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Categories and Ranking

HPE BladeSystem
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
140
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Lenovo Blade Servers [EOL]
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
11
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Featured Reviews

Kapil Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
Reliability and reasonable pricing enhance data center management
I researched on peerspot.com about IT solutions, specifically about HPE BladeSystem and HPE Synergy, because we are already using HP servers in our state data center. In HP Cloud System, we are using a converged infrastructure to connect LAN and SAN connectivity across the network. Regarding Virtual Connect technology, there is a noticeable impact on network management. For day-to-day operations, we use various applications such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams to connect virtually. Using HPE BladeSystem Virtual Connect technology in HP Cloud System, we achieve efficient network management with well-defined LAN and SAN connectivity. We already have a defined modular architecture in place designed by the HP team for our data center. My company name is National Institute for Smart Government, also called NISG, under the National e-Governance Division. My title is Technology Management Consultant. I would rate HPE BladeSystem as an eight out of ten.
it_user477012 - PeerSpot reviewer
Support Engineer-Enterprise System at a tech services company
Easy to deploy and produces better performance with less maintenance
We have separate compute module know as FSM for management Easy to deploy with better performance and less maintenance. Integrated DVD/CD ROM. Five years. No issues to date. It is every important that you should be very clear with your future plans. We have had no scalability issues to date.…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is very stable."
"The feature I find most valuable is the ease of use."
"The solution has good performance."
"The scalability of these solutions and its great adaptation to existing software models has allowed our cloud environment to grow easily."
"The integration with our existing environment, and its ease of use are valuable."
"I believe they are ahead of the other vendors (IBM, Dell and Cisco)."
"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 benefit is the density and the capability for global harmonization on the hardware, because all the hardware chassis are the same."
"The form factor is good for medium-level application hosting and does not take up too much space in the DC."
"The technical support is very good."
"Before this solution, we used rack mount servers, but this solution saves physical spaces and increases reliability."
"We replaced five 42U server racks with two IBM S Series Blade Center chassis."
"BladeCenter HS22 provides great performance and reliability, with two Intel Xeon 5600 (3.60 GHz) processors and 12 VLP DDR-3 memory DIMMs, with expansion capability of 192 GB."
"Excellent support in case of any failure (and I am not saying this because I worked for IBM)"
"The servers have enabled us to run critical applications, backup of critical data, and storage systems on the same products without downtime issues that could otherwise be caused by hardware or software issues."
"Overall, the product has great value for money."
 

Cons

"We had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally."
"Storage capacity could be enhanced."
"I think some improvements could be made on the switching side."
"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."
"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 like to see lower consumption of electricity and there are some problems in our computer room regarding the cooling."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"It was quite unfortunate that I lost data while using this blade server."
"Need some level of technical knowledge to configure it."
"It needs better management software."
"Performance is good, but on heavily non-linear workloads, they tend to have some issues."
"Because this is an old IBM blade chassis model and servers, we faced a couple of issues during VMware implementation."
"Firmware updates are troublesome and difficult."
"The storage part of this product needs to be improved."
"If we talk about scalability, it is quite expensive, especially when you need to buy more blades."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product’s price is high compared to one of its competitors."
"The HPE BladeSystem is an expensive solution."
"The chassis itself, with no blade server inside, so expensive. The C7000 model costs around $100,000."
"it would make everyone happy if the solution were less expensive."
"​The price could be cheaper."
"The prices for the HPE Virtual Connect Modules are expensive compared to other I/O Modules available."
"I need to pay for the license, and it is expensive. We make yearly payments."
"BladeSystem is a little bit cheaper."
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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm
18%
Construction Company
10%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise104
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Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

How would you choose between HPE's Bladesystem and Synergy?
For me, choosing between HPE’s Bladesystem and Synergy came down to which solution was more powerful, reliable, and stable. It turns out Bladesystem was the winner. Bladesystem is excellent because...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE BladeSystem?
With around 19 years of exposure in working with various servers, including HPE, I encounter challenges in identifying reasonable prices during the setup cost and licensing process, especially for ...
What needs improvement with HPE BladeSystem?
The main area for improvement I see is the training process. When you use anything, how easily it is to manage is very important in hyper-converged solutions. If you compare it with VMware, it is v...
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Also Known As

HP ProLiant BL Series Servers, HP ProLiant BladeSystem
Blade Servers, IBM Blade Servers, x86 BladeServers
 

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Sample Customers

EMIS Health
Merkl IT, Sanitas, Cnam, Generac Power, DIMAR Group, Comune di Messina
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