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HPE BladeSystem vs HPE Superdome X comparison

HPE BladeSystem and HPE Superdome X are both solutions in the Blade Servers category. HPE BladeSystem is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.9, while HPE Superdome X is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.0. HPE BladeSystem holds a 13.8% mindshare in Blade Servers, compared to HPE Superdome X’s 10.6% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of HPE BladeSystem users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of HPE Superdome X users who would recommend it.
HPE BladeSystem
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95% willing to recommend
HPE Superdome X
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

HPE BladeSystem and HPE Superdome X are competing in enterprise server solutions. While HPE BladeSystem is favored for pricing and management simplicity, HPE Superdome X holds an advantage with its advanced features for high-demand, data-intensive environments.

Features: HPE BladeSystem offers a modular design, ease of integration, and centralized management through a single interface. HPE Superdome X provides high-performance capabilities, advanced reliability features, and superior data processing power.

Room for Improvement: HPE BladeSystem could enhance high-computation processing power and add more advanced reliability features. There is also room to improve its efficiency in data-intensive environments. HPE Superdome X could use a more straightforward deployment process, greater budget accessibility, and improved modularity for better adaptability in smaller infrastructures.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE BladeSystem excels in fast deployment and simple integration, often preferred in less complex environments. HPE Superdome X, although more complex in setup, benefits from comprehensive support and customer service to manage its sophisticated deployment.

Pricing and ROI: HPE BladeSystem is appealing with its lower initial setup cost, providing immediate returns for organizations with limited budgets. HPE Superdome X, although requiring greater investment, promises significant ROI through enhanced performance for intensive computing tasks.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

HPE BladeSystem
Ranking in Blade Servers
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.7
Number of Reviews
138
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
11
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of HPE BladeSystem is 13.8%, down from 17.5% 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.
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Featured Reviews

JuanDuque - PeerSpot reviewer
Very reliable, expands well, and is pretty simple to set up
It is very straightforward to set up. It's not complex. The length of deployment depends on the way that you configure the Blades. For example, if you're going to work with VMware, the time could be at least 25 to 30 minutes. It is not going to depend on the BladeSystem; it is going to depend on the time of the operate system deployed. The number of people you need for maintenance depends on the monitoring system that you have. For example, if you have a good monitoring system for this platform you're going to need less than ten specialists, but if you don't have a monitoring system to check the platform, probably you're going to need more than ten people.
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OmobolajiOlaloku - PeerSpot reviewer
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…
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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 solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"They are reliable, and it's relatively easy to manage them. They also regularly provide patching for the servers."
"The feature I find most valuable is the ease of use."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"It is a stable, dependable solution."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"Wide choice in mixing SAN and LAN."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
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"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."
"The most valuable features of HPE Superdome X are speed, performance, and resilience."
"SDX gave us a very large RAM and we need that for the large-scale graph-handling applications."
"I like the robustness of the machine. Similar performance could likely be achieved with other configurations, but this machine is very stable."
"One of the really cool things about Superdome is, depending on the model you choose, you can put 8-16 blades in it."
"We've got a few of them, because we needed some really large machines. So far, they've been working pretty good."
 

Cons

"In general, there is a 10% to 15% price gap compared to competitors."
"HPE has a replacement system called Synergy, though it’s a more high-end system than the old C7000."
"We sometimes have compatibility issues depending on the browser that you are using. For example, sometimes you have to switch between Edge, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, or Chrome to have things operating correctly."
"HPE BladeSystem that we are using is currently very old. It's not too good. We haven't renewed it. I would like the solution to have more updates."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
"We had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally. We've tried internationally, but we are still struggling to get its spare parts. This is the main challenge that we have faced with this solution. Fortunately, the other drives are still working. There should be easy availability of spare parts. I should be able to request a quotation online from HPE for things that I am not able to get locally. Currently, I can order online, but when I type the serial number, most of the time, it is rejected. I don't know why it is happening. It could be because the company that sold us the system didn't buy it through the normal HPE channel. HPE should assist us as users to get the spare parts. Its security needs to be beefed up. I would like some security features. It was also challenging for us to set it up because we didn't get enough training from them."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
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"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."
"It would be helpful if you could do the maintenance completely online."
"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."
"I know we support Windows and I think it's Red Hat, and I'd like to see more OSs supported."
"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.""
"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."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"With regards to the prices, they need to adapt to the current needs of the country."
"Its pricing was good. We selected this solution because it was within our budget. We paid just once when we bought it. We never bought any license."
"The chassis itself, with no blade server inside, so expensive. The C7000 model costs around $100,000."
"The product’s price is high compared to one of its competitors."
"The price of HPE BladeSystem could improve. They need to reduce the price to be able to compete better with other vendors, such as Dell."
"It is expensive. There are no additional costs. We are able to get good discounts anyway from HPE, but if the price can come down, we'll be happy."
"Regarding the cost, HPE BladeSystem is not cheap. The solution and its support are costly, and there are challenges with renewal and pricing, especially in Nigeria, due to the dollar rate and FX issues. However, it is reliable. I don't have specific figures for licensing costs, as the procurement and finance departments handle them."
"Add OneView and ILO advanced to the base product. Don’t adjust the price, but just include them."
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"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Government
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Government
11%
Computer Software Company
10%
 

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Large Enterprise
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Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

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 BladeSystem?
The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE BladeSystem?
In general, there is a 10% to 15% price gap compared to competitors.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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Also Known As

HP ProLiant BL Series Servers, HP ProLiant BladeSystem
HP Integrity Superdome, HP Superdome X
 

Overview

HP ProLiant BladeSystem share power, cooling, network, and storage infrastructure via the blade enclosure. Since equipment is not needed for each server, you get a dramatic reduction in power distribution units, power cables, LAN and SAN switches, connectors, adapters, and cables. And you can add the newest-generation technologies by simply changing individual components.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise
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
 

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