HPE ConvergedSystem vs Oracle SuperCluster comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Oracle are both solutions in the Converged Infrastructure category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.4, while Oracle is ranked #7 with an average rating of 9.0. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 19.2% mindshare in CI, compared to Oracle’s 4.2% mindshare. Additionally, 96% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 84% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 2, 2025

HPE ConvergedSystem and Oracle SuperCluster are competing products in the integrated systems market. HPE ConvergedSystem appears to have an advantage in flexibility and scalability, catering to organizations prioritizing customization and growth.

Features: HPE ConvergedSystem is recognized for its modular design, allowing for easy scalability and tailored configurations suited for diverse business needs. It supports a wide range of applications, enabling adaptability across various environments. Oracle SuperCluster is noted for its high-performance computing, optimized database management, and effective integration of software and hardware, providing superior performance and reliability, especially for Oracle applications.

Room for Improvement: HPE ConvergedSystem could enhance its user interface to make management easier, improve integration capabilities with some non-HPE applications, and offer more comprehensive real-time analytics. Oracle SuperCluster might benefit from addressing reliability issues reported by some users, simplifying the virtualization layer configuration process, and expanding support for non-Oracle workloads.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE ConvergedSystem offers straightforward deployment with tools simplifying integration into existing IT infrastructures, coupled with comprehensive support services to minimize disruptions. Oracle SuperCluster requires a more complex setup often demanding specialized expertise, yet it provides robust support for Oracle applications once operational.

Pricing and ROI: HPE ConvergedSystem generally has a lower initial cost with flexible financing options promising a quicker ROI, appealing to businesses seeking cost-effectiveness. Oracle SuperCluster, despite its higher upfront cost, offers significant long-term ROI for enterprises heavily reliant on Oracle applications, attributed to its optimized performance and consolidation capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

HPE ConvergedSystem

Ranking in Converged Infrastructure

2nd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Converged Infrastructure for SAP HANA (2nd)

Oracle SuperCluster

Ranking in Converged Infrastructure

7th

Average Rating

7.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2025, in the Converged Infrastructure category, the mindshare of HPE ConvergedSystem is 19.2%, up from 16.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle SuperCluster is 4.2%, up from 3.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Featured Reviews

Milind Khamkar

CIO at Super-Max Limited

Highly scalable, suitable for enterprise usage and good performance

It depends on what my business requirements are, what I'm evaluating at that point in time, and what HP provides. So, it will be difficult for me to pinpoint a couple of times because that changed from situation to situation. So if I'm evaluating the server, what kind of technologies HP is mileaging over the other competitors makes a difference. So sometimes processes, performance, sometimes memory available space, the hyper-converged, and these are the certain things when it comes to the enterprise level product. When it comes to the endpoint, it depends upon the user experience that HP provides.

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Shafiq Khan

Senior Manager IT Operations at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Great performance all round, but lacking in certain cloud features

Speaking from a business perspective, our main problem is that our particular edition of SuperCluster is now at end-of-life status, making it obsolete and impossible to get support for. This presents a challenge for us, as finding a path to our next solution is not easy. When it comes to features, I know that Oracle has already done a lot on the software side of things, but everyone has their own wish list for their specific environment and in newer editions of SuperCluster I would like to see new EXAchk data in the cloud environment. In fact, I would prefer if SuperCluster could come with more functionality as seen in Oracle Cloud where it is easier to share data and other things across the board. SuperCluster is already a smart machine, so I understand that it might be difficult to implement all those features, but at a minimum I would appreciate Oracle including more cloud infrastructure functionality. Oracle's existing cloud machines are already able to provide all these cloud features that I would like, including the use of containers and hardware-sharing, and it would be great to have these on board for their customers and end-users of SuperCluster.

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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 most valuable features of the solution are the flexibility and the availability of the machines."

"The solution's most valuable feature is its ability to restore lost machines. Essentially its high availability capabilities are extremely valuable to us."

"Consolidation and duplications features."

"The most valuable features of HPE ConvergedSystem are scalability and resilience."

"The user interface, reporting, and management are good, and we are quite happy with the performance."

"The storage, BladeSystems, Virtual Connect, and simplicity with hyper-converged solutions are the most valuable features of this solution."

"The flexibility is the most advantageous aspect of the solution. Our system has a very big environment. Due to this, the replication and backup operation is not an easy task. We prefer HPE SimpliVity modules in our environment, even when we have some different cases in operations."

"This solution is very simple to use."

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"In this setup, the traffic is distributed among the nodes, enhancing the overall performance compared to a scenario where all traffic is directed to a single server."

"SuperCluster is basically a combination of Oracle, with Exadata and Compute node features, so it is a computing cluster that is integrated in a single infrastructure such that we don't need a separate solution for the application database, the data storage database, and everything else the application needs."

"Because it's classified as an engineered system, it's all integrated, it's all supported by one vendor. We don't have to go to multiple vendors for support, it's all integrated under Oracle."

"The two features that I find to be the most valuable are high availability and high performance."

"It is easy to integrate Supercluster into IT workflow. It has a forty-gigabit InfiniBand switch. It also includes Exadata and a very powerful M-series machine. These are not mainframe processors but provide excellent internal communication and scalability."

"Because SuperCluster is a specially engineered system, we have confidence in that all the components are compatible with one another. Everything runs together as a well-coupled group of machines, and the performance is great (especially the memory)."

"A valuable feature is the Exadata Storage appliance, optimized for database queries."

"Unix is not as easy for the users, it needs more maintenance and costs extra."

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Cons

"There is some scope for improvement in support. The response time could be better."

"I would like to see monitoring solutions included, as well as brand support."

"HPE ConvergedSystem needs to improve its management. I would like the tool to add cloud management features so that the system can be accessed anywhere from the cloud."

"I would like to see better manageability and integration with third-party tools."

"The MTG inside HP could be improved."

"The solution needs to add NFS features."

"It could be enhanced by improving the built-in backup solution."

"Features that should be addressed concern the HPE functionality and the interaction with VMware."

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"They may have made some improvements but based on the version that I am using, it is a little complicated because it is based on the Unix Operating system."

"A major issue for us is that after the most recent update of SuperCluster, they have now stopped all future production of new versions. That is to say, after M7 there was M8, and now there are no future versions planned (e.g. M9) in the market."

"If it had capabilities to integrate really well with DB2 or SQL Server or Hitachi SANs, those sort of things, that would be a real benefit. Right now, it's fully supported only under all Oracle infrastructure."

"It would be more convenient if the Agta Logic worked within the SuperCluster with the Agta data, as it may boost the speed of the applications."

"Not a very user friendly solution."

"I would like to see control domain and zone management via a management console, similar to that of OVM."

"It's not working as we expected. We thought it would be fast and reliable but we are not getting the reliability. It's not stable."

"We have faced network connectivity issues."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"My company has a five year contract for HPE ConvergedSystem. The contracts depend on companies and sometimes it can be three years. The solution is worth its price."

"The pricing is sensitive."

"This is an expensive system and not every customer has the kind of budget to support it."

"There are some extra costs in addition to the licensing costs for the yearly maintenance from professional third-party services."

"This is an expensive solution."

"Pricing is good. We have not calculated what hyper-converged infrastructure has brought us but I think there has to be some lower cost for us, compared to the public cloud. Obviously, there would be a lower cost, probably by more than half."

"The pricing is competitive. Not a major problem. We have a subscription model."

"I rate the product price an eight and a half on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive."

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"For us, the licensing costs are a large amount, but we are also paying for the rack, the SLA, and other extras. When I look into our organization's requirements regarding performance, machine load, etc., I believe that, while expensive, SuperCluster is nevertheless good for us."

"Due to the multiple products involved in our use of SuperCluster (including different software, hardware, etc.), I cannot comment on the licensing aspect."

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12%

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HPE ConvergedSystem?

The most valuable features of the solution are the flexibility and the availability of the machines.

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

I rate the product price an eight and a half on a scale of one to ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.

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What needs improvement with HPE ConvergedSystem?

Pricing is an area of concern in the solution where improvements are required.

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What do you like most about Oracle SuperCluster?

In this setup, the traffic is distributed among the nodes, enhancing the overall performance compared to a scenario where all traffic is directed to a single server.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Oracle SuperCluster?

The pricing is low as per performance but high as per synchronization. They justify the price. I rate the product’s pricing a four or five out of ten, where one is cheap and ten is expensive.

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What needs improvement with Oracle SuperCluster?

It would be more convenient if the Agta Logic worked within the SuperCluster with the Agta data, as it may boost the speed of the applications.

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Also Known As

HPE ConvergedSystem 700, HPE ConvergedSystem for SAP HANA, CS500, HPE ConvergedSystem 900, HPE ConvergedSystem 500, HPE ConvergedSystem 300

Oracle MiniCluster, S7-2, M7, M6-32

Overview

HPE ConvergedSystem is designed for on-premises and hybrid deployments, hosting VMware ESXi, supporting cloud containers, and facilitating recovery and backup, making it ideal for large-scale virtual environment replacements.

Consulting firms, government organizations, healthcare, and education departments extensively use HPE ConvergedSystem. It efficiently supports VMware virtualization, enhancing internal customer service by meeting various client requirements. Notable for its scalability, stability, and ease of deployment, HPE ConvergedSystem integrates seamlessly with HP Data Protector and numerous storage devices, ensuring high reliability. However, it requires improved management and better integration with third-party tools and cloud services.

What are the key features of HPE ConvergedSystem?

HPE Synergy: Facilitates deployments and updates.
Backup Capabilities: Ensures data security and recovery.
Reporting and Management: Enhances operational oversight.
High Availability: Offers robust performance.
Flexibility: Adapts to diverse workloads.
Deduplication and Compression: Saves storage space.
Security: Protects sensitive information.
Ease of Configuration: Simplifies setup.
BladeSystems and Virtual Connect: Enhances connectivity.
Scalability: Grows with business needs.
Stability and Resilience: Ensures continuous operations.
Energy Reduction: Promotes efficiency.

What are the benefits or ROI of HPE ConvergedSystem?

Enhanced Service Quality: Improves customer interactions.
Cost Efficiency: Reduces operational expenses.
Operational Flexibility: Adapts to varied business models.
Reliability: Minimizes downtime and data loss.
Scalability: Supports future growth without major investments.
Energy Efficiency: Lowers power consumption.

HPE ConvergedSystem sees extensive use across several industries. Government, healthcare, and education departments benefit from its reliable and scalable infrastructure. Consulting firms implement it for diverse clients, ensuring solutions tailored to specific needs. Chilean customers efficiently use it for servers and DDI with VMware for virtualization, while it also excels in replacing large-scale virtual environments, making it a versatile choice for companies and integrators alike.

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