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HPE NonStop vs HPE Synergy comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 3, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

HPE NonStop
Ranking in Blade Servers
12th
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Synergy
Ranking in Blade Servers
4th
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
91
Ranking in other categories
Composable Infrastructure (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of HPE NonStop is 4.8%, up from 3.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Synergy is 9.7%, down from 21.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Blade Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE Synergy9.7%
HPE NonStop4.8%
Other85.5%
Blade Servers
 

Featured Reviews

Roni Wijaya - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President of It Operations at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
With a perfect record for uptime, the solution ensures a return on investment
Since it is a legacy tool, there is a need to change it for flexibility. I think now it has improved because the security is very good. It is very secure for the performance of the machine critical application service, and it is very good. I don't know how to speak more on improvement needed because it's a good enough tool. However, depending on the application, it's limited. Not a lot of applications run on HPE NonStop. It is not flexible because I know that because of the compatibility of Java with HPE NonStop. When we are using Java, the performance is not good.
MR
Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech
Redundant components and single console management improve efficiency while high costs warrant attention
Regarding HPE Synergy, the most valuable feature is that the whole solution and the whole system operate in passive mode, and there are very few chances of downtime as all the components in HPE Synergy are redundant, including VC Flex modules and interconnect modules, as well as power supply and fan modules. Other networking and storage connectivity modules are also redundant, and we can mount the entire Synergy frame in a single rack. If we fully populate a Synergy frame with 12 servers, 12 physical machines could be mounted in one Synergy frame, mostly with redundant power supplies and networking ports along with SAN connectivity on a single console.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"We don't have any issues with the stability of HPE NonStop."
"Feature-wise, the most valuable one is the fact that it has 100 hundred percent uptime every year. Secondly, it is stable."
"It helps us to keep the business running 24/7."
"The stability of HPE NonStop is good."
"The HPE NonStop solution is rated with the highest level of availability in the industry."
"We don't have any issues with the stability of HPE NonStop."
"This is the standard for reliability and fault-resilience."
"If you are contemplating a fault-tolerant, high uptime transaction processing machine with above normal transactions volumes - to act as a transaction server with infrequent changes to code - and you simply must have bulletproof performance - this might be the ticket."
"The solution is extremely scalable, it's one of the highlights of the product for us, and if a company needs to expand, it can do so with ease."
"It is really easy to use, because it's GUI-based. It is not command line based, like mainframes."
"The Online firmware update for the virtual connects has minimized our downtime windows."
"The solution has decreased the deployment time for a new blade, saving us three hours."
"The support from HPE Synergy is very good."
"It makes life easier for us when we are deploying new technology, as we have the building blocks already in place."
"The processing time has been about 50 times faster and allows us to do AI models."
"It's very scalable. We like the idea that we can put four chassis in one of our racks, and we can connect up to 25 chassis, so the scalability to us, and being able to sync all those into one management portal, is unheard of. You can't really sync that many blades and chassis together in any other platform."
 

Cons

"There were some scalability issues. When we decided to migrate an application or port application, the limitations of these servers did not help us."
"Currently the NonStop platform doesn’t support virtualization of servers or CPU’s. Only storage."
"It would be helpful if they brought the price down."
"The NonStop system is well priced, but the software that runs on it is quite pricey."
"HPE NonStop could improve by having infrastructure management."
"NonStop (formerly known as Tandem) in the Guardian OS could use another, friendlier macro language."
"The initial setup is complex. You need the help of a consultant for it to go smoothly."
"If pushed, then the only thing I can think of would be utilities provided by the vendor."
"A big thing for me is moving InfoSight for ProLiant into OneView, or at least connecting it. Today we have to use the iLO Amplifier Pack and that would require us to reconfigure iLO on every single one of the servers, independently, to get that data into InfoSight. We're really looking for a single control and management plane."
"Technical support has been a bit of a mixed bag. When we've had issues, we've called in and sometimes it's taken a while to get to a resolution."
"The stability is not good right now. We have had a couple of outages where we have receive very good support from HPE. However, we have not been able to come up with cut and dried reasons for why the outages have occurred. They have not been able to be reproduced, so it has been difficult getting our trust back."
"Its management needs some work. It is not the best in terms of management. It has decent management. Its user interface can also be better."
"The user interface could be more user-friendly. It's for admins, and you should have the knowledge to use it."
"The deployment time of a system through OneView is pretty slow, but apparently that's being addressed in an upcoming update."
"There are some functions which are not clear cut."
"The solution must concentrate on improving the product quality."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"HPE NonStop is definitely on the higher end."
"On a scale of one to ten, where one is very cheap, and ten is very expensive, I rate the pricing an eight."
"The price of the solution is too high. If they lowered the price substantially it would open up more opportunities. It's considered a replacement for the old 9000 boxes of HP. If it had a lower price, we would be able to compete in the financial, and other sectors and other solutions such as Terraform. Having a high price makes other solutions more attractive."
"The biggest cost is the VMware licensing."
"There was at least about a 20 percent savings in cost over our purchase based on the purchase price of the compute modules themselves versus what we've had to pay before. It was significantly less."
"The hardware licensing cost is reasonable."
"When we made the purchase of the hardware, we added Professional Services to it."
"We do a biannual renewal. I know how much that renewal is, but I don't know how much it breaks down to be just Synergy, since we have our VMware, all of our physical equipment, etc. all rolled up into one renewal, which is a little over $300,000 every two years. However, only a subset of that is the Synergy product."
"VMware is part of the cost. We bought the chassis, we bought the solution. The blades are roughly running us $60,000 a pop right now."
"The solution has reduced our IT infrastructure costs because we have had to buy less services than we used to."
"The solution has reduced our IT infrastructure costs by 50 percent."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Computer Software Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
7%
University
5%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business4
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise56
 

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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 Synergy?
As far as the prices are concerned, rack mount solutions are less expensive than HPE Synergy prices; however, HPE Synergy prices are higher but justify themselves as the solution accommodates all t...
What needs improvement with HPE Synergy?
In my opinion, for future improvements in HPE Synergy, there should be better management of power consumption complexity as well as an increase in the number of servers that can fit in a single Syn...
 

Also Known As

HP NonStop, HPE Integrity NonStop
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Sample Customers

Bankart, Capital Securities Corporation
HudsonAlpha, Virgin Media, EMIS, United
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