We performed a comparison between HPE BladeSystem and Pure Storage FlashBlade based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco, Dell Technologies and others in Blade Servers."The scalability has been good."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"It is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"It is a stable, dependable solution."
"The virtual connect and network management port is a valuable feature."
"The main feature I have found to be product replication."
"The solution provides many controllers."
"The product is scalable and easy to expand."
"It's very easy-to-use."
"It is very easy to use, and it is very fast."
"We have seen a reduction in the total cost of ownership by around 20%."
"We have integrated it with VMware. The integration process is pretty good. Especially with VMware, it helps with the capacity of it."
"The tool's most valuable features are data warehousing, speedy recovery, and analytics. Its latest release is cost-effective."
"I would like to see the upgrade path a little bit smoother."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"Currently, in the case of a disk failure there is a need to remove the whole bay and as a result, to disconnect all the other disks."
"We had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally. We've tried internationally, but we are still struggling to get its spare parts. This is the main challenge that we have faced with this solution. Fortunately, the other drives are still working. There should be easy availability of spare parts. I should be able to request a quotation online from HPE for things that I am not able to get locally. Currently, I can order online, but when I type the serial number, most of the time, it is rejected. I don't know why it is happening. It could be because the company that sold us the system didn't buy it through the normal HPE channel. HPE should assist us as users to get the spare parts. Its security needs to be beefed up. I would like some security features. It was also challenging for us to set it up because we didn't get enough training from them."
"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."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"They need better integration with public clouds along with a better hybrid solution."
"File storage needs a lot of improvement. Mainframe connectivity also needs improvement because it requires additional components to be integrated with Pure Storage FlashBlade. If you want to keep your backup data, then this becomes an even more expensive solution because Pure Storage FlashBlade will not be able to meet your backup needs."
"I would also like to see better support for CIFS workloads."
"On our dedupe during our initial buy, we were expecting a number a little higher like 4x. However, we are getting about 3.6. While it is close enough, it doesn't quite hit the numbers. So, this has been a challenge."
"It would be nice if you could store file-based in the same box with the same technology."
"It's on the expensive side, as expected for a niche product."
"There could be improvements in public cloud integration."
"The features provided for SMB customers are limited."
HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 134 reviews while Pure Storage FlashBlade is ranked 6th in File and Object Storage with 31 reviews. HPE BladeSystem is rated 8.6, while Pure Storage FlashBlade is rated 8.8. 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 Pure Storage FlashBlade writes "A high-performing and scalable solution that improves data performance for S3 workloads". HPE BladeSystem is most compared with HPE Synergy, Cisco UCS B-Series, Dell PowerEdge M and Super Micro SuperBlade, whereas Pure Storage FlashBlade is most compared with Dell PowerScale (Isilon), VAST Data, MinIO, Pure Storage FlashArray and Red Hat Ceph Storage.
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