HPE Synergy vs Oracle Netra Modular System comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Oracle are both solutions in the Blade Servers category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #3 with an average rating of 8.5, while Oracle is ranked #22. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 11.9% mindshare in Blade Servers, compared to Oracle’s 0.8% mindshare. Additionally, 91% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Oracle users who would recommend it.

HPE Synergy

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91% willing to recommend

Oracle Netra Modular System

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100% willing to recommend

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We performed a comparison between HPE Synergy and Oracle Netra Modular System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Synergy

Ranking in Blade Servers

3rd

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Composable Infrastructure (1st)

Oracle Netra Modular System

Ranking in Blade Servers

22nd

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of HPE Synergy is 11.9%, down from 21.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Oracle Netra Modular System is 0.8%, up from 0.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Blade Servers Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
HPE Synergy	11.9%
Oracle Netra Modular System	0.8%
Other	87.3%

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CarlosArdila

Project Manager, Information Technology at Telelago

Helps grow horizontally or vertically within one box or chassis

The initial setup is very easy. We deployed this in two days, including installation, system setup, firmware upgrades, configuration, and network connection. By the next day, we were already deploying virtual machines. We initially began with the Blade system. As the migration to SAP HANA approached, it seemed prudent to upgrade our hardware. Consequently, we facilitated their transition from the Blade system to Synergy. Subsequently, we collaborated closely with the SAP consultancy company to oversee the migration process, ensuring seamless integration of all workloads and sub-environments. We have four people working on the deployment, including a project manager, two specialists, and one tech support.

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it_user429384

Enterprise Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It's not a one-size-fits-all converged infrastructure system, which means that I can mix things and have convergence throughout the whole stack.

The Netra Modular System is really cool because unlike all the other Oracle solutions, this is a system that is a lot more agile. It's a technology that's the basis of a converged infrastructure, but it's what we work on -- agile convergence. The Netra Modular system lets you do things you can't do with competing products. Competing technologies in convergence force you to use their hypervisor. They force you to use their OS. They force you to use their storage in its configuration. It's very cookie cutter. They're kind of one-size-fits-all and there's no flexibility. If you think it, when's the last time you bought your clothes one-size-fits-all? It just doesn't fit well. People have been doing that with convergence. So what's cool with the Netra Modular System is that it's not one-size-fits-all. I can mix things in it in ways I can't mix on other systems, but when I use Enterprise Manager, I still have the advantages of a converged system. I still have a single pane of glass, but it doesn't do a lot of convergence, just maybe the network, the storage, and the operating system. With Netra and Enterprise Manager, I can start from the network in storage and go all the way up into the application tier. It's convergence throughout the whole stack.

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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"In today's world, there isn't a better solution to create a private cloud for them."

"HPE Synergy has been dependable for the past 15 years."

"We like that the solution can be arranged for an all-in-one single pane of glass, something our customers find important."

"Because we are bringing in and deploying things very quickly, we can go to the business and give them solutions pretty quickly."

"I love the satellite architecture for the Virtual Connect. I think this is great. I love the storage drawer, which you can present volumes to any compute node within the same frame."

"The most valuable feature is its composable infrastructure. Everything I need is in the box. Manageability is through OneView, so I can get all the information about the box itself at any time I want."

"Improved storage, scalability, and ease-of-use."

"Being able to connect my 3PAR arrays to the Synergy platform is the most valuable aspect to me."

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"In regards to scalability, you really can't beat it."

Cons

"In the past, I have had issues with configurations."

"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."

"Changes to the solution are quite complex."

"Operationally, it is a little bit challenging to manage at this point. When you add onto it, you have to be very aware of where you are in the frame, on your count, and what components."

"It's a lot more about some of the speeds and feeds, such as the 25, 50, 100 GB virtual connections."

"It would be nice if the updates were not accompanied by downtime."

"I would like the ability to have my storage components accessed from any other frame across the backplane. If we have a storage module and we run out of space in that frame, it'd be nice to be able to share it across the frames. You can do it with hyperconverged. Why can't you do it with Synergy?"

"The main challenge we faced was that when it was installed it just did not work. There were faulty components and it took weeks of troubleshooting to find the faulty components, get them replaced. Getting help from HPE was difficult. Nobody knew about the product. It was a brand-new product and people had not been trained on it. That part was not a great experience."

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"What I would love to see is better integration between Enterprise Manager and ES2 switches."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We don't have to pay for Synergy because it's part of our plan."

"The price point is a little high. We were able to get a good deal on a promotion, to go with it. It would be nice to see the prices come down a little bit."

"We pay for licensing on the fibre channel uplinks, on the Virtual Connect, which is an add-on."

"When we made the purchase of the hardware, we added Professional Services to it."

"The platform that we run Synergy on is all virtualized. Our primary cost is likely VMware."

"We have already paid once. It is just the price for the permit and its use. It seems you don't have to keep paying for it, but I am not sure."

"The cost is high and that is a drawback for some customers."

"We outright purchased Synergy."

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Top Industries

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Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

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Healthcare Company

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Small Business

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Company Size	Count
Small Business	31
Midsize Enterprise	15
Large Enterprise	56

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Questions from the Community

How would you choose between HPE's Bladesystem and Synergy?

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What needs improvement with HPE Synergy?

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Overview

HPE Synergy, the first platform built from the ground up for Composable Infrastructure, offers an experience that empowers IT to create and deliver new value instantly and continuously. It is a single infrastructure that reduces operational complexity for traditional workloads and increases operational velocity for the new breed of applications and services. Through a single interface, HPE Synergy composes physical and virtual compute, storage, and fabric pools into any configuration for any application. As an extensible platform, it easily enables a broad range of applications and operational models such as virtualization, hybrid cloud, and DevOps. With HPE Synergy, IT can become not just the internal service provider but the business partner to rapidly launch new applications that become the business.

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Oracle’s Netra Modular System is a transformative platform for customers looking to build out their communications on-premises and cloud infrastructures. With extreme agility and scale in a platform that can be completely virtualized, customers benefit from accelerated development, rapid bring up, and low-cost maintenance. Netra Modular System takes today’s traditional bladed and rackmount architectures and merges them to create a new innovative best-of-breed next-generation platform. This integrated system is designed to handle compute, networking, and storage evolution without forklift upgrades. Netra Modular System provides the service and business agility required in today’s fast-paced market.

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