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HPE Integrity vs HPE Synergy comparison

 

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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

HPE Integrity
Ranking in Blade Servers
9th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
20
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 HPE Integrity is 2.7%, up from 2.6% 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.
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Featured Reviews

Linda Belebesi - PeerSpot reviewer
Highly stable, straightforward, and easy to use
In terms of improvement, the operating system development is slow, making it hard to keep up with modern tech and integrate with third-party products. Unlike other platforms, it lacks easy integration with popular cloud services like Office 365. This means if you are using HPE, you might face challenges connecting to the cloud and need to rely more on on-premises servers. Also, the support is lacking in some third-party products, limiting your options.
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

"This is a reliable server, and many applications are integrated there."
"The tool provides good performance and productivity."
"We have what is called a chief data care center support. This is the highest level of support they have. We have been very happy with the support we have received."
"The benefit provided by the solution for my organization stems from the fact that it provides maximum reliability and availability to users."
"What I like about HPE Integrity servers is how stable and easy to use they are."
"It is very fast and easy to use."
"HPE Integrity is a reliable solution, but you'll need to refurbish the hardware because it's approaching the end of sale."
"The product's most valuable features are troubleshooting and monitoring."
"We build out a whole stack at one time, so we don't have to worry about it until that stack is full, then that gives us time to get the next one ready."
"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 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 solution help us to implement new business requirements quickly, since it is easy and quick to upgrade our capacity."
"It allows for easy management."
"Valuable features include its dependability, reliability, and the ease of managing the system."
"In terms of the productivity of our deployment team, the amount of time has been decreased a lot. In the past, to deploy one c7000 chassis with 15 or 16 blades, we literally used to spend two to three weeks. But with a Synergy, it's very quick. Within three days we can do the deployment."
"Shorter delivery times. Where we now have a delivery time of about six weeks, we hope to go back to days."
 

Cons

"The manageability must be improved."
"HPE Integrity is a pain. HPE hasn't put much work into developing the solution in the past few years because it will be discontinued soon."
"Unlike other platforms, it lacks easy integration with popular cloud services like Office 365."
"Pricing is very high."
"HPE Integrity needs improvement in terms of pricing for scalability."
"The virtualization of HPE Integrity could be simplified. We have discussed this issue with HPE and hopefully, they will have an update."
"The monitoring is an area that needs some improvement."
"HPE Integrity has always been one step behind in areas like virtualization technologies, cloud enablement, the speed of backups, and replication."
"The cost is quite high."
"Synergy could probably do some code enhancements to simplify the deployment a bit more."
"The power consumption is very high, and there should be a more efficient way of reducing the power requirements while maintaining high performance."
"The initial setup was complex. It was slow and just didn't work. Even HPE couldn't make it work for 45 days."
"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."
"One of the issues that we that we have been having is with the firmware baselining. So, we need to just making sure that we get that working. However, we are in the early stages. It may well be that we just tweak a few things."
"One of the features I want to see, which I will see with OneView 5.0, is to have all the OneView consoles in a single pane of glass. That will make it easy to see everything in one place and not have to log in to multiple consoles."
"Gen 11 is being released. That's going to have a lot of advantages over Gen 10 and previous generations in terms of the cooling modules in the servers to keep them cooler and run with more efficiency and better performance. There are more management features with iLO 6 and the latest OneView management."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"HPE Integrity's pricing could be better."
"There is no license required to use HPE Integrity."
"The price is not very expensive."
"Price-wise, the solution is very expensive."
"The pricing is the best."
"We pay about £500 for the solution."
"We have already paid once. It is just the price for the permit and its use. It seems you don't have to keep paying for it, but I am not sure."
"It costs us around $60,000 a year."
"In our whole environment, the cost is in the millions. On this particular chassis, the annual cost is 12 blades times approximately $40,000."
"We pay for licensing on the fibre channel uplinks, on the Virtual Connect, which is an add-on."
"The hardware licensing cost is reasonable."
"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."
"Our IT infrastructure costs have gone up each year by 20 percent."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Insurance Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Computer Software Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HPE Integrity?
The tool provides good performance and productivity.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Integrity?
The pricing is the best. It is suitable for us. I rate the pricing a nine out of ten.
What needs improvement with HPE Integrity?
Pricing is very high. It should be less. In comparison to other brands like Dell or Cisco, I think HPE is not CTS. HPE should not be CTS. It should be less than Cisco and IBM. IBM has higher costs....
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.
 

Also Known As

HP Integrity Superdome , HP Integrity, SGI Altix
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Overview

 

Sample Customers

Home Credit Bank
HudsonAlpha, Virgin Media, EMIS, United
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