for future upgrades to VMware users on HPs. The support forums discuss this and we wonder why no images are available.
• Lilo support can be limited. These servers were preconfigured for us. HP was not able to help with this, telling us it must be in the preconfigured setup.
• The base server did not meet our needs and the price ramped up quickly with add-ons to utilize SAN.

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Usability is generally good. I mostly like to use the management interface on HPE servers. GUI is well placed and provides easy access to management and reporting. Firmware upgrade is usually smooth, drivers install correctly and provide good quality of service. We have enough ports and interfaces to connect to the servers and some room to upgrade.

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In over a decade, not once had we had a bad call with HPE support, not only were they have extremely qualified engineers but the speed in answering and addressing users is bar none. The same can not be said about support from other competitors in our experience over the years.

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I've used Dell poweredge servers and they were great too, but I found remotely deploying HPE hardware was significantly easier and faster. One thing I love about HPE is when i got to deploy an OS remotely via iLO I can utilize the virtual media URL as opposed to mounting an iso. these eliminates the SSL overhead and the OS can be deployed in under an hour. Mounting an ISO has proven reliable but due to the SSL overhead it can take hours. In addition i found im able to register my HPE hardware with HPE and they provide me a clean IT dashboard of all of my hardware and they give me alerts as to expiring support coverage, if a server is down or reporting an error. its a very solid and reliable solution all around.

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• Definitely I would say it has created a positive impact to invest on HPE Integrity.
• It is possible to add extra components on later part after deployment with less cost.
• The deployment process is completely taken care of by the HPE Integrity team, so it will ultimately reduce the deployment process duration.

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• They last forever. We only replace them when newer versions of VMWare don't support our oldest models. Our refresh cycle on virtual hosts is 6 or 7 years.
• Plenty of third-party service support available when the warranty is up. This helps extend the life cycle as well.

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