Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers vs HPE Synergy comparison

Dell Technologies and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Blade Servers category. Dell Technologies is ranked #5 with an average rating of 8.9, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.8. Dell Technologies holds a 1.0% mindshare in Blade Servers, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 21.9% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Dell Technologies users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers and HPE Synergy are key players in the enterprise server solutions market. Dell PowerEdge holds a slight edge due to its remote management capabilities and cost-effectiveness, while HPE Synergy is known for its advanced composable infrastructure offering greater resource flexibility.

Features: Dell PowerEdge is notable for remote management capabilities, scalability allowing thousands of desktops to be deployed, and its iDRAC feature for efficient remote troubleshooting. It provides ease of integration with existing IT infrastructure and OpenManage tools that streamline deployments and updates. HPE Synergy excels in its composable infrastructure, which allows seamless reallocation of resources for varied project requirements. Synergy also features enhanced composability and scalability, providing an efficient solution for dynamic workloads with the ability to add resources on demand.

Room for Improvement: Dell PowerEdge could benefit from better documentation and upgrading its centralized management interfaces. Improving response times in support services and expanding its analytics offerings would enhance user satisfaction. HPE Synergy needs improvement in third-party hardware integration and could enhance its networking capabilities. Streamlining the update process and offering improved management tools would increase its overall performance.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Dell PowerEdge provides robust support systems and is commended for its technical service despite occasional inconsistencies with third-party support handling. HPE Synergy is praised for sophisticated infrastructure management but can improve customer support to ease deployment in complex systems and enhance interoperability with diverse environments.

Pricing and ROI: Dell PowerEdge is competitively priced and offers transparent licensing options resulting in potential cost savings and positive ROI over time, enhanced by extended warranties and energy-efficient systems. HPE Synergy presents a higher initial investment due to its advanced features, with ROI realized through operational efficiencies and reduced need for continuous infrastructure expansion. Dell emphasizes cost-effectiveness, while HPE focuses on optimizing operational efficiency through resource flexibility.

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Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers

Ranking in Blade Servers

5th

Average Rating

9.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

168

Ranking in other categories

Converged Infrastructure (3rd), Data Center Networking (4th), Rack Servers (1st)

HPE Synergy

Ranking in Blade Servers

1st

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Composable Infrastructure (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is 1.0%, up from 0.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Synergy is 21.9%, up from 21.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Syed Masuood

Country manager at Asta Innosys

Handles workloads and diverse applications efficiently

We have a lot of VMs on Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers. On a single server, we have probably hosted 14 or 15 VMs. Out of these, 8 to 10 are continuously running, and four of them are backup VMs, so it can handle a good workload. For cybersecurity, it is only accessible on the intranet; it is not accessible through the web. We use it for local development purposes, and it is behind our firewall. Its security is strong. We handle a lot of test data for government and confidential customers. It is safe and strong locally. We have not experienced any security issues. Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers have helped to reduce unplanned production downtime if we need to replace a hard disk, instead of completely shutting a server, there is a hot swap feature. It is quite good in that aspect. Usually, for any activity, there is a downtime of about 30 minutes. It has saved a lot of time. We have tried AI workloads for a development environment for a government customer in Singapore. The servers are hosted in Singapore. It is an ML-based engine with AI. It is a government project where data is processed, and we run it on Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers. The benefit of running AI workloads on PowerEdge Servers is that it is easy to allocate memory. The application we are running is memory intensive. It is pretty easy to scale memory and storage.

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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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Pros

"The most valuable features are that they are very reliable, and Dell's technical service is also optimal."

"The solution's stability is good...The solution's scalability is good."

"It is very easy and seamless to use the OpenManage console for lifecycle management or PowerEdge Rack Servers. It is one of the best solutions in the market today to manage the lifecycle of services."

"Dell PowerEdge servers are powerful. They don't break, and I love that. In my career of over 30 years now, all the Dell servers we've ever used out of the box have never broken."

"VxRail has a smart and easy way to perform updates. The hypervisor on the other servers performs well according to the hypervisor level. The support is magnificent, and it's easier to administer the servers."

"It is pretty good at handling diverse applications. We have been using these servers for eight years. We have experienced good performance with them."

"Ease of use."

"We use remote access a lot. They are fairly simple to use."

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"Orchestrating automations is great because you can connect to other tools with the REST API and automate components."

"Ability to easily re-utilize parts of the hardware for different purposes."

"The flexibility to link them together and configure them gives us the ability to scale out easily, to add more compute resources as needed... The way that they're scalable and flexible means we can add additional servers in quickly... We're not spending a lot of time doing procurement and building of physical servers."

"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."

"The solution's greatest strengths lie in its ability to maintain a high availability and combine networking with hyper channel connectivity into a single component."

"The single pane of glass management is huge, because in all our previous systems, depending on what we were managing, we would go to a different management point. Being able to go to one spot to get everything is helpful. I find that server profile creation is a lot easier in OneView than it was previously. We are able to stay compliant with firmware and updates, because we are assigning server profiles and reapplying them when there are changes. This makes everything a lot simpler."

"The manageability is its most valuable feature. It is a fully managed platform, which is very simple to manage."

"It's more composable, you can use storage as well as compute blades. So maybe it's more versatile compared to the traditional blade systems."

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Cons

"After the expiration of support, it is sometimes challenging to find parts like hard drives, especially for obsolete models."

"Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers could improve the bezels in front of it."

"I would like to see more information about server health and the server's state, on the front. HP has a little screen that shows server utilization, how many disks there are inside, and the power consumption. HP also shows an alert if there is a malfunction of any device inside."

"It could be an option to remove discs and just have a virtual option. If you remove the room you need for discs, you could make it smaller. It would take up less room that way."

"The iDRAC Telemetry that monitors PowerEdge system data and provides analytics could be a little bit more in-depth. Someone wanted more information on the RAM and the hard drives and we couldn't retrieve this information."

"They should reduce its size. Because the CPU power is more now, they can reduce the size of the servers. Currently, we have a 2U server. If possible, they can make a 1U server."

"I would like to see the pricing improved."

"Dell can optimize the size of its rack servers, offering a minimized physical footprint without compromising performance or security."

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"A faster Composer module would be a good inclusion for the next release of this solution."

"Instead of having Synergy vertical, make it horizontal. It is easier to stick in when it is vertical."

"We haven't seen any ROI, and it hasn't reduced our cost of operations."

"Technical support was time consuming and unsatisfactory. The initial product setup was complex, lasing around three weeks to a month."

"We had some challenges during the implementation and a few issues afterward, but they were all sort of related to how Synergy interacts with Nexus. Our Nexus on the network side is managed by another group, and they had just gotten Nexus, so they weren't really familiar with how Nexus even worked. Getting these two to interact well was the majority of our issues. It really didn't have anything to do with Synergy. It points to know the environment that you are putting it in and making sure you are dotting all your i's and crossing all your t's when you are figuring out what their requirements are to communicate."

"We'd like to see faster networking in the back-end."

"It has been in the external integrations to other platforms that we have, which aren't HPE, where some of our challenges have been. I would like to see some integrations with non-HPE platforms."

"It has affected the productivity of our development team in a bad way. When we first stood the hardware up 18 months ago, the image streaming capacity and capability were not very good at all. We had hoped that it would allow us to be more composable and be able to switch over from one version of an operating system to another version of an operating system. However, it wasn't ready for prime time yet. Therefore, we had to go back to a deployment of bare metal install. We are still waiting and trying to figure out how we can do the composable infrastructure."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution's analytics helped to decrease production downtime by at least 30%."

"The high cost of Dell PowerEdge Rack Server licenses is attributed to the pre-installed Windows Server operating system from Microsoft."

"The price is good for the quality of the Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers."

"It's not a very expensive solution."

"The pricing could always be better."

"The main reason I choose Dell there is cost. Dell is cheaper than HPE. Why would I want to pay a premium for an HPE product when I'm getting the same amount of support, the same amount of data protection, and the same amount of performance from Dell?"

"The tool's pricing is very good."

"You can't have computed performance without using more power. That said, when I consider the power consumption and performance of the MX740c, depending on how much memory you install on each blade, you get the best bang for your buck."

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"The biggest cost is the VMware licensing."

"We outright purchased Synergy."

"Synergy has lowered our total cost of ownership significantly. I would say ballpark around 25 percent, maybe more."

"For temporal use, when you throw on the fact that you're essentially doubling your capacity, right there you could claim a 50 percent TCO reduction."

"We do a biannual renewal. I know how much that renewal is, but I don't know how much it breaks down to be just Synergy, since we have our VMware, all of our physical equipment, etc. all rolled up into one renewal, which is a little over $300,000 every two years. However, only a subset of that is the Synergy product."

"We pay about £500 for the solution."

"It costs us around $60,000 a year."

"The Nutanix platform came in a little more expensive than the Synergy."

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Computer Software Company

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University

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

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Questions from the Community

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What do you like most about Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Servers?

It has helped us reduce unplanned downtime by 20% to 30%.

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What needs improvement with Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Servers?

The price of Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers is competitive. There's always room for support improvements, and the AI features could continue to be enhanced as the relationship with Nvidia grows.

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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

Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are designed to optimize performance and efficiency in a data center environment, supporting various applications. Dell stands as the leading vendor in accelerated servers for AI, commanding a 33.8% revenue share. Based on user reviews, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers supporting tasks from basic web hosting to more demanding applications like data analytics and virtualization. They are engineered to offer high performance, reliability, and scalability. With a focus on automation and integrated security, these servers simplify operations and protect against threats, making them a smart choice for businesses of all sizes.

Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are a robust, secure, and scalable solution that can meet the diverse needs of businesses, backed by comprehensive support. Benefits to look for in reviews include performance, reliability, scalability, and customer support.

Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers key features include:

Scalability: These servers can easily scale to meet growing business needs, supporting more workloads and processing power.
Integrated Security: From hardware to firmware to the operating system, Dell PowerEdge servers are designed with security in mind, offering layers of protection.
Energy Efficiency: Advanced thermal design and energy-smart technology help reduce operational costs and environmental impact.
Automation: With Dell EMC OpenManage, the management of servers is streamlined, allowing for automated deployment, monitoring, and updates.

In terms of implementation, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers are used across various industries, from small businesses to large enterprises. They serve as the foundation for IT infrastructure, powering critical applications in healthcare, finance, education, and more. The adaptability of these servers means they can be tailored to specific industry needs, from handling large datasets in research institutions to supporting high-transaction databases in financial services.

Dell Technologies

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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