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 most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"They are reliable, and it's relatively easy to manage them. They also regularly provide patching for the servers."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"The benefit is the density and the capability for global harmonization on the hardware, because all the hardware chassis are the same. We can also purchase the same network cards too, chassis by chassis, so it gives us a global solution."
"The virtual connect and network management port is a valuable feature."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"We've found the scalability to be reasonable if you are ready to invest in it."
"HPE Synergy is a stable solution."
"Being able to connect my 3PAR arrays to the Synergy platform is the most valuable aspect to me."
"It has improved our procurement and day zero provisioning. We are bringing in racks of Synergy which are not populated with the blades, then we are buying the blades and populating them, as our business needs. This has been pretty helpful to be able to sort of pre-package the data center with the Synergy platform, then deploy servers into it as we grow."
"HPE Synergy has been dependable for the past 15 years."
"It makes life easier for us when we are deploying new technology, as we have the building blocks already in place."
"There is no problem with the scalability."
"The solution help us to implement new business requirements quickly, since it is easy and quick to upgrade our capacity."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"It may be coming to its end of life."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"HPE BladeSystem that we are using is currently very old. It's not too good. We haven't renewed it. I would like the solution to have more updates."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"It could always use new tools."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"After delivering the contract, they became a little less active. So, it needs some pushing from my side sometimes."
"There is always room for improvement. Based on our use cases, I don't believe there are any additional features required."
"I would really like a way to validate the firmware in my specific environment before trying to deploy it. Those were the issues we had early on with firmware upgrades, particularly around certificates. All in all, having some level of confidence aside from it just having been tested generically would help. Something more specific to my environment would be very helpful."
"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."
"The technical support was about the only negative experience that I had. It was a mixed bag when we were first standing it up. We had some requirements from our information security department, and technical support wasn't able to give me immediate answers. They had to engage engineering, which they did, then they got me the answers. However, it took a week of back and forth conversations and phone calls to get it all worked out."
"The lowest echelon of HPE technical support is sadly uninformed, unknowledgeable, and dependent on wrote scripts. They won't answer a question without going through their script. It's not like you're actually talking to somebody who has any depth or time using any of the equipment."
"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."
"Product documentation is disorganized."
HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 134 reviews while HPE Synergy is ranked 1st in Blade Servers with 85 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, Super Micro SuperBlade, HPE Superdome X and Pure Storage FlashBlade, whereas HPE Synergy is most compared with Dell PowerEdge M, Cisco UCS B-Series, HPE Apollo, HPE Superdome X and HPE ProLiant DL Servers. See our HPE BladeSystem vs. HPE Synergy report.
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