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HPE NonStop 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 NonStop
Ranking in Blade Servers
12th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Synergy
Ranking in Blade Servers
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Composable Infrastructure (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of HPE NonStop is 4.8%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Synergy is 9.7%, down from 21.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Blade Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE Synergy9.7%
HPE NonStop4.8%
Other85.5%
Blade Servers
 

Featured Reviews

Roni Wijaya - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President of It Operations at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
With a perfect record for uptime, the solution ensures a return on investment
Since it is a legacy tool, there is a need to change it for flexibility. I think now it has improved because the security is very good. It is very secure for the performance of the machine critical application service, and it is very good. I don't know how to speak more on improvement needed because it's a good enough tool. However, depending on the application, it's limited. Not a lot of applications run on HPE NonStop. It is not flexible because I know that because of the compatibility of Java with HPE NonStop. When we are using Java, the performance is not good.
MR
Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech
Redundant components and single console management improve efficiency while high costs warrant attention
Regarding HPE Synergy, the most valuable feature is that the whole solution and the whole system operate in passive mode, and there are very few chances of downtime as all the components in HPE Synergy are redundant, including VC Flex modules and interconnect modules, as well as power supply and fan modules. Other networking and storage connectivity modules are also redundant, and we can mount the entire Synergy frame in a single rack. If we fully populate a Synergy frame with 12 servers, 12 physical machines could be mounted in one Synergy frame, mostly with redundant power supplies and networking ports along with SAN connectivity on a single console.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It is a nearly perfect product, although it also has some restrictions and short comings."
"The HPE NonStop solution is rated with the highest level of availability in the industry."
"The stability of HPE NonStop is good."
"Because we're able to get immediate support, this prevents downtime and directly impacts cost savings."
"We don't have any issues with the stability of HPE NonStop."
"Implement it. You will never regret it."
"We don't have any issues with the stability of HPE NonStop."
"This is the standard for reliability and fault-resilience."
"The manageability is its most valuable feature. It is a fully managed platform, which is very simple to manage."
"Being able to connect my 3PAR arrays to the Synergy platform is the most valuable aspect to me."
"HPE Synergy has been dependable for the past 15 years."
"The solution has reduced our IT infrastructure costs by at least 30 percent, mainly because of the density compared to our former infrastructure."
"HPE is really the leading platform."
"The price is reasonable, and the stability and scalability are okay. We bought the solution because it suits our needs."
"Everything is combined in one chassis, you have storage, compute, networking. So you save a lot of space in the datacenter."
"What does it not have? That's the harder question."
 

Cons

"The hardware fails often, and I feel that HP really needs to pay more attention to this issue."
"There were some scalability issues. When we decided to migrate an application or port application, the limitations of these servers did not help us."
"It would be helpful if they brought the price down."
"The NonStop Support Center is very good, with an occasional bump in the road."
"Currently the NonStop platform doesn’t support virtualization of servers or CPU’s. Only storage."
"NonStop (formerly known as Tandem) in the Guardian OS could use another, friendlier macro language."
"I would never advise someone to buy or to implement the new NonStop because it's hard to find skilled people."
"The NonStop system is well priced, but the software that runs on it is quite pricey."
"The initial setup was complex. From what I was told, there were issues initially with getting the SFPs on the floor for our data center and something with the image, but I think that was on our service provider' side."
"The post-sales activity needs improvement."
"We've had quite a few issues with stability on this system, with the Gen10 blades - with memory specifically. It's been problematic."
"I've found the user experience to not be that great."
"The stability is not good right now. We have had a couple of outages where we have receive very good support from HPE. However, we have not been able to come up with cut and dried reasons for why the outages have occurred. They have not been able to be reproduced, so it has been difficult getting our trust back."
"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."
"I think that they can improve the update because the update is problematic now. When you want to update the firmware, or when you want to update software on Composer, it takes a lot of time."
"Over the two years of using HPE Synergy, we have found some hardware failures that are frequent in the SOP models, CNA cards, and converged network adapters. These failures are frequently happening for a lot of the customers."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"HPE NonStop is definitely on the higher end."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive, I rate the pricing an eight."
"The price of the solution is too high. If they lowered the price substantially it would open up more opportunities. It's considered a replacement for the old 9000 boxes of HP. If it had a lower price, we would be able to compete in the financial, and other sectors and other solutions such as Terraform. Having a high price makes other solutions more attractive."
"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."
"The hardware licensing cost is reasonable."
"We pay for licensing on the fibre channel uplinks, on the Virtual Connect, which is an add-on."
"There was at least about a 20 percent savings in cost over our purchase based on the purchase price of the compute modules themselves versus what we've had to pay before. It was significantly less."
"We outright purchased Synergy."
"The solution can be expensive because it requires both hardware and software purchases."
"In our whole environment, the cost is in the millions. On this particular chassis, the annual cost is 12 blades times approximately $40,000."
"It costs us around $60,000 a year."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
5%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise56
 

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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 is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Synergy?
As far as the prices are concerned, rack mount solutions are less expensive than HPE Synergy prices; however, HPE Synergy prices are higher but justify themselves as the solution accommodates all t...
What needs improvement with HPE Synergy?
In my opinion, for future improvements in HPE Synergy, there should be better management of power consumption complexity as well as an increase in the number of servers that can fit in a single Syn...
 

Also Known As

HP NonStop, HPE Integrity NonStop
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Sample Customers

Bankart, Capital Securities Corporation
HudsonAlpha, Virgin Media, EMIS, United
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