HPE BladeSystem vs HPE Synergy comparison

HPE BladeSystem and HPE Synergy are both solutions in the Blade Servers category. HPE BladeSystem is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.8, while HPE Synergy is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.4. HPE BladeSystem holds a 14.1% mindshare in Blade Servers, compared to HPE Synergy’s 21.8% mindshare. Additionally, 95% of HPE BladeSystem users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of HPE Synergy users who would recommend it.

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95% willing to recommend

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 8, 2024

HPE BladeSystem and HPE Synergy are competitive solutions within modern IT environments. HPE Synergy holds the advantage due to its innovative features, positioning it as a noteworthy investment.

Features: HPE BladeSystem offers reliable infrastructure components, scalability, and caters to traditional data center needs, providing a dependable solution for established environments. HPE Synergy features composability and flexibility, facilitating seamless integration and a future-ready architecture, making it ideal for dynamic workloads.

Room for Improvement: HPE BladeSystem could benefit from more intuitive management tools, better integration options, and enhanced customization capabilities. HPE Synergy users note complexities in configuration management, the need for streamlined operations, and improvements in user interface to simplify its versatile configurations.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE BladeSystem offers straightforward deployment, making it practical for existing infrastructures. HPE Synergy, while beneficial with customer service support, presents a modular approach that may require users to overcome an initial learning curve.

Pricing and ROI: HPE BladeSystem provides a cost-effective upfront setup that appeals to budget-conscious buyers. HPE Synergy, despite higher initial costs, is considered to deliver better long-term ROI through efficiency and adaptability, supporting sustained business growth.

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Categories and Ranking

HPE BladeSystem

Ranking in Blade Servers

3rd

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

137

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 December 2024, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of HPE BladeSystem is 14.1%, down from 18.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Synergy is 21.8%, down from 22.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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JuanDuque

Manager of Capacity and Control Management at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

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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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

"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."

"Basically, in a cluster, it works really nicely, especially within a cluster environment. Also, it's easily configurable."

"The solution has good scalability."

"The solution is very easy to use."

"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."

"The solution is very easy to use."

"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."

"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."

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"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."

"The processing time has been about 50 times faster and allows us to do AI models."

"Great data storage and very good for software defined solutions."

"The most valuable features of HPE Synergy are the two composers."

"Composability... We show our partners the value of composability and how it can meet their needs."

"Changing the form factor in Synergy allows us to have more RAM, which is significantly helpful for us."

"The wireless mounting system is excellent. We can use the monitor over the Internet and perform troubleshooting remotely with the connection to SQL. It includes a comprehensive monitoring tool. It offers many features, allowing us to update, manage, maintain, and troubleshoot the system efficiently."

"The product enables the centralization of all administrative tasks."

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Cons

"HPE BladeSystem could improve the communication between the server and the storage."

"Currently, in the case of a disk failure there is a need to remove the whole bay and as a result, to disconnect all the other disks."

"They could include some embedded software for container technology."

"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."

"The only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."

"It may be coming to its end of life."

"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."

"The other similar solutions used different CLI commands than HPE BladeSystem. The HPE BladeSystem CLI commands should be the same as the other companies which would make it easier to manage. It would be better for the system administrators to manage HPE BladeSystem and other systems together. I wanted to configure this service with the CLI but the commands are different than the other solutions making it a bit more difficult."

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"If it would be possible to connect clusters of five with other clusters, so that they could all share resources, that would change the game for us. It would make it a viable solution for us."

"I would like more storage with this solution, because we still need 3PAR or other storage outside the box for the amount of data that we have."

"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."

"The only issue that we had was our rack was too small. The product is heavy, so it took a lot to get it in there."

"In the past, I have had issues with configurations."

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

"I would definitely like to see them fix the firmware updates on all the blades. No matter what operating system it is running on, make sure I can do the firmware as well as the software for those firmware components at the same time. I don't want to have to rely on an external product. Let's bring that product inside the menu so that I have a better experience with updates."

"It would be nice if the updates were not accompanied by downtime."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"When you purchase HPE BladeSystem you have to pay for the support service. The first three years are covered under the warranty, and for any further support, you have to pay annually. When comparing the cost of HPE BladeSystem to other vendors, the fees are less expensive."

"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."

"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 HPE BladeSystem is an expensive solution."

"The price of HPE BladeSystem is less expensive than some other solutions, such as Dell. The cost of replacement equipment is expensive."

"We have an annual license."

"We have been satisfied with the price. However, there are additional costs for support."

"The price could be cheaper."

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"We are satisfied with its price."

"For me, the scalability is how much money that I need to spend on switches for how many frames, which ultimately means servers. To get the best bandwidth before the most recent product announcement, I have buy new switches every three frames. The competition is shipping a product right now where I only need switches every ten frames."

"The solution has reduced our IT infrastructure costs because we have had to buy less services than we used to."

"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."

"We do CAPEX."

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

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

"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."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

13%

Financial Services Firm

12%

Government

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

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?

We paid approximately 60,000 Saudi Riyals per year for support from HPE, equivalent to $15,000 USD. However, some years, we did not utilize their support services.

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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?

Synergy is more expensive than Cisco.

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What needs improvement with HPE Synergy?

The pricing could be improved.

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Also Known As

HP ProLiant BL Series Servers, HP ProLiant BladeSystem, HP BladeSystem

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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.

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

EMIS Health

HudsonAlpha, Virgin Media, EMIS, United

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