Lenovo Flex System Reviews

Name: Lenovo Flex System
Brand: Lenovo
Rating: 4.2 (10 reviews)

4.2 out of 5

10 reviews
100% willing to recommend

What is Lenovo Flex System?

Flex System is Lenovo’s proven, 2nd generation blade, that efficiently runs your infrastructure applications with up to 80% better density than standard rack server deployments.

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Lenovo Flex System is the #10 ranked solution in top Blade Servers. PeerSpot users give Lenovo Flex System an average rating of 8.4 out of 10. Lenovo Flex System is most commonly compared to HPE Synergy: Lenovo Flex System vs HPE Synergy. Lenovo Flex System is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 59% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 24% of all views.

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Syed Ibrahim

Assistant Manager Systems - IT Infrastructure at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

The solution should come with cloud native applications to prepare for cloud based solutions. Forced restarts due to free upgrades is an issue that needs to be resolved. We can manage this as we have high availability and redundancy, but without that it could be a real problem. The level of customer support needs to be improved. There is currently an issue with Lenovo switching out SAN switches from the chassis, which will cause problems for people who already have a set up with the SAN switch connected to the central storage. This could require an entirely different network, adding an additional cost for the user.

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FarhanAhmad

Senior System Administrator at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

We use the solution for multiple purposes, such as in the virtualization cluster and the standalone applications We use the solution as a compute model to run the compute load on servers. The solution's firmware and driver upgrades are a bit difficult. I have been using Lenovo Flex System for…

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Ola Zaher

Head manager at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are using Lenovo Flex System on the server for our VMware environment, which includes our VMs and all our servers, Linux and Windows. It manages the daily operation efficiently It saves our time because it is stable. The stability is crucial as all operational servers rely on it, making it…

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Lenovo Flex System mindshare

As of November 2024, the mindshare of Lenovo Flex System in the Blade Servers category stands at 3.1%, down from 3.1% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Key learnings from peers

Last updated Oct 31, 2024

Valuable Features

"The functionality is reliable and requires minimal support."
"We use the solution as a compute model to run the compute load on servers."
"It comes at a good price. We didn't face any problems with this product."

Room for Improvement

"Continuing the production of this product is necessary. It is currently out of support, and we are seeking support from other sources besides Lenovo."
"The solution's firmware and driver upgrades are a bit difficult."
"I had some difficulties with the initial setup."

Pricing

"We are just paying the operational cost, which is not much."
"The 14 blade server allows significant room for upscaling before having to invest in another chassis. You would have to purchase another chassis much sooner in the case of an eight or nine blade server."
"The is an annual license cost to use the Lenovo Flex System. If the price was less expensive and flexible overall and for additional features, our customers would be happier."

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