Try our new research platform with insights from 80,000+ expert users

Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series vs HPE Synergy comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

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

Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series
Ranking in Blade Servers
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Synergy
Ranking in Blade Servers
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
90
Ranking in other categories
Composable Infrastructure (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series is 0.4%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Synergy is 22.5%, up from 22.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Blade Servers
 

Featured Reviews

Cyrille Darmon - PeerSpot reviewer
A highly stable solution with technical support that is not only good but also always available to help the product's users
My company's IT activities are carried out with the help of the solution. My company's customers use the solution in their telecom department or for telecommunication purposes The most valuable feature of the solution is its stability. The initial setup of Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series should be…
CarlosArdila - PeerSpot reviewer
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series has two processors."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is its stability."
"They're easy to swap and move around the datacenter, for sure. They don't occupy too much space for what they offer."
"OneView, as a single point, a single management tool, it makes me delirious. It's really nice."
"It has improved our procurement and day zero provisioning. We are bringing in racks of Synergy which are not populated with the blades, then we are buying the blades and populating them, as our business needs. This has been pretty helpful to be able to sort of pre-package the data center with the Synergy platform, then deploy servers into it as we grow."
"The scalability is very good. The ability to link chassis or frames together makes it simplistic, especially with the use of OneView."
"Technical support is excellent. They are very helpful."
"The benefit is that it's going to be maintained, contrary to what we had last year, when the maintenance went off for the last generation of the servers that we had there."
"The scalability is great."
"The solution helps us to implement new business requirements quickly, by using the Composer for efficiency. It has also improved the productivity of our development team due to the efficiency of being able to deploy via Composer."
 

Cons

"The initial setup of Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series was complex."
"It can have more automation. In addition, Fujitsu should have a broader portfolio, not specifically in terms of the service solutions, but more in terms of the big picture. A broader portfolio would be nice for providing different solutions for the customers."
"The technical support was about the only negative experience that I had. It was a mixed bag when we were first standing it up. We had some requirements from our information security department, and technical support wasn't able to give me immediate answers. They had to engage engineering, which they did, then they got me the answers. However, it took a week of back and forth conversations and phone calls to get it all worked out."
"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."
"The Synergy platform is HPE-specific and more for on-premises. You're kind of locked in with VMware and the HPE with the VMs. The Nutanix offering is a bit more flexible."
"There is certainly a feature or two missing."
"In the past, I have had issues with configurations."
"The deployment time of a system through OneView is pretty slow, but apparently that's being addressed in an upcoming update."
"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."
"They must improve the OneView tools."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"No license is required to operate the product."
"There are special licenses that are connected to the usage. We installed Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series for a high PC solution, and for this reason, some Microsoft licenses and other special licenses were embedded or bundled to the Fujitsu solution."
"We bought everything outright to start with. We don't do much consumption-based stuff."
"We are satisfied with its price."
"The solution can be expensive because it requires both hardware and software purchases."
"Synergy has lowered our total cost of ownership significantly. I would say ballpark around 25 percent, maybe more."
"Nutanix was really hard to implement, and it was very pricey compared to what we get from Synergy."
"The solution has reduced our IT infrastructure costs by 50 percent."
"When we made the purchase of the hardware, we added Professional Services to it."
"The price point is a little high. We were able to get a good deal on a promotion, to go with it. It would be nice to see the prices come down a little bit."
report
Use our free recommendation engine to learn which Blade Servers solutions are best for your needs.
844,944 professionals have used our research since 2012.
 

Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
No data available
Financial Services Firm
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series?
The most valuable feature of the solution is its stability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series?
No license is required to operate the product. Licenses are meant for products like VMware.
What needs improvement with Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series?
The initial setup of Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series should be made easier.
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...
What do you like most about HPE Synergy?
It is a good product for hypervisors.
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.
 

Comparisons

No data available
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Tokyo Stock Exchange, RAF St. Mawgan, King Fahad Medical City, St. Bede’s Catholic High School, 
HudsonAlpha, Virgin Media, EMIS, United
Find out what your peers are saying about Fujitsu Primergy BX400 Series vs. HPE Synergy and other solutions. Updated: March 2025.
844,944 professionals have used our research since 2012.