We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge M and HPE Synergy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Blade Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The initial setup is easy."
"The solution offers remarkable flexibility, reliability, and extensive software support."
"It is easy to manage by an administrator and we can spend valuable time on other IT issues."
"I have compared Dell EMC to other solutions and have found it to be good. The SAN and LAN traffic, manageability, and upgradability are all good."
"The solution integrated well."
"It's great for managing overall infrastructure."
"It helps us to manage multiple chassis from a single website."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerEdge M is iDRAC."
"The solution helps us to implement new business requirements quickly with some app deployments."
"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."
"Technical support is excellent. They are very helpful."
"The most valuable features are the evolution of our existing HPE portfolio, the integration with our existing tool sets, and the enhanced capabilities that OneView bring."
"Being able to connect my 3PAR arrays to the Synergy platform is the most valuable aspect to me."
"The scalability is great."
"The Synergy environment provides us with one view. We're able to manage the entire stack, top to bottom, from that single view."
"Great data storage and very good for software defined solutions."
"Technical support is not good."
"Dell PowerEdge M needs to run AMD CPUs on it."
"The set up is complex"
"I would like to have additional HPC and AI capabilities on general Dell PowerEdge servers."
"In terms of improvement, it should also offer a hyper-converged option."
"We have had some issues with the vendor's support that we have received. When you open up a support case with Dell they send a partner to assist you and in our experience, they are lacking knowledge about the solution. There are times when you need professional support from the vendor that knows the solution well."
"Can be improved by being proactive in making changes that could improve the solution."
"Dell PowerEdge M lacks GPU nodes and doesn't have a direct solution for GPUs."
"Changes to the solution are quite complex."
"One of the things that I would like to see, and could be in their road map, is getting virtual connect to 100 Gig throughput."
"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."
"The pricing can be improved as it is a costly solution due to sanctions in Iran."
"The profiles aren't so easy to work with."
"Sometimes there are firmware or software difficulties when connecting between networks or with storage."
"The initial setup was complex. It was slow and just didn't work. Even HPE couldn't make it work for 45 days."
"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."
Dell PowerEdge M is ranked 4th in Blade Servers with 15 reviews while HPE Synergy is ranked 1st in Blade Servers with 87 reviews. Dell PowerEdge M is rated 8.4, while HPE Synergy is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge M writes "Average pricing and good feature sets but is complex to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Synergy writes "Local hard drives are not needed for the i3S module that boots to any operating system". Dell PowerEdge M is most compared with HPE Superdome X, Cisco UCS B-Series, Super Micro SuperBlade, HPE BladeSystem and Fujitsu Primergy BX900 Series, whereas HPE Synergy is most compared with HPE BladeSystem, Cisco UCS B-Series, HPE Apollo, HPE ProLiant DL Servers and HPE Superdome X. See our Dell PowerEdge M vs. HPE Synergy report.
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