Dell PowerEdge M vs HPE Superdome X comparison

Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Blade Servers category. Dell Technologies is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.2, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.0. Dell Technologies holds a 19.3% mindshare in Blade Servers, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 10.6% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Dell PowerEdge M

Read 25 Dell PowerEdge M reviews

2,389 Views
1,670 Comparison Views

95% willing to recommend

HPE Superdome X

Read 11 HPE Superdome X reviews

1,393 Views
881 Comparison Views

100% willing to recommend

Dell PowerEdge M

HPE Superdome X

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Download the report

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

HPE Superdome X and Dell PowerEdge M are enterprise server competitors known for robust architecture and scalability. HPE Superdome X offers advanced reliability and serviceability, ideal for data-intensive environments. Dell PowerEdge M's modular design and server clustering offer flexibility in data center configurations, giving it an edge in adaptability.

Features: HPE Superdome X provides large memory capabilities, fast processing power, and strong reliability, making it suitable for mission-critical workloads. Dell PowerEdge M features a modular blade-in-chassis design, offering scalability and energy efficiency, and stands out with its flexibility and integration options.

Room for Improvement: HPE Superdome X could enhance its flexibility and ease of deployment. It might also benefit from integrating more energy-efficient technologies. Dell PowerEdge M should focus on improving initial setup ease, offering more tailored customer support solutions, and enhancing high memory capacity to handle more extensive data loads.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE Superdome X ensures straightforward deployment with strong customer support for complex IT infrastructures. Dell PowerEdge M emphasizes modular design for faster setups and upgrades, with efficient and responsive customer service suitable for rapid deployment needs.

Pricing and ROI: HPE Superdome X has higher upfront costs due to sophisticated architecture, with potential long-term ROI through minimized downtime. Dell PowerEdge M presents a more cost-effective setup with rapid ROI, attributed to its modularity and energy efficiency, appealing to businesses with varied needs.

To learn more, read our detailed Dell PowerEdge M vs. HPE Superdome X Report (Updated: April 2025).

Buyer's Guide

Dell PowerEdge M vs. HPE Superdome X

April 2025

Download the complete report

Helped 847,772 peers since 2012

Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerEdge M

Ranking in Blade Servers

2nd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE Superdome X

Ranking in Blade Servers

6th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of Dell PowerEdge M is 19.3%, up from 17.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Superdome X is 10.6%, up from 9.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Blade Servers

Featured Reviews

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…

Read full review

OmobolajiOlaloku

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

High resilience, performs well, and high availability

HPE Superdome X is used in my data center for our core banking application The most valuable features of HPE Superdome X are speed, performance, and resilience. HPE Superdome X can improve by adding a lot of cloud capabilities to allow this solution to be cloud-ready in case the customer wants…

Read full review

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

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

"It allows us to consolidate our infrastructure very efficiently, enabling us to deploy eight servers in a seven-unit density."

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

"It helps us to manage multiple chassis from a single website."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"I rate Dell PowerEdge a ten out of ten as it is a great tool with perfect support."

"The solution is made with high-quality hardware."

"The installation is easy."

More Dell PowerEdge M pros

"One of the really cool things about Superdome is, depending on the model you choose, you can put 8-16 blades in it."

"SDX gave us a very large RAM and we need that for the large-scale graph-handling applications."

"We've got a few of them, because we needed some really large machines. So far, they've been working pretty good."

"The most valuable features of HPE Superdome X are speed, performance, and resilience."

"I like the robustness of the machine. Similar performance could likely be achieved with other configurations, but this machine is very stable."

"Superdome X is a system that can compete in terms of performance and uptime, but it's now standard. That is the great value. There are competitors like IBM, for example, but IBM has a propietary operating system. With Superdome X, you have a system that can run Windows, Red Hat, or VMware, but in a mission critical server."

"This product is very reliable."

Cons

"The firmware updates for the product need improvement."

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

"Dell PowerEdge M lacks GPU nodes and doesn't have a direct solution for GPUs."

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

"Technical support is not good."

"One area for improvement is VLAN configuration."

"One area for improvement is the connectivity, specifically the backplate and switch connections."

"The last year, we experienced problems with support, as Dell decreased staff in Latin America, impacting support quality."

More Dell PowerEdge M cons

"In this specific model, it could be beneficial to have a server configuration similar to Cisco, like the kind offered in HPE Superdome Flex X280. The ability to separate the chassis is important because we are forced to use two chassis even with lower loads. So introducing more flexibility in the Superdome environment would be helpful."

"I'd like to see the onboarding of some storage class memory to really expand the already very large RAM, into something that could be even much bigger."

"I know we support Windows and I think it's Red Hat, and I'd like to see more OSs supported."

"It would be helpful if you could do the maintenance completely online."

"What would make it better from my point of view is if HPE spent more time on testing with the actual built-in Red Hat Linux drivers, as opposed to always trying to say, "Use our driver.""

"HPE Superdome X can improve by adding a lot of cloud capabilities to allow this solution to be cloud-ready in case the customer wants to move it to the cloud."

Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

"It was budget friendly."

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

"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."

"The solution's pricing is slightly higher."

More Dell PowerEdge M pricing and cost advice

"There is a very expensive one-time cost with no licensing fees."

"The pricing is not very cheap. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being very inexpensive, and ten being very expensive."

See which vendors are best for you

Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Blade Servers solutions are best for your needs.

See recommendations

847,772 professionals have used our research since 2012.

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Government

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

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.

See all answers

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.

See all answers

What needs improvement with Dell PowerEdge M?

There are differences in security configurations, particularly in SNMP and SNMP3, between HP ILO and iDRAC. When configuring SNMP or SNMP3, I face challenges that require additional support, althou...

See all answers

What do you like most about HPE Superdome X?

I like the robustness of the machine. Similar performance could likely be achieved with other configurations, but this machine is very stable.

See all answers

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Superdome X?

The pricing is not very cheap. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being very inexpensive, and ten being very expensive.

See all answers

What needs improvement with HPE Superdome X?

In this specific model, it could be beneficial to have a server configuration similar to Cisco, like the kind offered in HPE Superdome Flex X280. The ability to separate the chassis is important be...

See all answers

Comparisons

HPE Synergy vs Dell PowerEdge M

Compared 36% of the time

HPE BladeSystem vs Dell PowerEdge M

Compared 15% of the time

Cisco UCS B-Series vs Dell PowerEdge M

Compared 9% of the time

Supermicro SuperBlade vs Dell PowerEdge M

Compared 8% of the time

Fujitsu Primergy BX900 Series vs Dell PowerEdge M

Compared 5% of the time

More Dell PowerEdge M Competitors

HPE Synergy vs HPE Superdome X

Compared 16% of the time

HPE NonStop vs HPE Superdome X

Compared 12% of the time

HPE Integrity vs HPE Superdome X

Compared 10% of the time

Lenovo Flex System vs HPE Superdome X

Compared 10% of the time

HPE BladeSystem vs HPE Superdome X

Compared 8% of the time

More HPE Superdome X Competitors

Product Reports

Buyer's Guide

Dell PowerEdge M

April 2025

Download Dell PowerEdge M product report

Buyer's Guide

Blade Servers

March 2025

Download HPE Superdome X product report

Also Known As

No data available

HP Integrity Superdome, HP Superdome X

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.

Dell Technologies

HPE Superdome X is an HPE server that represents a new category of x86 modular, mission-critical systems to consolidate all tiers of critical applications on a common platform. Engineered with trusted Superdome 2 reliability, the HPE Superdome X includes a modular, bladed design, and shares HPE BladeSystem efficiencies including a common server management framework, supported from x86 to Superdome 2. With breakthrough innovations such as the fault-tolerant Crossbar Fabric and Error Analysis Engine coupled with hard partitioning capabilities, Superdome X sets the standard for mission-critical x86 computing.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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

Pella

Buyer's Guide

Dell PowerEdge M vs. HPE Superdome X

April 2025

Free Report: Dell PowerEdge M vs. HPE Superdome X

Find out what your peers are saying about Dell PowerEdge M vs. HPE Superdome X and other solutions. Updated: April 2025.

DOWNLOAD NOW

847,772 professionals have used our research since 2012.

See our Dell PowerEdge M vs. HPE Superdome X report.

See our list of best Blade Servers vendors.

We monitor all Blade Servers reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.