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 uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"This has drastically reduced our datacenter space, has good cooling and power consumption."
"It's very scalable."
"The solution has high performance."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"The solution has good performance."
"It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"Its versatility, performance, and size are most valuable. It is very decent for its size. It has very good performance and very good specifications."
"We're able to provision different applications, different demonstrations, add cloud-like speeds on-prem, which is unheard of in the industry."
"It has had a positive effect on the efficiency of our IT infrastructure team. The manageability of it is so easy, we're able to install it quickly, and replacement parts are easy to get in and out quickly."
"Orchestrating automations is great because you can connect to other tools with the REST API and automate components."
"The Online firmware update for the virtual connects has minimized our downtime windows."
"For me, this is the best frame server technology available in the market. We can compare it to Cisco UCS. It is robust and stable, and it is also easy to deploy and scale. Their support is the best."
"Give us the ability to seamlessly migrate from one operating environment to another within minutes, which is invaluable."
"The scalability is great."
"If the hardware offered higher efficiency, that would be an ideal situation for our company."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
"The servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"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 would like the ability to take the storage tray that is in a chassis and share it out to multiple chassis, not just the servers within the same chassis. This would be more efficient with resources."
"I would like to see more nodes in a single chassis so we wouldn't have to purchase additional chassis."
"Instead of having Synergy vertical, make it horizontal. It is easier to stick in when it is vertical."
"The only issue that we had was our rack was too small. The product is heavy, so it took a lot to get it in there."
"If it would be possible to connect clusters of five with other clusters, so that they could all share resources, that would change the game for us. It would make it a viable solution for us."
"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."
"A faster Composer module would be a good inclusion for the next release of this solution."
HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 21 reviews while HPE Synergy is ranked 1st in Blade Servers with 19 reviews. HPE BladeSystem is rated 8.6, while HPE Synergy is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of HPE BladeSystem writes "Good service, reliable, and remotely accessible through the iLO feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Synergy writes "The composable infrastructure allows you to build and stack shared capacity". 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 Lenovo Flex System. See our HPE BladeSystem vs. HPE Synergy report.
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