Dell PowerEdge M vs HPE Synergy 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 #2 with an average rating of 8.7. Dell Technologies holds a 19.3% mindshare in Blade Servers, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 22.0% 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 Synergy

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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 Synergy 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 Synergy

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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 Synergy

Ranking in Blade Servers

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Composable Infrastructure (1st)

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 Synergy is 22.0%, up from 22.1% 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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CarlosArdila

Project Manager, Information Technology at Telelago

Helps grow horizontally or vertically within one box or chassis

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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The initial setup is straightforward."

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

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

"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 iDRAC feature is most useful for server management in Dell, comparable to HP iLO."

"It's great for managing overall infrastructure."

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

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"We like that the solution can be arranged for an all-in-one single pane of glass, something our customers find important."

"I like that it's suitable for virtualization. It's also stable and scalable. The newer version has a lot of memory, and you don't have to worry about updates."

"As we purchase and install more Synergy chassis, then we will be able to manage them together as one entity, as opposed to multiple separate cabinets."

"The most valuable features of this solution are the ease of management and the integration with OneView."

"The most valuable feature is its composable infrastructure. Everything I need is in the box. Manageability is through OneView, so I can get all the information about the box itself at any time I want."

"OneView is head and shoulders above the competition in this space."

"The solution is built very well. It's very robust and durable."

"The most valuable features are the evolution of our existing HPE portfolio, the integration with our existing tool sets, and the enhanced capabilities that OneView bring."

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Cons

"Technical support is not good."

"I would like to have additional HPC and AI capabilities on general Dell PowerEdge servers."

"I believe that the tool’s support team is an area with certain concerns where improvements can be made."

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

"We have had some issues with the vendor's support that we have received. When you open up a support case with Dell they send a partner to assist you and in our experience, they are lacking knowledge about the solution. There are times when you need professional support from the vendor that knows the solution well."

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

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

"The set up is complex"

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"ICMs could be better in this model. When you look at its competitors, the most critical point is the throughput. HPE is the best with the ICM module, which is an interconnect module that connects the servers of the frames to the LAN and SAN. HPE Synergy should also support the latest processors provided by Intel."

"After delivering the contract, they became a little less active. So, it needs some pushing from my side sometimes."

"The pricing can be improved as it is a costly solution due to sanctions in Iran."

"I'd like to see the firmware updates, as well as the built-in OneView and imager in Composer, become a little more powerful and faster."

"The stability is not good right now. We have had a couple of outages where we have receive very good support from HPE. However, we have not been able to come up with cut and dried reasons for why the outages have occurred. They have not been able to be reproduced, so it has been difficult getting our trust back."

"I'd get the firmware to be a little more secure and a little more streamlined."

"The solution must concentrate on improving the product quality."

"The main challenge we faced was that when it was installed it just did not work. There were faulty components and it took weeks of troubleshooting to find the faulty components, get them replaced. Getting help from HPE was difficult. Nobody knew about the product. It was a brand-new product and people had not been trained on it. That part was not a great experience."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

"It was budget friendly."

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

"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."

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"We pay for licensing on the fibre channel uplinks, on the Virtual Connect, which is an add-on."

"We don't have to pay for Synergy because it's part of our plan."

"When we made the purchase of the hardware, we added Professional Services to it."

"We pay about £500 for the solution."

"We outright purchased Synergy."

"The cost is high and that is a drawback for some customers."

"There was at least about a 20 percent savings in cost over our purchase based on the purchase price of the compute modules themselves versus what we've had to pay before. It was significantly less."

"We do CAPEX."

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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

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

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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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How would you choose between HPE's Bladesystem and Synergy?

For me, choosing between HPE’s Bladesystem and Synergy came down to which solution was more powerful, reliable, and stable. It turns out Bladesystem was the winner. Bladesystem is excellent because...

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What do you like most about HPE Synergy?

It is a good product for hypervisors.

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

The pricing is relatively high compared to Cisco servers. However, due to the volume of my purchases, I get good discounts.

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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.

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.

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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