HPE Synergy Reviews

Name: HPE Synergy
Brand: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Rating: 4.2 (89 reviews)

Vendor: Hewlett Packard Enterprise

4.2 out of 5

89 reviews
90% willing to recommend

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What is HPE Synergy?

HPE Synergy, the first platform built from the ground up for Composable Infrastructure, offers an experience that empowers IT to create and deliver new value instantly and continuously. It is a single infrastructure that reduces operational complexity for traditional workloads and increases operational velocity for the new breed of applications and services. Through a single interface, HPE Synergy composes physical and virtual compute, storage, and fabric pools into any configuration for any application. As an extensible platform, it easily enables a broad range of applications and operational models such as virtualization, hybrid cloud, and DevOps. With HPE Synergy, IT can become not just the internal service provider but the business partner to rapidly launch new applications that become the business.

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HPE Synergy is the #1 ranked solution in top Blade Servers and top Composable Infrastructure solutions. PeerSpot users give HPE Synergy an average rating of 8.4 out of 10. HPE Synergy is most commonly compared to HPE BladeSystem: HPE Synergy vs HPE BladeSystem. HPE Synergy is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 67% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 13% of all views.

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Featured reviews

CarlosArdila

Project Manager, Information Technology at Telelago

The initial setup is very easy. We deployed this in two days, including installation, system setup, firmware upgrades, configuration, and network connection. By the next day, we were already deploying virtual machines. We initially began with the Blade system. As the migration to SAP HANA approached, it seemed prudent to upgrade our hardware. Consequently, we facilitated their transition from the Blade system to Synergy. Subsequently, we collaborated closely with the SAP consultancy company to oversee the migration process, ensuring seamless integration of all workloads and sub-environments. We have four people working on the deployment, including a project manager, two specialists, and one tech support.

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Petr Student

Senior Technical Architect at Tietoevry

The composable infrastructure allows you to build and stack a lot of shared capacity to create a package solution. Bandwidth possibilities for connecting are great and composability allows you to work with the compute nodes to choose phone panels and devices. Orchestrating automations is easy because you can connect to other tools with the REST API and automate components. The solution is written in simple nodes so it can be used for many things. The blade server has great performance.

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JuanDuque

Manager of Capacity and Control Management at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

We also use HPE Blades. However, we are migrating over to Synergy. We are moving as the Blade system is practically at the end of life. It is going to be end of life in 2025. Right now, if you going to try to buy a new Blade system, HPE doesn't sell it. The option that HPE gives you is Synergy. In addition to that, Synergy has better performance. It's newer with a better processor, more capacity for memory, more capacity for CPU, and all of that.

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HPE Synergy mindshare

As of February 2025, the mindshare of HPE Synergy in the Blade Servers category stands at 21.8%, down from 22.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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PeerAnalyst reports

Type	Title	Date
Category	Blade Servers	Feb 21, 2025	Download
Product	Reviews, tips, and advice from real users	Feb 21, 2025	Download
Comparison	HPE Synergy vs Dell PowerEdge M	Feb 21, 2025	Download
Comparison	HPE Synergy vs HPE BladeSystem	Feb 21, 2025	Download
Comparison	HPE Synergy vs Cisco UCS B-Series	Feb 21, 2025	Download

Title	Rating	Mindshare	Recommending
HPE BladeSystem	4.3	13.5%	95%	137 interviews Add to research
Dell PowerEdge M	4.2	19.0%	95%	24 interviews Add to research

Valuable Features

"The composable feature is amazing as it helps avoid downtimes."
"The wireless mounting system is excellent. We can use the monitor over the Internet and perform troubleshooting remotely with the connection to SQL. It includes a comprehensive monitoring tool. It offers many features, allowing us to update, manage, maintain, and troubleshoot the system efficiently."
"It is a good product for hypervisors."

Room for Improvement

"The power consumption is very high, and there should be a more efficient way of reducing the power requirements while maintaining high performance."
"The solution must concentrate on improving the product quality."
"There is always room for improvement.Based on our use cases, I don't believe there are any additional features required."

ROI

HPE Synergy reduced costs of operations by 15 to 20 percent and IT infrastructure costs by up to 30 percent. Many noted significant ROI, especially through resource consolidation and reduced deployment times. Time savings were evident in faster upgrade processes. Some reported a stable cost of operations with no ROI yet observed. Performance improvements were highlighted, leading to increased efficiency and reduced headcounts. For some, indirect cost reductions were substantial, though specific ROI metrics varied.

Pricing

HPE Synergy presents a mixed pricing experience for enterprises. While some report competitive pricing due to discounts and promotions, others note higher costs compared to alternatives like Cisco or Dell. Key expenses include hardware purchase, VMware licensing, and additional support services. Organizations generally incur one-time costs of $80,000 to $100,000 for premium setups, and typical blade costs are around $60,000 annually. Some achieved cost savings through reduced IT infrastructure expenses and efficient deployment strategies.

"We pay about £500 for the solution."
"The solution can be expensive because it requires both hardware and software purchases."
"The cost is high and that is a drawback for some customers."

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