We performed a comparison between HPE Blade system and HPE Synergy based on our users’ reviews in four categories. After reading all of the collected data, you can find our conclusion below.
Comparison Results: Based on the parameters we compared, HPE Synergy is a better choice. Our reviewers find that Synergy offers better support, stability and scalability, and it is worth the complex setup.
"The solution is very easy to use."
"It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"It is very stable."
"The density of the BladeSystem, that we can keep adding blades as we need more VMs."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"Basically, in a cluster, it works really nicely, especially within a cluster environment. Also, it's easily configurable."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is simplified management."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"The scalability is great."
"The Online firmware update for the virtual connects has minimized our downtime windows."
"The flexibility to link them together and configure them gives us the ability to scale out easily, to add more compute resources as needed... The way that they're scalable and flexible means we can add additional servers in quickly... We're not spending a lot of time doing procurement and building of physical servers."
"Its versatility, performance, and size are most valuable. It is very decent for its size. It has very good performance and very good specifications."
"It gives us ease of use. It's nice because we don't have to mess with networking once it's set up. Once it's done, we just put another blade in and go from there. We don't have to go back in, run more cables, deal with more data center stuff. We stick a blade in, use the server profile template, build out a server profile from that, and it just goes."
"HPE Synergy has been dependable for the past 15 years."
"I like that it's suitable for virtualization. It's also stable and scalable. The newer version has a lot of memory, and you don't have to worry about updates."
"The solution has decreased the deployment time for a new blade, saving us three hours."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"I am not sure if iLO is included or if there is a separate license. If it is not included, it should be included in the license. It is such a valuable feature especially because people are working remotely."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"I would prefer to have changes in the compatibility of the blade servers with the new ones designed by HPE, as the top team's version does not have it."
"I would like to see the upgrade path a little bit smoother."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"If the hardware offered higher efficiency, that would be an ideal situation for our company."
"They must improve the OneView tools."
"The performance could be better. The converged network cards initially didn't work. However, later on in the newer version, they came up with 50 GB network cards to replace the 20 GB ones, and it's perfectly fine now. At times, it could also be more stable."
"HPE Synergy could improve its remote support."
"This solution could be improved by increasing the speed on the conversion adapters. It should be 100 gigs."
"The solution must concentrate on improving the product quality."
"Because we're using 2012, we're having issues making templates."
"The update is problematic. When you want to update the firmware, or when you want to update software on Composer, it takes a lot of time. A lot."
"I would definitely like to see them fix the firmware updates on all the blades. No matter what operating system it is running on, make sure I can do the firmware as well as the software for those firmware components at the same time. I don't want to have to rely on an external product. Let's bring that product inside the menu so that I have a better experience with updates."
HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 134 reviews while HPE Synergy is ranked 1st in Blade Servers with 87 reviews. HPE BladeSystem is rated 8.6, while HPE Synergy is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE BladeSystem writes "Very reliable, expands well, and is pretty simple 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". HPE BladeSystem is most compared with Cisco UCS B-Series, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE Superdome X and Super Micro SuperBlade, whereas HPE Synergy is most compared with Dell PowerEdge M, Cisco UCS B-Series, HPE Apollo, HPE ProLiant DL Servers and HPE Superdome X. See our HPE BladeSystem vs. HPE Synergy report.
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