We performed a comparison between HPE BladeSystem and PowerEdge C 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."It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"With just one cable, for redundancy let's say two, you can feed sixteen servers in a single c7000 chassis."
"The interface and dashboard are excellent and user-friendly."
"It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"HPE BladeSystem is a scalable solution. It is a composable infrastructure which we can manage our external services. This is the one factor which I can see the server is much more suitable for the OneView console."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The performance is good."
"The hybrid solution is much more stable than other products."
"Technical support has been helpful."
"Every new version is better than the previous one."
"PowerEdge servers have high CPU processing power, and the support is also good."
"The scalability of the solution met our needs."
"With the tool, we can easily upgrade and ensure compatibility between operating systems, hardwares and drivers. Among other features, the hardware also stands out because it is certified and aligns with the processor manufacturers like Intel. This enables them to offer the latest options which are not available with other suppliers."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"There have been some hardware failures with them. These failures have since been solved by HPE support partners."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"The management side of this solution could be improved."
"We sometimes have compatibility issues depending on the browser that you are using. For example, sometimes you have to switch between Edge, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, or Chrome to have things operating correctly."
"The response time in terms of getting technical support assistance could be improved."
"The other similar solutions used different CLI commands than HPE BladeSystem. The HPE BladeSystem CLI commands should be the same as the other companies which would make it easier to manage. It would be better for the system administrators to manage HPE BladeSystem and other systems together. I wanted to configure this service with the CLI but the commands are different than the other solutions making it a bit more difficult."
"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."
"There has been an increase in quality issues."
"It would be easier if data center management and disaster recovery were combined."
"It would be better if the solution provided simplified storage and hardware with an integrated one-tier architecture."
"It should be improved in terms of future expansion. We should be able to have additional free slots for future extensions in terms of memory."
"An area where the product lacks and needs to consider improvement is by allowing it to integrate with some AI tool for monitoring."
"It would be better if it worked with SMTP servers on the cloud. Right now, it only allows notifications via the SMTP server. In the next release, I would like to have a better processor."
"The price must be improved."
"There could be some more ports added in the future."
HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 134 reviews while PowerEdge C is ranked 5th in Blade Servers with 22 reviews. HPE BladeSystem is rated 8.6, while PowerEdge C is rated 8.6. 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 PowerEdge C writes "Easy to deploy and has high performance and no downtime". HPE BladeSystem is most compared with HPE Synergy, Cisco UCS B-Series, Dell PowerEdge M, Super Micro SuperBlade and HPE Superdome X, whereas PowerEdge C is most compared with Huawei FusionServer X Series, HPE Apollo, Dell PowerEdge M and Cisco UCS B-Series. See our HPE BladeSystem vs. PowerEdge C report.
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