HPE BladeSystem Reviews

OA management: Easy to manage from one console.

• Management
• Diagnostic
• Monitoring installed servers becomes easier
• HW maintenance and management becomes easier 

• Management
• Monitoring

More than 10 years.

None at all.

None at all.

I would rate technical support at a nine out of 10.

Yes, HPE DL Servers. We switched to blade for scalability, optimization, and to improve our datacenter power, networking, space, etc.

It was straightforward.

Consult and check with the HPE pre-sales team before ordering and selecting the best products needed for your applications.

No.

Check your actual needs before ordering and starting with fewer number of servers and higher interconnect switches, and then having to add items according to your needs.

• ILO for great control over servers remotely
• HPE SIM for efficient monitoring and inventory of servers
• FlexFabric for its flexibility and ease of use

• Inventory management
• Firmware and driver maintenance
• Server monitoring
• Server provisioning and uptime

I would like to see better scalability.

We have been using this solution for five years.

There were no stability issues.

Sometimes there are scalability issues with relatively older generations.

I would rate technical service as moderate to good.

We used a solution previously and we switched because of cost and lack of passion by regional sales and marketing teams.

The setup was straightforward.

Do a market survey before and bargain well.

We did not evaluate other solutions.

If planned well in advance, it will make your life easier.

It's scalable and reliable. We're able to add as much as we can to it without worrying about it going down.

It's improved our operation and efficiency with it's great uptime. Since implementing it, we experience very little downtime.

I'd like to see HP move more towards software-defined solutions because we're looking towards software-defined networks.

It deploys perfectly.

We haven't had any technical issues, so it's very stable.

We only need to add more blades, which makes it as scalable as we can need or afford.

They have the ultimate knowledge of their products.

We were using Dell, and we switched because they couldn't provide us with service turnaround time for our environment that was sufficient for us.

If you're looking for a solution that has near 100% uptime, these blades provide that.

The HP ProLiant line has proven to be a very durable and reliable product. This is the greatest thing that I love about HP servers. They just work and keep on working. We have HP ProLiant servers which are almost 10 years old and is still working until today.We bought HP ProLiant servers as they offered us the best value for money in our part of the country. HP also has great support countrywide, and we didn't have any problem that the local support could not handle. This for me is the number reason why selected HP ProLiant for our servers in our part of the country. We felt more at ease with HP ProLiant rather than with IBM System X, as HP has better support.

The only con I can think off with using HP ProLiant is the limited parts of the old servers. This is understandable though, as it is also not feasible for vendors to stock parts which might never be sold.There is also this thing about server management. Other vendors like Cisco has really taken leaps and bounds in overhauling server manageability and make it work. HP has had new products as of late, but I think they must have innovated sooner as they are now behind the competition in this regard.

I would definitely recommend HP ProLiant servers. They are very reliable and very easy to configure. Just make sure that you stock-up on parts which you think might not be available any more in the foreseeable future. From experience, stock on the hard disks especially if you are still using the older technology, and buy redundant power supplies as these are the ones that normally fail after years of continuous operations.

The simplified design of the blades ensures a effeccient and repair including a replace in the event of a failure.

Improves capacity and aids organizations in adapting to their growth.

The profiles needs a complete rework, the way the profiles and networks are assigned to the blades isn’t user friendly and is often a hindrance

We've had no issues with the performance.

Excellent scalability, good flexibility from both a vertical and horizontal perspective.

 Consider implementing HP One-View into your environment to assist in addressing the complicated admin in some areas. Implement where possible a Use Standard to the chassis level, i.e. 1 chassis for hyper-v, 1 for SQL, etc... Segregate the networking set to the network where possible and avoid using the chassis profiles.

We used to have many physical servers spending energy and space in our data center. Now most of our servers are virtually running in a blade server infrastructure. We use the BladeSystem, ProLiant, and 3PAR for storage and we're trying to create a hybrid environment infrastructure. Also, OneView provides us with more visibility and you can manage what you can see.

It's about standardizing the infrastructure. Now we're only using one physical infrastructure and one software platform for the management.

It would be nice if it could integrate with cloud systems.

We never have downtime caused by this solution. Mainly when we have a downtime it's caused by a planned maintenance or something similar.

When we need to grow, we just buy another BladeSystem and ProLiant, then add it to the system. It's modular, so we can simply add in devices when we need.

We have a TS contract with an HPE partner.

We were using many different servers and we needed to standardize our infrastructure.

Tecnasa installed the system for us.

You will need to determine you parameters and your requirements so you can decide which products will best fit your needs.

We use the solution for media and backup servers.

The solution has good performance. 

All around, it would be nice if the solution were cheaper. 

I have been using HPE BladeSystem for around 15 years, which is the entire length of my career. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable. 

I do not have experience with technical support. 

The decision to switch from other products to the current solution was not within my purview. 

I do not have experience with putting the solution together, as it comes pre-configured. The installation is easy. 

Items which are more cost-effective have a greater tendency to be refurbished. This is why I don't really consider the pricing to be problematic. 

This said, it would make everyone happy if the solution were less expensive. 

I would recommend the solution to others. 

I rate HPE BladeSystem as an eight out of ten. 

On-premises

By implementing VMware on our systems, we increased the utilisation of resources, and the hardware is highly performant with no failures.

The C7000 Blade System is an all-in-one; I like blades.

Three to five years.

No issues with stability.

No issues with scalability.

Tech support is good to very good.

We have been using the same products. No switch.

Initial setup is straightforward and easy.

Use top technology and spare yourself the problems and money lost from hardware failure.

We did not really consider any other options.

Go ahead and implement it.