We performed a comparison between Lenovo Flex System and Super Micro SuperBlade 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."One of the most valuable features of this solution is its ease of use."
"Flex System's best features are its performance and stability."
"The Lenovo Flex System is very stable."
"The stability and speed are always good. The processor is good and it's still working with our loads."
"The product is very user-friendly and has many resources at the enterprise level."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of the Lenovo Flex System is the storage system."
"The ability to save resource is a key feature."
"I think the IPMI is a really good feature."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"Flex System's integration with the XClarity Management System could be improved."
"Forced restarts due to free upgrades is an issue that needs to be resolved. We can manage this as we have high availability and redundancy, but without that it could be a real problem."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration with other platforms."
"It does not have the same module flexibility that was present in IBM Blade. On the Blade System, I was able to choose between the Cisco module, or BMC module. Since the switch to Lenovo, I have not had the same choice of modules, only the BMC modules."
"The user-interface needs improvement, because they have an application from which we have to manage the whole system and all the infrastructure. This application is not working at our premises, because of some problem with the hardware itself. So although we brought it with our systems, and we used it to manage all the systems: the storage, the switches, and everything, nevertheless we have to support every part alone and enter the interface in one-by-one."
"The most valuable feature of the Lenovo Flex System is the storage system."
"The product could improve its integration capabilities."
"There is a lack of support for fiber channels currently that needs to be added."
"Supermicro blade servers are not the best. They could improve in scalability but are not really scalable right now."
"The solution does not scale well."
Lenovo Flex System is ranked 10th in Blade Servers with 7 reviews while Super Micro SuperBlade is ranked 8th in Blade Servers with 4 reviews. Lenovo Flex System is rated 8.2, while Super Micro SuperBlade is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Lenovo Flex System writes "Provides a high initial ceiling before upscaling is required, user-friendly and rich in resources, but has occasional stability issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Super Micro SuperBlade writes "Easy to set up with good technical support but does not scale well". Lenovo Flex System is most compared with HPE Superdome X, HPE Synergy, Cisco UCS B-Series and Dell PowerEdge M, whereas Super Micro SuperBlade is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE Integrity, HPE BladeSystem and Cisco UCS B-Series.
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