HPE BladeSystem Use of Solution
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Jurie NOrtje
Senior IT Operations Specialist at Denel
I have been using HPE BladeSystem since 2016.
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Laith Aljawamis
Senior Executive Manager - Data Center Virtualization at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have been working with HPE BladeSystem for five years.
HPE BladeSystem is also commonly known as ProLiant BL. ProLiant is a brand of server products manufactured by HPE, and the BL designation specifically refers to the blade form factor used in the BladeSystem line. The ProLiant BL servers are the blade servers that are designed to be used with the BladeSystem enclosures.
We are using version Gen Nine.
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Naief Mubarek
IT Manager at Umm Al-Qura University
I've been using this solution for 10 years.
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HPE BladeSystem
March 2024
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William Griffiths
Systems Analyst at BCFSA
Our company has had HP rack servers for 20 years.
View full review »We have been using HPE BladeSystem for two years. Is it a software system, we have many servers, and we use them daily for our banking, infrastructure, and government customers. It is deployed on cloud. Last month we switched our cloud, and we route the solution to connect Synergy Server and cloud services.
View full review »We have been using HPE BladeSystem for more than six years.
View full review »I have been using HPE BladeSystem for several years.
View full review »I have been using HPE BladeSystem for approximately 15 years.
View full review »I have been using HPE BladeSystem for approximately 20 to 25 years.
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Joseph Raisi
IT Manager at Botswana Accountancy College
I have been using this solution since 2013.
View full review »I have been using the solution for four years.
View full review »I have been using the solution for ten years.
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Sharique Rizvi
Member of management at Cyprobes
I've used the solution for a few years.
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Kavinda Herath
Network Engineer at Lyceum
We have been working with this solution for two or three years.
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reviewer1328754
Account Manager at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
I have been using HPE BladeSystem since they were released, approximately 25 years.
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reviewer1261665
VMware Software Engineer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
I have been here, in this company, for more than four years. We have been using the product since I have been here, so it's likely been more than five years that the company itself has used the product.
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reviewer1326678
Manager of Capacity and Control Management at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
I've been using the solution over the last year.
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Reginaldo Aires Junior
Systems Engineer at AXA Assistance US
I have been using this solution for approximately eight years.
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Philip Sellers
Solutions Engineer at AmWINS Group, Inc.
We've been a BladeSystem customer for over 10 years.
View full review »We have one older model, we've used for maybe six or seven years. We also have a new one, which is Synergy, we've used for two years.
View full review »I've used the solution for the past 15 years. It's been well over a decade now. I've used it for quite a while.
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Elliott Scott
CEO at Scott Solutions LLC
I have used Proliant series servers since they were first introduced.
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reviewer1622238
Windows Instructor at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have been using HPE BladeSystem for approximately seven years.
We use the BL460 series and the version is C7000. We have a mix of Gen9 and Gen10 servers.
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Ehab Nafea
Infrastructure Architecture & Planning Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
More than five years.
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HP Proliant Servers have been used on this project for over six years. I’ve managed them since I came on the project, so for almost five years. We used the BladeSystem alongside the DL servers.
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Kone Souleymane
System Engineer at CNCCI
I have been using HPE BladeSystem for approximately four years.
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Abdarrhman Obied
Corporate IT Infrastructure Manager at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees
We have been using HPE BladeSystem for around 4-5 years.
View full review »We have been using this solution since 2008. We began mounting an 8 node VMware cluster. We began with one enclosure, a cabinet with 16 blade servers. We now have more than 18 of them distributed in different locations around the world.
View full review »I use everything from G5 to G9 and ProLiant blades.
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Nugroho Cahyo Riadmojo
IT Network And Infrastructure Engineer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees
More than five years.
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Sabrin Freedman Alexander
Lead Systems Administrator at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have used it since 2011.
View full review »I’ve used it for almost two years, we deployed our first system in Feb. 2014 and second in July 2014.
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reviewer1517220
Information Technology System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
I've been using the solution for two years at this point.
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reviewer966441
Executive Director at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
I have been using this solution for seven years.
View full review »We have used the product since it first came out and since generation one. We went from the P-class to the C-class because the P-class was not very good, and we haven’t had many issues since. Along the way, we went from pass-throughs to virtual-connects to FlexLOM and more, and everything has worked fine.
View full review »I have used HPE BladeSystem within the past 12 months.
View full review »We've been running the system for three years.
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Jitendra Injam
System Analyst at a university with 201-500 employees
I have used HPE BladeSystem for approximately five years.
View full review »I've used it for four years.
View full review »Our company currently uses hardware solutions from different manufacturers. In relation to the HP Proliant products used for our cloud environment, these are primarily equipment BL and ML generations G4, G5, G6, G7 and G8. Our cloud environments also feature HP 3PAR storage solutions. The HP Proliant solutions have been used in our cloud environment for over five years. It was the best option available on the market, and we believe that it now enjoys the best reputation for such solutions.
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SrEngineer672
Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Full time the last five years but I have been around them for eight years.
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reviewer1517220
Information Technology System Administrator at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
I have been using HPE BladeSystem for three years.
View full review »I've dealt with the product for about 20 years at this point. It's likely been two decades. I've spent a lot of time with it overall.
View full review »We have been using this solution for nine years, through different revisions.
View full review »I've used it for six years.
View full review »I have used these solutions for around three to four years. We use the following HPE products:
- HPE c7000 Blade Enclosure
- HPE BL460c Gen8 Server Blade
- HPE Virtual Connect of the following:
- HPE VC Flex-10 Ethernet Module
- HPE VC FlexFabric 10Gb/24-port Module
- HPE VC 8Gb 24-port Fibre Channel Module
We've had blade servers for about 10 years.
View full review »I've used it for seven or eight years.
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reviewer1562568
Manager at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have ten years of experience with this solution. It's been about a decade. I've used it for quite a while.
View full review »I have used this solution for seven years. I have used the following versions of the solution:
- HPE BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure Onboard Administrator Tray 1.7
- HPE ProLiant BL680c server blade G5 2.12 July 16, 2012
- HPE ProLiant BL680c server blade G5 2.06 May 31, 2011
- HPE ProLiant BL460c server blade Gen8 1.20 Feb 01, 2013
- HPE ProLiant BL460c server blade Gen8 1.20 Feb 01, 2013
- HPE ProLiant BL460c server blade Gen8 1.30 July 18, 2013
- HPE ProLiant BL460c server blade G7 1.20 March 14, 2011
- HPE ProLiant BL460c server blade G1 2.23 Nov 05, 2013
- HPE ProLiant BL460c server blade Gen8 1.20 Feb 01, 2013
- HPE ProLiant BL460c server blade Gen8 1.20 Feb 01, 2013
- HPE ProLiant BL460c server blade Gen8 1.30 July 18, 2013
- HPE ProLiant BL460c server blade G7 1.65 Nov 08, 2013
- HPE ProLiant BL460c server blade G1 2.06 May 31, 2011
I have used this solution for a total of eight years as the infrastructure manager. Currently, we are using the HPE BladeSystem c7000 enclosure and the BladeSystem c7000 Onboard Administrator Tray 1.7 enclosure devices.
In the past, we have used:
- Server Blade ProLiant BL680c G5 HPE 2.12, Jul 16, 2012
- Server Blade ProLiant BL680c G5 HPE 2.06, May 31, 2011
- Server Blade ProLiant BL460c Gen8 HPE 1.20, Feb 01, 2013
- Server Blade ProLiant BL460c Gen8 HPE 1.20, Feb 01, 2013
- Server Blade ProLiant BL460c Gen8 HPE 1.30, Jul 18, 2013
- Server Blade ProLiant BL460c G7 HPE 1.20, Mar 14, 2011
- Server Blade ProLiant BL460c G1 HPE 2.23, Nov 05, 2013
- Server Blade ProLiant BL460c Gen8 HPE 1.20, Feb 01, 2013
- Server Blade ProLiant BL460c Gen8 HPE 1.20, Feb 01, 2013
- Server Blade ProLiant BL460c Gen8 HPE 1.30, Jul 18, 2013
- Server Blade ProLiant BL460c G7 HPE 1.65, Nov 08, 2013
- Server Blade ProLiant BL460c G1 HPE 2.06, May 31, 2011
We pretty much use the blades for everything that we can. The only reason the rack mounts are still around is because we have some fax servers that need fax boards that don't fit in the blades and that's pretty much it.
View full review »We've been HP customers for 15 years now.
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Simon Chaba
ICT Manager at a aerospace/defense firm
I've used it for three years.
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More than five years.
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I can't remember the exact model of the blades, but we have full-height blades and half-height blades. We've had them for four years.
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Orhangazi Yıldırım
System Architect at KT Bank
Seven years.
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I have used it for eleven years.
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reviewer1377360
Line Technical Agent at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
We have been using HPE BladeSystem for a long time. We have always worked with HP it has been between five to ten years working with their products.
View full review »We've used it for eight months.
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reviewer909156
VMware Software Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
One to three years.
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I have used this solution for 11 years.
View full review »I have used this solution for maybe more than four years.
View full review »We're using the HP Blade C7000 and BL460 plates. As connectivity modules, we're using FlexFabric.
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Reviewer7839213
Scientist/Engineer 'F' with 1,001-5,000 employees
HPE Servers for seven years (HP ProLiant SL6000) and HPE Blade for five years (BL460c & Rack).
All in working condition
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View full review »I have used it for eight years.
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More than five years.
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Ahmad Hassan
Technical Consultant at a tech services company with 201-500 employees
More than 10 years.
View full review »We have been using this solution since the beginning of 2007.
View full review »I have used this solution for more than 6 years.
View full review »We have been using this solution for five years.
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Three to five years.
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We switched from the DLs to the BLs about 10 years ago.
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Godfred Adjei
IT Support at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
I have been using HPE BladeSystem for around 15 years, which is the entire length of my career.
More than five years.
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Alfousseynou Bomou
Engineer at Platform Technique
We have been installing it for customers for 10 years.
I've been using it for two years.
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reviewer1655484
Pre-Sales Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
I have been using HPE BladeSystem for a couple of years.
View full review »We have used this product since Generation 1 in 2009. Currently, we have Generation 1, Generation 6, and Generation 7. We are currently using a Generation 9 for a refresh and to replace our Generation 1 and 6 (still in progress).
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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.
768,415 professionals have used our research since 2012.