HPE BladeSystem Other Advice

JuanDuque - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager of Capacity and Control Management at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

We're a customer.

I'm currently using HP Blades for c7000 Enclosures. Also, I'm using two Synergy Blades with Synergy Frames.

The Blades are not being sold anymore, and HP is moving people over to Synergy. I'd advise new users to take advantage of Synergy Blades going forward. 

I'd rate it a nine out of ten due to its general stability. Compared to other solutions in the market, HP is quite stable.

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JN
Senior IT Operations Specialist at Denel

It is a reliable product. I would definitely recommend the solution to those planning to use it.

I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.

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LA
Senior Executive Manager - Data Center Virtualization at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It all depends on how you configure the network components with the plate. That should be done properly, you know. If you configure it correctly, the network component and this connectivity will be available. There will be no issues throughout the update, repairing the hardware, upgrading the firmware, and so on.

I would rate  HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten.

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HPE BladeSystem
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about HPE BladeSystem. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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NM
IT Manager at Umm Al-Qura University

My advice is to grow slowly, but plan for your growth. Don't get an enclosure that won't have expandability and don't go to a cheaper all-in-one model because you might get stuck with it for four or five years. You have to make sure that your system is expandable and that you can grow with it.

Overall, I rate this solution nine out of 10.

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WG
Systems Analyst at BCFSA

We like it for the most part. Support is always key for us personally. Don't lose sight of it, but ideally, it is a set-up-and-forget solution.

I would rate it a nine out of ten because it is always good to have something to strive for.

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Marziyeh Bahrami - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at AHS

I rate this solution a ten out of ten.

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Sathish  Ravichandran - PeerSpot reviewer
Server & Cloud Architect at Icare

They should provide enough information on the functionality to the users. I rate HPE BladeSystem a ten out of ten.

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Mohamed Said - PeerSpot reviewer
Bidding and Proposals Manager at Summit Technology Solution

The maintenance of the solution can be done by one person.

I rate HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten.

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Ali Balandy - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Architect at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

I'd rate the product nine out of ten. I've been quite pleased with it.

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Jiju Gopinath - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Vice President, IT Infrastructure at Kamco Invest

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate HPE BladeSystem an eight out of ten.

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Shriniwas Badgu - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at Shro Systems Pvt. Ltd.

My advice is if a customer is looking for a less-density server, HPE BladeSystem is a highly suitable solution. If you install or if you require the 12 servers in the rack, it will take the 12 to 15 space in the rack. Additionally, we have to think about the cabling.

I rate HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten.

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Durga Ramesh - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Project Manager at HCL Technologies

I have recommended my clients to HPE. Rather than other companies, HPE would give good support, and I'm very happy with that. It is a good, high-end product.

I'm not completely an end-user. I'm like an administrator, in the server administration department.

The solution is more suited to the cloud in terms of deployment options. 

I'd rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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JR
IT Manager at Botswana Accountancy College

I would recommend this solution based on the robustness of the machines. It is the best system in terms of the value for your money.

I would rate HPE BladeSystem an eight out of ten.

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it_user485712 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Datacenter Specialist at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

Part of it is really going to depend on what your use case for it is. If it's just running general server pools, then you get in there really fast, get it set up, run it using OneView obviously, which makes life a lot easier, because then you've got a single pane of glass to manage all your environments. That's the big reason I would use it.

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Ayush-Jain - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Consultant at Inflow Technologies

I take care of accounts. I will recommend the solution to others. If an organization has storage needs, they can use the solution. Overall, I rate the product a nine and a half or ten out of ten.

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Ali Yazıcı - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Service Manager at Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank

I give the solution an eight out of ten. There are better solutions available in the market.

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SR
Member of management at Cyprobes

We use it in-house and in a data center.

They need to make the product more scalable and price-efficient. 

I'd recommend the solution to others. 

I would rate the solution seven out of ten. It needs to be a bit less expensive. 

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KL
Network Engineer at Lyceum

As a tech guy, I recommend HPE for heavy usage. If you need to use it for applications and multitasking purposes, I recommended HPE because you can simultaneously run different applications without any delays or issues.

I would rate this solution as an eight out of ten. 

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TF
Account Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

The solution is simple and easy to manage.

I rate HPE BladeSystem a ten out of ten.

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MS
VMware Software Engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

I'm a customer and an end-user.

I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. We've been very happy with its capabilities.

I would recommend it to others.

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JD
Manager of Capacity and Control Management at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

We're just a customer.

We use the solution on Citrix platforms.

The BladeSystem compared with older solutions about energy and processor, offers more capacity and you can gain or minimize the amount of energy that you consume, which is super-helpful.

Overall, I would rate it nine out of ten.

One of the big problems that BladeSystem could look at is that systems like Microsoft Windows 2019, Linux, or Red Hat 8 demand a lot of RAM memory. There's no adaptable support. The more gigabytes or more processors that the actual operating system has, the better. With Synergy, and the power of Dell, hopefully, there will be support and adaption to the new necessities.

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RA
Systems Engineer at AXA Assistance US

I would advise others this is a good system overall with great hardware.

I rate HPE BladeSystem an eight out of ten.

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it_user484740 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analyst at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's because we've been using it for so many years now. It's been very reliable for us. I would say consult your hardware vendor and discuss with them your needs. Sit down with them. Elaborate what services do you need and decide together. That's how I would say it.

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PS
Solutions Engineer at AmWINS Group, Inc.

It really gets the job done well. It's dense compute. We replaced an entire rack of equipment with ten use, twelve use, I can't remember how many use it is, but with a single BladeSystem. It has been a long-sustaining enclosure. We have field upgraded the interconnects twice to add new capabilities as technology changed and those were service affecting but not very difficult. I have worked with Cisco UCS Manager and both have similar concepts. HPE Synergy is also due to launch soon, and althought HPE has a commitment to BladeSystem for the next few years, Synergy is really their next generation of blade technology.

It really gets the job done. The management is easy, it's been easy from an upgrade perspective and maintenance. So, it works really well for us.

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Ali Yazıcı - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Service Manager at Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank

We're simply a customer. We don't have a business relationship with HPE.

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using or if it's the latest.

I'd recommend the solution to other companies.

On a scale from one to ten, I'd rate it at an eight. If the pricing was better and they offered better support, I would rate the solution higher.

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ES
CEO at Scott Solutions LLC

If you need assistance in deploying Proliant servers, please feel free to contact me.

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AH
Information Technology System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

We're a customer, however, indirectly with HPE. We purchased the solution through a reseller. We don't deal with HPE directly.

I'm not sure which version of the solution we're using. I don't have the version number on hand.

I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten overall. It's been largely quite capable.

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it_user470361 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director of Technology at Resorts World Las Vegas

Really look at it closely, but really look at the Synergy product as well. That seems to me like that's the next evolution of the BladeSystem.

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EK
Windows Instructor at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have had good luck with them, and good success with them. 

We haven't had any issues that are major issues. We have been very pleased with it.

I would rate HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten.

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EN
Infrastructure Architecture & Planning Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company.

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it_user484947 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Continental Currency Services

The product is really simple to install. The way it's designed, you just slide whatever modules you're putting in there and it's pretty much done. HPE give it the iLO IP and you're ready to manage. Once you have it, there's not much advice I can give. It'll work and do the trick.

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it_user567654 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We were looking for stability. It's very powerful. It has huge resources. You can customize it as you like, and it fits our needs. Of course, it takes up little space. It's one rack in which you can put three enclosures. You can build your entire data center in one rack. It's very good. 

Since I joined my current organization four years ago, HPE did an amazing transformation of our data center. Everything there is an HPE product from A to Z. It's an end-to-end solution, including the hardware, networking, software, and everything. We are very comfortable with it. In five years, we haven’t faced any issues with it. It's very good.

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it_user567927 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Real Time Architect at Thomson Reuters

Regarding the connectivity setups, we've done it all now. We could smooth that path. Now it's very simple for us. If there are any difficulties, it's probably of our own making.

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it_user477453 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Manager Enterprise Services at a venture capital & private equity firm with 501-1,000 employees

If you're somebody who's undergoing rapid growth and not standardized on a platform yet, then I'd tell you that it depends on your environment. If you're already an HPE customer, then I'm going to say your engineers already know it. If you're not deploying 1,000 chassis, then the simplicity of using the HPE blades, it's so familiar to rack mount, the management interface, it's almost identical if you know iLO then it's already there. It's easy to set up and it's much lower cost than Cisco.

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it_user313830 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Systems Engineer at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees

HP Proliant servers are rock solid and when you need technical support HP’s team is there to support you with answers, no matter how long it takes to properly identify the root cause and then propose a solution.

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KS
System Engineer at CNCCI

I rate HPE BladeSystem a ten out of ten.

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AO
Corporate IT Infrastructure Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

My recommendation to people considering this solution is to just make sure that the blade will be supported by the existing system. This is the only issue that we faced. It will be hard to integrate with some older switches. Usually, you will not be able to configure this solution with high availability if you are using older solutions. You cannot add it to a regular storage server. It is one of the limitations that you can not just add a storage unit for the blades.  

On a scale from one to ten (where one is the worst and ten is the best), I would rate this product as a nine.  

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it_user280452 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Specialist at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
  • The product is good and strong. Nowadays, the software works fine. I chose HPE because of the existing vendor relationship and reputation.
  • You can do all of the installation and configuration tasks. However, if you are not experienced, contract your first installation service to a partner with a lot of experience in that kind of equipment.
  • Take the corresponding training, as it is very useful.
  • I recommend taking the official HPE platform support. They have a BladeSystem course.
  • I also recommend users strengthen their knowledge with a Virtual Connect course. With this in mind, you can have a good experience with this kind of platform.
  • I also recommend that you progress further and think about automating the procedures, installations, and decommissions as much as possible.
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it_user481857 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Systems Engineer at Insight

I think it's the advice that I'd give to anybody that would ask for it. Start with your application, find out what the requirements are, think about what it's going to need in the future, then begin architecting your solution there.

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it_user476355 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Systems Engineer at Cardinal Glass

If you're considering it, you want to try out all the 3 big players. Then kind of just go with what feels right for you. I've tried out all three of them, and I've been happy, and the HP is the best. You just got to try it out and see what you think.

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it_user251238 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at SNL Financial

We often do a rack-and-replace on hardware at a site we buy, and we need products that can keep up with our growth rate. We replace anything that's rendered obsolete when we grow, often replacing them with HP products.

The other thing that keeps us coming back to HP is the ease of support (ease that we have in supporting the server hardware and maintaining it). Ease of configurability and configuration for VMWare are very important.

We’re in the process of buying 14 new HP products.

Remember to take into account your business size when looking at the solution (see above). First, I would listen to peer reviews and figure out what your sizing needs are, because architecture decisions are not obvious.

I want to see VARs think more analytically regarding company needs. HP could differentiate itself more effectively by getting its VARs to think more like consultants.

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it_user252630 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at AIMCo

We looked at our what our guys already knew.

Single point of management is important. If you were to step back five years ago, HP was very strong in that, when Dell and Cisco weren’t quite as good. Now, they’re all pretty good, so central management of my blades is fairly important for me. I’m running hundreds of these servers, and it’s important for me to be able to manage them all centrally and quickly.

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Nishant Ambast - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Manager at Arya Omnitalk Wireless Solutions Private Limited

I recommend the solution.

Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.

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NR
IT Network And Infrastructure Engineer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

Prepare the budget and be ready to persuade the board of directors as to why you should buy this solution. Don't forget to prepare the data of TCO.

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it_user567672 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at AFP

It is a good solution. Reliable, stable. Try it and you will see.

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SF
Lead Systems Administrator at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Get to know the product. Spend time studying its ins and outs.

You will be surprised by its capabilities. I would not recommend a touch and go strategy, since that won't bring the systems to optimal capability.

Modular Design: Everything is modular and redundant. Nothing is built-in, from the PSUs to the fans to the modular VCs and SAN modules

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it_user485994 - PeerSpot reviewer
Windows System Administrator at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees

It's a good product. As I said, the support isn't the best, but it's a good product. We run them to death. We're supposed to run them for three years, but we have server hardware that's been running six years around the clock.

Also, I'd go back to my earlier case on total cost of ownership, return on investment, and things like that. If I'm talking to somebody that's from a company on our scale, I'd say absolutely go for it. HP products may not necessarily make sense for somebody in a small business environment, but for all the reasons that make sense for a company the size of mine, I'd absolutely recommend it.

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it_user469629 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Engineering Manager at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would warn you to be prepared to be ready to talk about how you're going to be connecting your BladeSystems to the network. Especially if you don't have a total HP stack from top to bottom. For example, if you're setting those things up or connecting them with Cisco gear, being prepared in working with your partners with your vendors on ensuring that you're connecting that all in best practice.

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it_user284154 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Infrastructure & Service Management at Mansfield Oil Company

Understand your environment, and make sure it’s the right fit for you. You know the uptime you need, the type of compute you need, and a formal understanding of 'do we have what we need in the data center to push this.' This may not be the right solution for everyone, but know your business and whether this solution is applicable to you.

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NA
Executive Director at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

My main advice would be to ensure that your technical staff is well trained by HPE and the technical staff receives HPE technical training because the support that you want may not come from HPE. If you have your in-house team properly trained, it should be fine.

I would rate HPE BladeSystem an eight out of ten.

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it_user567822 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Spend as much time as possible planning before you go anywhere near it.

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it_user252639 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer - Storage and Virtualization at a legal firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

To pick a solution, we generally create a matrix and then fill in what we want out of the product. We pump in vendors and choose whoever meets the targets that we set. I would also note that the migration from rack mount to BladeSystem is not a one-to-one, so read the manual.

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Dara-Azartash - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I would recommend this solution to others. If they require a system for computing workloads then this is a good solution.

I rate HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten.

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AT
Director of Technology Services at a educational organization with 201-500 employees

I would rate HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten.

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it_user476301 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director - Data Centre Operations at MCAP

If you're looking for a unified management interface where you can manage multiple products through a single pane of glass, like OneView for example, it might make sense. If you're heavily invested in the HP product line, again, it might make sense. But really in this day and age, computing is computing for the most part, so I think it really depends on what influences your purchasing decision, whether it's politics or technical merit.

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it_user359763 - PeerSpot reviewer
Co Founder at TaskPutty

Go for it, you'll be happy. If you're a technical person, it's quite easy to manage and operate.

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JI
System Analyst at a university with 201-500 employees

I rate HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten.

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it_user567894 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. System Admins at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would definitely recommend this tool.

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it_user567552 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of Applications at Pentland Brands

Do your ground work. Understand not only what you need right now but what you need in the future because technology's changing and evolving. Do a fairly good due diligence about what your estate will be needed for the next couple of years, in the future.

Look around. Shop around with multiple resellers to get the best price.

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it_user359817 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Production Service Delivery at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

If you have a big company, big enough to get these kinds of contracts, it saves a lot of time and a lot of money because it's all outsourced to HP. It's very practical.

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it_user331317 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a wellness & fitness company with 501-1,000 employees

Go for it you will not regret it, and you will be moving to a better consolidated and converged infrastructure that is easy to manage and highly scalable.

For HP Blades, there are many products to choose from, so it is important to tailor your solution to fit your needs and goal in order to achieve an easy implementation and result.


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it_user251865 - PeerSpot reviewer
Windows Server Support at Nationwide

I’m pretty opinionated, but first look at pricing and see which option is right for you. HP is a good bet, but it really depends. I can only speak about HP, but they’ve been very good.

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AH
Information Technology System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

I would absolutely recommend this solution to others. Overall, on a scale from one to ten, I would give HPE BladeSystem a rating of eight.

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Enrico Boseli - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

We are HPE partners.

We mostly deal with eh latest version of the solution. I can't speak to the exact version number. 

I'd recommend the solution. It's a good choice for the right use case. A company needs to look at it and decide if it's right for them and their purposes, however.

Overall, I would rate the solution at eight out of ten overall. We've been mostly happy with its capabilities.

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it_user238902 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Architect at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

It is quite easy to setup, configure, and get fully into production. This is the case even when physically migrating old blades from an old c7000 to a newer c7000 chassis. That can happen in less than two hours.

When placed on the same fiber fabric and properly utilizing aliases, these are completely hot swappable between chassis. This is super-efficient and smooth on the transitions and decommissioning of the older chassis.

Be warned: Even though G1 servers are supported, having a 2Gb fiber card in the old G1 servers will cause them to be non-functional with new 16Gb fiber switches. This is not an HP issue, but rather a limitation of legacy fiber. Plan appropriately when upgrading older technology!

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it_user567867 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Director R&D IT Solutions at NXP Semiconductors

Have a serious look at this. It brings a lot of value for us. That tells enough. Our company is doing very well.

When selecting a vendor, the pricing must be okay. But next to the pricing, I want to see a long term road map and know that they will be a trusted partner.

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it_user165291 - PeerSpot reviewer
ICT Infrastructuur Architect at Isala

Invest in preparation. The HPE BladeSystems are being succeeded by the Synergy systems, announced last year. That's the successor, so look at that.

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it_user331413 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at a real estate/law firm with 51-200 employees

Be careful with pre-Sales and Sales team of HP, they do make mistakes so do not hesitate to engage a third party experienced person or firm to get some extra advice.

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it_user643722 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Presales Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The implementation and deployment are easy and straightforward for engineers of basic IT knowledge. However, you need extra information and awareness, when configuring the HPE Virtual Connect as they require networking background (such as VLAN configuration and SAN connectivity).

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it_user567945 - PeerSpot reviewer
Datacentre Services Team Leader at NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)

My advice is to invest early dollars on higher capacity. In the early stages, we didn't put enough high power kit in and we ended up upgrading all the time, especially on the memory side. I think we went in quite low with RAM and we went through a massive process of upgrading all that.

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it_user567702 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Engineer at Wellcome Trust

For what we use blades for, it was, and still is, the best solution. Although this is a great solution, you still need to look at the rest of the infrastructure to make the most of it. It's not just blades. You have to look at networking. You have to look at your storage in order to make the most use of it. It's taken us a more time to realize this. You want a whole solution. You have to look at it from end-to-end.

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it_user472221 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Information Systems at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I'd recommend it. But weigh the pros and cons of the points of failure. Because there are single points of failure unless you have two chassis in place. Also the power and the cooling consumption. Blades in the chassis seem to consume a lot of energy. We use co-location facilities so we don't have to think a lot about how much power and energy we are consuming because we don't owe the data center. It's just a fixed price for the rack. But if you own your own data center and you have to pay for the power and the cooling, blades and the chassis if you have them filled and racked and stacked, they can consume a lot of energy.

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it_user361566 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Infrastructure Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Make sure your network is set up correctly -- DNS, all the manual steps, etc. We had to rebuild a system because the DNS was wrong. Check all your cabling and other aspects of your installation process.

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it_user251850 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Director, R&D at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

You need to look for high reliability, duplex power servers, and networking. If you’re looking for carrier grade reliability, the C7000 is an excellent choice.

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WK
Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We are simply a customer and an end-user. We don't have a professional relationship with HPE.

I'd rate the solution, on a scale from one to ten, at a nine. We've mostly been quite pleased with the product and its capabilities. 

I would recommend the solution to other users, companies, and organizations. 

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it_user487494 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would tell them to strongly take a look at the HPE. Go ahead and do a bake off if you want to. If they want to prove a concepts with the Dells, Dells will give them a way to you to try them out. If you rack them up side-by-side, I think all the features set and just the reliability of HPE makes them come out ahead.

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it_user362715 - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal - Head of IT at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

I don't think that there is anything else that's better.

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SC
ICT Manager at a aerospace/defense firm

Get experienced vendors for deployment and you won't have issues later, that is, if you don't have the skills In-house.

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it_user630225 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Manufacturing Systems Infrastructure with 10,001+ employees

To go with HPE Synergy instead

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it_user361521 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Manager at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees

Plan ahead. If you zone your network for active-active, you're going to get more throughput.

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it_user497253 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Architect at Manitoba Blue Cross

Examine your infrastructure KPIs. This will typically include analyzing a reduction in OPEX, ease of operation, ease of troubleshoot, decreasing cabling, and increasing footprint performance.

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it_user526413 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior UNIX Systems Administrator at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

Always go for virtual connect modules from the outset.

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it_user567759 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Executive with 1,001-5,000 employees

We're based in South Africa and we're pretty much dependent on the OEM to help us and advise us. HPE is able to advise us, especially on the architectural designs they can actually vet the architectural designs and give input that has proven to be valuable to us.

We always try to check supportability of the platform post-project implementation. Trust me, before the project implementation, before they kick up, all the vendors will lobby. Obviously, when you’ve gone live and you start having problems after the fact, the vendors stay far away. So you need to make sure that in-country support is there and the skills are there. For example, we had an experience with Oracle where they didn't even have the skill sets at the right support levels.

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it_user81201 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Expert at a local government with 5,001-10,000 employees

Go big or go home, pick a solution, and go with it. There is no wrong way to go - whether you choose rack or blade servers depends on how you grow, and how you want to plan your future capacity.

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MC
Line Technical Agent at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would recommend this product for other users who wants to start using it. On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate HPE BladeSystem as an eight-out-of-ten.  

The product can be improved and earn a higher rating by improving virtual connection integration, maybe lowering the cost (without degrading the quality of the product), and having a dedicated contact with HP for some critical issues if they arise.  

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it_user481986 - PeerSpot reviewer
Desktop Engineer at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Make sure that if you're using it as a hypervisor, that you're doing all the pre-work on setup such as knowing the interoperability between different product statures that you're going to run on it.

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it_user366768 - PeerSpot reviewer
Active Directory Specialist at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Plan, plan, and plan some more. Really understand what you want to do because it can be a great integration opportunity. Make sure you work with a partner who understands your infrastructure well. Understand also how products from different vendors like NetApp, EMC, Cisco, etc. work together, especially with different firmware versions.

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it_user362013 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect at a logistics company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It will change your operations. It's a good option you should consider.

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MS
VMware Software Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

If you don't want to go to the new technologies, like hyperconverged systems or converged systems, if you want to use only the old-school technologies, I can recommend this solution.

I rate it at eight out of 10. It's a good product, it's reliable, the performance is good. You can expand with the new servers as well. It has been a leading product in the market until now.

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it_user212400 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Administrator at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The x86 blades and Vsphere implementation is relatively easy. The C7000 supports newer HP blades. The product is very robust and we have not experienced downtime within the last 11 years of use.

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it_user677685 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Integration Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Pay attention to the HPE's management solution as they are securing the management interfaces of their servers. You need to implement it correctly, otherwise, in a case of a failure, for example, an incorrect network configuration may result in complete loss of the management.

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it_user567909 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Projects Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

From my experience with HPE and the BladeSystem, I could obviously recommend it. We’ve had no problems or issues.

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it_user567714 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head Of IT Operations at Raiffeisen Bank - Bulgaria

What's most important is to have really good, reliable professionals. You want really good support. We were looking at a couple of vendors, but HPE at that time had a good local presence. They were very good at representing their solutions. They had really good experts, so everything was perfect. They are a good vendor.

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it_user487410 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's pretty scalable, but then again, it's pretty old. It's not as scalable as the Cisco Blades that we currently have, but I'm not going to knock it because of that, it's just because it's old it doesn't have all the technology that Cisco has right now.

Do your homework. Shop around and look at other vendors. Don't just look at one specific blade system.

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it_user1266 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Manager at a local government with 51-200 employees
These work great for what I'm using them for, but they are not future proof. XenServer has great features allowing me to have heterogeneous pools. Blades are a good solution for organizations that have limited space and don't want to virtualize. View full review »
RB
Scientist/Engineer 'F' with 1,001-5,000 employees

Check the literature and reviews available for the product. Ask and clarify all the queries before freezing on the requirements.

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it_user567579 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Director, Systems Software Support & Engineering at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

I needed a solution because of my economies of scale. I had the demand and a business need.

I would advise colleagues not to rush into settling on a solution. When we were choosing a vendor, we considered price, performance, availability, and engagement.

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it_user119829 - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Supervisor for CME at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Keep observing the market as new technologies have emerged, but not all are useful yet. It is good if we have a good relationship with the solution integrator as they may also give feedback.

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it_user77604 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Manager with 501-1,000 employees

It’s advisable to use FlexFabric Interconnect for a converged network.

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it_user1020 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Data Center at a tech company with 51-200 employees
I would definitely recommend HP ProLiant servers. They are very reliable and very easy to configure. Just make sure that you stock-up on parts which you think might not be available any more in the foreseeable future. From experience, stock on the hard disks especially if you are still using the older technology, and buy redundant power supplies as these are the ones that normally fail after years of continuous operations. View full review »
it_user753234 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Governance at PeerSpot

I would recommend HPE BladeSystem.

I'm satisfied with HPE BladeSystem at the moment but we can imagine consuming Blade servers, metal-as-a-service. We have an entire environment refresh coming up at the moment. We need to make provisions for metal-as-a-service because we have a huge machine. We cannot re-authorize this machine, and we need to make the right provisioning for metal-as-a-service.

We're beginning to look at the Cisco UCS technology, with a domain fabric system. But at the moment we don't have an agreement with Cisco. My company is part of the Orange main group and we have an Orange agreement with HPE and Dell EMC. So we are looking at the HPE Synergy and the Dynamic systems.

Even if we are looking for HPE Synergy and Dynamic in the future, we're also looking for a hyperconverged solution like Nutanix or HPE Simplivity.

So in the future, we will have both technologies, hyperconverged and the classic chassis Blade technology. We have two different needs. We have needs for virtualization, so hyperconverged is enough at first, and Nutanix or HPE Synergy is okay. On the other hand, we need to continue to consume metal-as-a-service, so HPE Synergy or Dynamic as a work product. HPE C7000 is limited in terms of having a real metal-as-a-service. From my point of view, the best approach for metal-as-a-service is HPE Synergy or Dynamic.

The most criteria when selecting a vendor are reliability, and their capabilities for the future: the right research and development for the product to be able to come out with new features in the future. They should also have strong support, of course, and have the right functionality to be integrated into modern information systems.

I rate HPE BladeSystem at eight out of ten. It has strong reliability and, for a mid-range company, it's a very good product.

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AH
Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Check your actual needs before ordering and starting with fewer number of servers and higher interconnect switches, and then having to add items according to your needs.

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it_user234675 - PeerSpot reviewer
Storage specialist, Infrastructure Architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

If you are looking for a new system and do not have one in place, see the new products like Synergy.

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it_user363378 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information Officer at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

If you're looking for a solution that has near 100% uptime, these blades provide that.

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it_user360378 - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Architect - Infrastructure at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's good and functional and there's a firewall on each.

My advice would be to go for it, but never mix vendors. We got HP servers and then added Dell servers and had to deal with double management of all the servers.

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it_user784083 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect with 10,001+ employees

Buy it. I recommend it.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: scalability and durability.

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it_user317949 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT System Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

It is a good solution, with easy management and setup.

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it_user674343 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer-Business Technology at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

If planned well in advance, it will make your life easier.

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it_user487455 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Senior Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees

You will need to determine you parameters and your requirements so you can decide which products will best fit your needs.

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it_user173856 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Administrator at a tech services company

Go ahead and implement it.

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it_user127383 - PeerSpot reviewer
Delivery Assurance Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

 Consider implementing HP One-View into your environment to assist in addressing the complicated admin in some areas. Implement where possible a Use Standard to the chassis level, i.e. 1 chassis for hyper-v, 1 for SQL, etc... Segregate the networking set to the network where possible and avoid using the chassis profiles.

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it_user115215 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Auditor at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

The HPE BladeSystem is easy to manage. It is a fantastic product that datacenter managers, cloud services providers, and server room operators should embrace because it has all you could ever think of.

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it_user365946 - PeerSpot reviewer
IS Infrastructure Manager at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's the best product for the time being so there's no reason not to buy it.

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GA
IT Support at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would recommend the solution to others. 

I rate HPE BladeSystem as an eight out of ten. 

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it_user736917 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Infrastructure Architect at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • It’s advisable to maintain and operate an updated HPE management solution along with the BladeSystem, which will assist in failure alerting, operations, automation, etc. 
  • Remember that blades are most cost effective if you can fill all the bays in the enclosures. 
  • It's advisable to use HPE networking switches, if your networking department can accept this.
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it_user567711 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

List what you need regarding new capacities of:

  • RAM memory
  • CPU power
  • Your budget
  • High availability limitation
  • Support

We want a vendor to provide support for any hardware failure. They need to be able to respond quickly and so we can recover from a hardware failure and put it back into production.

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NB
Senior Supervisor of Virtualisation & DevOps at a tech consulting company with 201-500 employees

I would give this solution a rating of seven out of ten.

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it_user402516 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

You should get it through a vendor.

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WA
Pre-Sales Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten.

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it_user366516 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Admin at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
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HPE BladeSystem
March 2024
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