Customer Reviews for PowerEdge M1000E
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PowerEdge M1000EPowerEdge M1000E
Average Customer Rating: 
(8 Reviews) 8
Rating Distribution (8 reviews) 5 stars 3 4 stars 2 3 stars 1 2 stars 1 1 star 1
5 out of 8(62%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.
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Customer Reviews for PowerEdge M1000E
Review 1 for PowerEdge M1000E
Date:December 28, 2011
Title:
Datacenter in one
Product Uses:exchange, sharepoint, virtualization, sql
Review:I have 6 blade chassis. Has everything you want right in it. Cooling, power, networking, remote access, etc. I am able to cluster all six of them and access over 90 servers through the iDRAC remotely. I dont need to have APC managed power strips for remote boots. I can see everything come up from bios. The are very affordable. We consolidated our datacenter and freed up some racks. With the saved space we can get MD3000i (nice product as well) and have all the storage we need. We run about 80% of our servers on blades and are loving it.
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Review 2 for PowerEdge M1000E
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Reviewed by:NewarkJohnny
(Valley Forge PA)
Duration of product use:Over 6 months
Level of expertise:Expert
Date:April 14, 2011
Title:
Bang for the buck!
Product Uses:production esx environment
Review:Overview:
This is not the only Blade Center on the market [I have experience with the HP offering as well]; however, the M1000E adequately serves our primary data center. We use a multiple M1000E chassis configuration at 50% utilization [2 chassis with 8 m610 blades each (16 m610 blades per chassis max)]. This configuration allows for chassis failure and future scalability. This platform serves as the foundation for our ESX environment.
Pros:
Ease of configuration, installation and management, highly scalable, with nice density.
Cons:
I would have liked to have had more choices for fabric modules. I do not like the way the power cords fit and are secured into the back of the chassis [seems like they would vibrate loose without additional restraints (strain relief was poor)]. We are looking into upgrading the fabric modules and it appears to require surgery to the Chassis. Not a plug and play chassis for all fabric module offerings [very disappointing and unexpected from an enterprise class product].
Review:
Bang for the buck I would go down this road again. I am 90% satisfied with the architecture, functionality and reliability of the system. When considering this platform make sure to look down the road a bit and see where you expect t be in 5 years when making fabric module choices.
To Dell engineers,
While I am very happy with this product; don’t let this lead you to the conclusion that the product is “good as is”. I see room for significant improvement.
Thank you,
John
This is not the only Blade Center on the market [I have experience with the HP offering as well]; however, the M1000E adequately serves our primary data center. We use a multiple M1000E chassis configuration at 50% utilization [2 chassis with 8 m610 blades each (16 m610 blades per chassis max)]. This configuration allows for chassis failure and future scalability. This platform serves as the foundation for our ESX environment.
Pros:
Ease of configuration, installation and management, highly scalable, with nice density.
Cons:
I would have liked to have had more choices for fabric modules. I do not like the way the power cords fit and are secured into the back of the chassis [seems like they would vibrate loose without additional restraints (strain relief was poor)]. We are looking into upgrading the fabric modules and it appears to require surgery to the Chassis. Not a plug and play chassis for all fabric module offerings [very disappointing and unexpected from an enterprise class product].
Review:
Bang for the buck I would go down this road again. I am 90% satisfied with the architecture, functionality and reliability of the system. When considering this platform make sure to look down the road a bit and see where you expect t be in 5 years when making fabric module choices.
To Dell engineers,
While I am very happy with this product; don’t let this lead you to the conclusion that the product is “good as is”. I see room for significant improvement.
Thank you,
John
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Review 3 for PowerEdge M1000E
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Reviewed by:LinuxUser01
(Arkansas)
Duration of product use:3-4 months
Level of expertise:Expert
Date:March 3, 2010
Title:
M1000E is the best overall...
Product Uses:date center
Review:Compared to other vendors the easiest to install and
configure. This Dell Chassis comes with Blades
installed and it is easy to unpack to put into
production. Another GREAT feature is the service
tag on Dell products, this allows you find updates
for firmware, drivers instantly the others cannot
compete in this area. It is critical to have this
type of information readily available and it
simplifies installation.
configure. This Dell Chassis comes with Blades
installed and it is easy to unpack to put into
production. Another GREAT feature is the service
tag on Dell products, this allows you find updates
for firmware, drivers instantly the others cannot
compete in this area. It is critical to have this
type of information readily available and it
simplifies installation.
Couple this unit with Dell Equallogic iSCSI SAN
Storage and you can Virtualize your infrastructure.
Dell equipment is easy to use, efficient, and
it gets the job done. Compared to the competition
it is just a better overall package. All of the
features, options and configurations, plus
GREAT support that is knowledgeable and they
can help out.
Storage and you can Virtualize your infrastructure.
Dell equipment is easy to use, efficient, and
it gets the job done. Compared to the competition
it is just a better overall package. All of the
features, options and configurations, plus
GREAT support that is knowledgeable and they
can help out.
An Awesome Blade Chassis!
:)
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Review 4 for PowerEdge M1000E
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Reviewed by:Samply
(Detroit)
Duration of product use:Months
Level of expertise:Good
Date:August 12, 2009
Title:
storage options
Review:Pro
Lots of power in a small space
Lots of power in a small space
Con
Needs a SAS expander/switch pass through module, and support for SAS zoning.
Needs a SAS expander/switch pass through module, and support for SAS zoning.
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Review 5 for PowerEdge M1000E
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Reviewed by:frpst9
(PA)
Duration of product use:Months
Level of expertise:Expert
Date:May 18, 2009
Title:
Easy management interface, space saver
Review:Pros
Saves space using only 8U in the rack, but can support 16 half-height blades. Very easy management of the chassis and blades.
Cons
Firmware management of blades/chassis was somewhat tedious in the older CMC firmware. This seems to be corrected in version 2.0.
Review
I've administered both an IBM and HP bladecenter, in addition to this Dell. I've found the Dell the easiest to install and use.
+26points
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Review 6 for PowerEdge M1000E
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Reviewed by:BigWillyC
Date:March 11, 2009
Title:
Pretty Nice-Cadillac of Blade systems.
Pros:Management is breeze. I can use the CMC/DRAC to install OS from across the country (media in my laptop not on site). I can remotely connect to DRAC using IE (active X)or Firefox (java) and administer the system. I cna controll almost every aspect of the system. I am not sure what the other reviewer was talking about. It sounds like he was an "HP guy" and was unable to adapt to the different way of using the management tools from CMC. This blows away the HP and the IBM in terms of management. It is MUCH faster to deploy over the HP and IBM blades too (hours not days). This system ROCKS!!! We are a systems integrator...we sell HP, IBM, and DELL...the Dell system is the best hands down!!!!
Cons:Power.
Make sure to read the power whitepapers on this system when you purchase. It uses less power than 16 1U systems but cabling it requires some fore-thought. As long as this is realized and planned for, there should be no issues.
Proprietary.
Well thats the same on any blade system. If you dont want to deal with Proprietary hardware...Buy 1U systems.
Review:Can we get 32 nodes into 10U yet? :) Could use more fiber connection ports.
+51points
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Review 7 for PowerEdge M1000E
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Reviewed by:ddugan
(Denton TX.)
Duration of product use:Less than a month
Level of expertise:Good
Date:January 30, 2009
Title:
Doesn't compare
Pros:Hum. Suppose to be more power efficient?
Cons:The CMC management requires you to use IE. You can't get to the Drac cards from it. You can't get to a server console from it. You can't set up the Cisco switches from the CMC console, either. Or remote KVM access. I'm sure there is more, but can't think of them at the moment.
Review:I've seen the HP version with it's management. That is a very slick and useful tool. The Dell version is missing almost any usable feature, and the cost savings aren't there. I'd like the management console made into a useful tool, something that will at least give me access the server console on each blade. Or the Drac card. Oh, and tell me how much memory is on each server. I mean, you tell me everything but that!
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Review 8 for PowerEdge M1000E
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Reviewed by:LarryJohns
Date:January 16, 2009
Title:
Blade Enclosure - M1000e
Pros:Lots or bells and whistles about product.
Cons:Where is the pricing sheet that I can easily find for Dell servers. This makes pricing and ordering a big problem.
Review:Just have easy access so can build config of enclosure and servers....
+23points
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