HPE NonStop vs HPE Synergy comparison

HPE NonStop and HPE Synergy are both solutions in the Blade Servers category. HPE NonStop is ranked #8 with an average rating of 9.0, while HPE Synergy is ranked #1 with an average rating of 8.7. HPE NonStop holds a 4.0% mindshare in Blade Servers, compared to HPE Synergy’s 22.5% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of HPE NonStop users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of HPE Synergy users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

HPE NonStop and HPE Synergy are competing products in enterprise IT solutions. HPE Synergy has a competitive edge with its adaptable architecture and features.

Features: HPE NonStop offers high availability, fault-tolerant architecture, and linear expandability, essential for mission-critical applications in banking or telecoms. It also provides scalability, upgradable without downtime, and strong security features. HPE Synergy, on the other hand, enables composable infrastructure, centralized management via HPE OneView, and easy hardware reutilization, making it ideal for rapidly changing environments and scalability.

Room for Improvement: HPE NonStop could benefit from simplified deployment processes and enhanced learning resources for users. Furthermore, making the technology more flexible and adaptable to small-scale operations might widen its market. When it comes to scalability, the solution could provide more granular options for smaller changes. HPE Synergy could improve its integration capabilities between different systems and software to simplify management. Also, increasing the compatibility with diverse IT landscapes and enhancing customer training for better resource utilization would be beneficial.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: HPE Synergy simplifies deployment with its composable architecture, easing integration and system management. It offers efficient technical support for setup and scaling. In contrast, HPE NonStop’s deployment can be complex, but it is backed by responsive customer support that assists in navigating its complexities.

Pricing and ROI: The initial cost of HPE NonStop is high, but justified by its uninterrupted service and reliability, ensuring consistent ROI for crucial operations. HPE Synergy presents a cost-effective entry with a swift ROI, leveraging its modular design for incremental upgrades. Its competitive pricing and adaptability offer a compelling option for businesses prioritizing flexibility and scalability.

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Categories and Ranking

HPE NonStop

Ranking in Blade Servers

8th

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

6.9

Number of Reviews

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

Ranking in other categories

Composable Infrastructure (1st)

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of HPE NonStop is 4.0%, up from 2.7% 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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Roni Wijaya

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.

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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

"We don't have any issues with the stability of HPE NonStop."

"Feature-wise, the most valuable one is the fact that it has 100 hundred percent uptime every year. Secondly, it is stable."

"The stability of HPE NonStop is good."

"In the data center, you see customers with a lot of blade enclosures and a lot of servers, and this solution works fine."

"OneView is head and shoulders above the competition in this space."

"As we purchase and install more Synergy chassis, then we will be able to manage them together as one entity, as opposed to multiple separate cabinets."

"Shorter delivery times. Where we now have a delivery time of about six weeks, we hope to go back to days."

"The solution helps us to implement new business requirements quickly with some app deployments."

"The most valuable feature is its composable infrastructure. Everything I need is in the box. Manageability is through OneView, so I can get all the information about the box itself at any time I want."

"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."

"In terms of managing our IT landscape, it helps by reducing complexity... We've taken one of our virtualization guys and turned him into a Synergy guy, and he's been able to understand the networking, he's been able to understand the OneView, he's been able to understand the Synergy. He manages all of those rather than our having to have multiple teams associated with it."

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Cons

"It would be helpful if they brought the price down."

"It is not flexible...Not a lot of applications run on HPE NonStop."

"HPE NonStop could improve by having infrastructure management."

"The speed in OneView and how it updates the entire configuration needs improvement. If they can do that, and it could be a little more clear on what impact different actions will have for certain things, that would be good."

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

"The possibility of using storage directly in the frame in order to have bigger storage directly there, and not having an attached storage like SAN or NAS. That would be helpful."

"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."

"The initial setup was complex. We had a couple of bright engineers working on it, and they figured out a lot of things that they don't know... The problem was that they couldn't find documentation easily, to walk them through setup when they just didn't know the platform."

"I would like to see more nodes in a single chassis so we wouldn't have to purchase additional chassis."

"I would be more comfortable if Ansible actually rolled back the data used for automating platforms. If it could be communicated to the upstream Ansible, I wouldn't need to go back and forth and validate the libraries as we upgrade the Ansible version."

"I'd like to see the firmware updates, as well as the built-in OneView and imager in Composer, become a little more powerful and faster."

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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."

"There is a perpetual license given when you purchase HPE Synergy."

"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."

"The cost is high and that is a drawback for some customers."

"The biggest cost is the VMware licensing."

"We bought everything outright to start with. We don't do much consumption-based stuff."

"The hardware licensing cost is reasonable."

"When we made the purchase of the hardware, we added Professional Services to it."

"It costs us around $60,000 a year."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

27%

Computer Software Company

18%

Retailer

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

14%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

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Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HPE NonStop?

Feature-wise, the most valuable one is the fact that it has 100 hundred percent uptime every year. Secondly, it is stable.

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

It is an expensive solution. On a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive, I rate the pricing an eight. The licensing is based on a yearly basis, but we buy for a mi...

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What needs improvement with HPE NonStop?

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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...

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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?

The pricing is relatively high compared to Cisco servers. However, due to the volume of my purchases, I get good discounts.

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Also Known As

HP NonStop, HPE Integrity NonStop

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Overview

When availability matters, the new HPE Integrity NonStop X enables you to stay ahead of your competition by mitigating the risk of downtime and effortlessly meeting your business processing, OLTP, and database requirements all with an industry-standard x86 architecture. HPE brings you an unparalleled portfolio of HPE Integrity NonStop systems the NonStop i family and the NonStop X family. These systems deliver the highest level of availability for the most-demanding, high-value workloads and customer-facing applications.

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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.

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Sample Customers

Bankart, Capital Securities Corporation

HudsonAlpha, Virgin Media, EMIS, United

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