Dell PowerEdge M vs HPE NonStop comparison

Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Blade Servers category. Dell Technologies is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.3, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #8 with an average rating of 9.0. Dell Technologies holds a 19.3% mindshare in Blade Servers, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 3.7% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerEdge M

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95% willing to recommend

HPE NonStop

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90% willing to recommend

Dell PowerEdge M

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge M and HPE NonStop based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Blade Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Dell PowerEdge M vs. HPE NonStop

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerEdge M

Ranking in Blade Servers

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE NonStop

Ranking in Blade Servers

8th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of Dell PowerEdge M is 19.3%, up from 17.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE NonStop is 3.7%, up from 2.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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JohnDeavers

Senior Solutions Architect at ePlus Technology

Average pricing and good feature sets but is complex to set up

We use the solution for hyper-converged infrastructures with VMware and physical/virtual SQL solutions. Both Dell and Cisco would be data center modernization. We're modernizing from a three-tier to a single infrastructure. The enterprise manager feature sets are great. It's great for managing…

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Roni Wijaya

Vice President of It Operations at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

With a perfect record for uptime, the solution ensures a return on investment

Since it is a legacy tool, there is a need to change it for flexibility. I think now it has improved because the security is very good. It is very secure for the performance of the machine critical application service, and it is very good. I don't know how to speak more on improvement needed because it's a good enough tool. However, depending on the application, it's limited. Not a lot of applications run on HPE NonStop. It is not flexible because I know that because of the compatibility of Java with HPE NonStop. When we are using Java, the performance is not good.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The installation is easy."

"PowerEdge has high functionality, especially for automation on the firmware, which allows us to receive alerts for issues."

"The solution's most valuable feature is its interface."

"One of the best aspects of PowerEdge is that it provides a consolidated hardware infrastructure, allowing multiple servers in a simple ten-rack unit."

"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerEdge M is iDRAC."

"I have compared Dell EMC to other solutions and have found it to be good. The SAN and LAN traffic, manageability, and upgradability are all good."

"The solution's most valuable features are centralized monitoring and management and the ease of upgrading firmware."

"The tool's most valuable features are high availability and scalability. Its integration is easy."

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"Feature-wise, the most valuable one is the fact that it has 100 hundred percent uptime every year. Secondly, it is stable."

"The stability of HPE NonStop is good."

"We don't have any issues with the stability of HPE NonStop."

Cons

"More interconnections with third party equipment and limited I/O selection."

"In terms of improvement, it should also offer a hyper-converged option."

"Can be improved by being proactive in making changes that could improve the solution."

"It requires time to transition to the new generation."

"There is no specific feedback on improvements directly from our usage."

"Technical support is not good."

"The costing could be improved as it is somewhat expensive."

"The caching is a bit weak, making the hardware non-responsive, especially on hypervisor layers like ESXi or Hyper-V."

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"It would be helpful if they brought the price down."

"It is not flexible...Not a lot of applications run on HPE NonStop."

"HPE NonStop could improve by having infrastructure management."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is budget-friendly. The initial cost for each server was around 10,000 euros. It's a standard price, not too high or too low."

"The product is neither expensive nor cheap. It is manageable for medium enterprises as well."

"Dell PowerEdge M price is comparable to other solutions but cheaper than IBM. However, the IBM solution is a higher grade solution whereas Dell PowerEdge M is a medium-level solution."

"If we would not have gone with the vendor we might have been charged unnecessarily for packages we did not need."

"The cost varies significantly depending on the server's configuration and can range from $10,000 to $60,000 for the same server line family."

"It was budget friendly."

"I know we get three years basic, and the on-site licensing model for business seems fine. I wouldn't pay for a support plus or anything."

"The pricing of PowerEdge Next is higher than it was before."

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"HPE NonStop is definitely on the higher end."

"The price of the solution is too high. If they lowered the price substantially it would open up more opportunities. It's considered a replacement for the old 9000 boxes of HP. If it had a lower price, we would be able to compete in the financial, and other sectors and other solutions such as Terraform. Having a high price makes other solutions more attractive."

"On a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive, I rate the pricing an eight."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Government

10%

Financial Services Firm

10%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

29%

Computer Software Company

16%

Retailer

10%

Manufacturing Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell PowerEdge M?

The solution's most valuable features are centralized monitoring and management and the ease of upgrading firmware.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerEdge M?

The cost of Dell is reasonable. Dell is not expensive compared to HP. It is a little cheaper, but customers still prefer HP.

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What needs improvement with Dell PowerEdge M?

I do not know if I can comment about the tool itself since I do not have much experience with Dell. I work mostly with HP and only sometimes with Dell. I cannot say where improvement is needed. Del...

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What do you like most about HPE NonStop?

Feature-wise, the most valuable one is the fact that it has 100 hundred percent uptime every year. Secondly, it is stable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE NonStop?

It is an expensive solution. On a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive, I rate the pricing an eight. The licensing is based on a yearly basis, but we buy for a mi...

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What needs improvement with HPE NonStop?

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HP NonStop, HPE Integrity NonStop

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Overview

The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers address the challenges of an evolving IT environment by delivering leading enterprise classfeatures and functionality. The M-Series delivers a unique array of options configured to meet the needs of your IT environment both now and in the future.

Multiple blade form-factor choices.
Long life cycle providing better life cycle management and improved TCO.

Modular I/O switches for future scalability.
Breakthrough fan technologies for reduction in power consumption.

Configuration management via chassis management controller.

Persistent MAC/WWN/iSCSI addresses in a switch-agnostic environment.

When availability matters, the new HPE Integrity NonStop X enables you to stay ahead of your competition by mitigating the risk of downtime and effortlessly meeting your business processing, OLTP, and database requirements all with an industry-standard x86 architecture. HPE brings you an unparalleled portfolio of HPE Integrity NonStop systems the NonStop i family and the NonStop X family. These systems deliver the highest level of availability for the most-demanding, high-value workloads and customer-facing applications.

Sample Customers

Newport City Homes, Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium (NMTRC), Georgian College, AgreeYa Solutions, IIHT Cloud Solutions, Arizona State University, AudienceScience, University of the Incarnate Word (UIW), The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Holy Cross School

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