HPE Integrity Reviews

We are still working with HP products, specifically HPE Integrity servers. We are about to migrate this year to Dell. For Unix, because we are using Unix now, we're going to move to Linux on that platform. Our Windows team are already using Dell, I believe they were using a VXRail and they've moved to PowerFlex as well. The systems people managed that setup, and now we are learning about those things on the Dell platform, which is a change from HPE Integrity for me.

I asked about the role of HPE Integrity in ensuring security and regulatory compliance, and it has been effective. Security-wise, very effective. I would give HPE Integrity eight out of ten because of the security features and the layers of security that are already embedded in their architecture. We've been able to meet most of our security requirements using HPE Integrity.

When it comes to high-fault tolerance, HPE Integrity is very good. We've had very good experience with the integrity of the servers for mission-critical functions and high-fault tolerance. HPE Integrity has met a lot of our goals as a bank.

Where I have not really enjoyed is the flexibility of doing things. You are just in a straitjacket with what they give you. The flexibility of doing things is limited compared to other platforms.

The backup and restore features on that module were a bit old. I couldn't create a snapshot and provision a server in minutes. The VM features that I can use now easily were not that easy with HPE Integrity and were not even available for us.

I had a lot of interaction with HPE Integrity and wanted to move to a different platform for a different experience. I did not see any products matching the Dell PowerFlex environment in terms of server capabilities when it comes to HPE Integrity.

We are now using Oracle products and Oracle Data Guard. Oracle on HPE Integrity was a bit more difficult because you have to get separate patches, separate tunables, and separate kernel settings for HPE Integrity. Everything was so proprietary on HPE Integrity, making it difficult to have one solution. The Dell Linux environment with Oracle Linux OS now will be much easier.

I wanted to move to a different platform for a different experience. Regarding previous solutions, I would need to speak to one of the systems administrators. We are so segregated in our duties and I wasn't at the superuser level where these things normally happen.

The implementation will be from a third party.

We've already purchased the servers and we're starting this weekend with the major software.

Data protection and application support features are important considerations. My total experience has been seven out of ten. Regarding disaster recovery, we just have the servers that we configured in the DR. When it comes to hardware and infrastructure, it's Dell, completely Dell.

Oracle on HPE Integrity was a bit more difficult because you have to get separate patches, separate tunables, and separate kernel settings for HPE Integrity. Everything was so proprietary on HPE Integrity, making it difficult.

I installed it in our virtual machine. I have four chassis. I installed three chassis in our data center, and all the chassis were deployed in our disaster recovery site. I installed the virtual admission, and everything was fine without any issues. After purchasing it in 2022, after five months, I encountered a problem. There was a mezzanine card issue, and I replaced all the labeling cards.

This is a reliable server, and many applications are integrated there. I did not find any major challenges. Everything is running SponsoredLinX. HP is a good product.

Pricing is very high. It should be less. In comparison to other brands like Dell or Cisco, I think HPE is not CTS. HPE should not be CTS. It should be less than Cisco and IBM. IBM has higher costs. Compared to Dell and Cisco, it is costly, and some management software is also expensive.

I have been using it for more than three years.

I installed it with the virtual machine. I have four chassis. I installed three chassis in our data center, and the chassis were deployed in our disaster recovery site. I installed the virtual admission, and everything was fine without any issues. After purchasing it in 2022, after five months, I had a problem. There was a mezzanine card issue, and I replaced all the labeling cards. After replacing them, everything has been stable. I already passed half a year, and there has been no problem since changing the cards.

Some of support is really good. Their software is so good, no doubt. Whenever I raise a ticket, they try to solve it within a short time.

It is very easy and comfortable, and there are no major challenges. Our local partner provided a good product that is easy to install, manage, maintain, and deploy.

I had a total of three people, and the service provider also had three people. In total, we had six technical engineers, both from our side and the service provider's side.

The overall rating is eight out of ten. 

We use the solution for our production environment.

The tool provides good performance and productivity. It is a good solution. We run our production applications on the product.

The manageability must be improved. Regular management is a little complex.

I have been using the solution for ten years.

I rate the tool’s stability an eight out of ten.

We have 100 to 200 users. I rate the tool’s scalability an eight out of ten.

The support is good. Whenever we need support, the team is ready to help.

Positive

I rate the deployment process a nine out of ten. The deployment takes a few days.

The pricing is the best. It is suitable for us. I rate the pricing a nine out of ten.

We have also used Dell servers. HPE is complex. If we have to check something on the graphical interface of HPE, we must use CLI to check it. Only someone with experience can check it.

We use a different product for storage. We also use other servers. I will recommend the solution to others. Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.

What I like about HPE Integrity servers is how stable and easy to use they are. Compared to other options, HPE Integrity is straightforward, making it less complicated to manage.

In terms of improvement, the operating system development is slow, making it hard to keep up with modern tech and integrate with third-party products. Unlike other platforms, it lacks easy integration with popular cloud services like Office 365. This means if you are using HPE, you might face challenges connecting to the cloud and need to rely more on on-premises servers. Also, the support is lacking in some third-party products, limiting your options. 

I have been working with HPE Integrity for seven years.

I have had an excellent experience with HP's technical support, especially their data support, which stands out as one of the best. Unlike other vendors where seeking help can be a lengthy process of going through multiple steps, HP's support, even for regular calls and not just priority ones, has always been great. There is room for improvement in their speed of response, particularly in the first line of support. I would rate the support as a nine out of ten. 

I have previously used Oracle Blade servers.

HP Integrity's pricing is high compared to alternatives like Linux servers. They might consider lowering their prices to be more competitive.

I don't think HP is the best option on the market. When considering the overall costs, including hardware and support, I believe my company should have transitioned to Linux long ago. I find Linux to be cost-effective, with lighter resource utilization and adaptability to various environments.

Considering the stability and security of HP Integrity, I have confidence in their product. If I had any say in the matter, I would argue that it's a product that shouldn't be discontinued. The unique features and performance make it stand out positively. Overall, I would rate HP Integrity as an eight out of ten.

The benefit provided by the solution for my organization stems from the fact that it provides maximum reliability and availability to users. Regarding the backup the solution provides, I can say that the integrity the tool provides to its users is very high. We use the servers from HPE in our company during DR scenarios, and we have observed that they perform well since they are ready to respond to any DR scenarios quickly. With the storage system, uptime, availability, and robustness, our company benefits from HPE when considering the physical side of things and the integrity of the data.

HPE Integrity has always been one step behind in areas like virtualization technologies, cloud enablement, the speed of backups, and replication. HPE Integrity has the strength and the robustness, but they are not abreast with the latest developments as much as I see with IBM or Dell. HPE Integrity is not strong regarding DR readiness, archiving, speed of backup, and replication. The aforementioned area can be considered for improvement of the solution.

The solution's technical support team needs to improve their speed of response to customer issues.

In the future, I want to see the solution enable its users to provision servers quickly. Generally, a person should be able to provision the servers in 15 minutes. I want to see an enhanced snapshot technology in the tool so that a person can have a quicker file system snapshot. I also want to see replication in the tool and more tuning for replication to happen quicker on any available bandwidth and networks. I want to see the tool have the ability to rapidly copy files from server to server in the same LAN environment. I want the system to leverage memory and I/O throughput to enhance features of the tool, like copying, archiving, and snapshots. If you have to provision a new server, you should be able to provision one as fast as possible, meaning it should be faster than its current speed. As too much downtime is required for the extension of mount points and maintenance, I want to see more things done while the systems are up and running.

I have experience with HPE Integrity. I use HPE Integrity Version 11.31. My company is a customer of the solution.

Since we are speaking about the servers in our company, I can say that we have around 2,200 users.

My company has around six administrators to take care of the solution. Considering the management of DR sites, my company requires more administrators to manage the solution.

My company has faced challenges in the past when trying to contact the solution's technical support team since it was difficult to get in touch with them directly. Though my company has recently received direct access to communicate with the solution's technical support team, I see it more as a reactive move rather than a proactive approach from HPE's end. In general, HPE's technical support team is not proactive in their approach. I rate the solution's technical support team a six out of ten.

Neutral

The deployment phase of the product was not easy. I am not a system administrator, but I know there is a lot of downtime when it comes to HPE Integrity. With products like Dell or IBM, replacements, enhancements, or upgrades can be done when the system is up and running, especially extending volume mount points, disks, or increasing memory, while HPE Integrity always seems to shut down a lot of things even before they do something. The projects that require HPE Integrity take a lot of time to be completed owing to issues like downtime. HPE Integrity's downtime is problematic since it makes it difficult for its users to get things done in a particular environment.

Price-wise, the solution is very expensive. Though unsure, I think 20,00,000 USD has to be paid for setup and more.

As a background server for our use of Oracle database, and since I am not into system administration as such, I find the platform I use to be quite difficult. When there are upgrades, updates, or patching requirements, you do not always get them on time for the platform. Oracle seems more inclined to its own operating systems, like Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, or Oracle Solaris. With HPE, it's more like coming in from outside, meaning it's a bit more difficult to do migrations, new implementations of Oracle, and upgrades. HPE Integrity is more difficult and cumbersome because of the different patching requirements, different settings, and parameter requirements, so the environment as a whole is not as seamless as it is when it comes to Oracle.

Those who want something that works very fast in a cloud-enabled environment should consider Dell or IBM. For those who deal with more technical environments where they are involved with back-end stuff and not too much work related to front-end, HPE Integrity can serve them as a very reliable tool. In general, HPE Integrity is very reliable when running in the background, especially to support running those systems that need to work twenty-four hours, seven days a week. If a person has to run OLTP environments in AWS, HPE Integrity may not be the best choice.

I rate the overall product a seven out of ten.

The product's most valuable features are troubleshooting and monitoring.

HPE Integrity needs improvement in terms of pricing for scalability. They should release smaller versions for specific applications or usage.

We have been using HPE Integrity for four years.

It is a stable product for hybrid environments. Having an on-cloud application for faster disaster recovery is crucial instead of waiting for a specific time frame.

We have 300 HPE Integrity users in our organization.

The initial setup is straightforward compared to other servers. You can refer to YouTube tutorial videos to learn the process. The deployment time varies depending on usage. It requires three executives, including a system administrator, an IT operations manager, and a cloud architect, to execute the process.

HPE Integrity's pricing could be better.

I rate HPE Integrity a seven out of ten. I recommend it for its durability, speed, and technical support documentation.

HPE Integrity is a mission-critical server, and we are using it for our SAP. We require zero downtime. This is where usually Superdomes are used, for example in banks or air traffic control, where the downtime requirement is absolute zero.

The virtualization of HPE Integrity could be simplified. We have discussed this issue with HPE and hopefully, they will have an update.

I have been using HPE Integrity for approximately nine years.

The stability is very good from HPE Integrity and it is very important. It has high availability.

HPE Integrity is a scalable solution.

We have approximately 10,000 users using this solution in my organization and most of them are manufacturing workers.

We have what is called a chief data care center support. This is the highest level of support they have. We have been very happy with the support we have received.

The installation of HPE Integrity is straightforward. The process took us two weeks.

HPE Integrity was installed by HPE with their installation team.

There is no license required to use HPE Integrity.

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate HPE Integrity an eight out of ten.

We use this solution with Blade servers and another application.

It is very fast and easy to use.

We have only just used this solution for a small period of time, it is difficult to fully assess it. We need more time to learn and know all of its components.

The monitoring is an area that needs some improvement.

I have been using this solution for six months.

It's very stable. To date, we don't have any issues with the stability of this solution.

It has the ability to scale up, but we have not scaled it as we are using it for a small project.

We have plans to increase our usage in a few months.

We don't contact HPE directly. We deal with our reseller.

Previously, we were using IBM Power Servers.

The support for Power Servers is too expensive.

The initial setup is easy.

We had the help of a retailer to implement this solution.

The price is not very expensive. 

When you compare with the other vendors, it's in the middle in terms of pricing.

It's a very good product to use for medium-sized companies.

I would rate HPE Integrity a nine out of ten.

I work in financial services, and we use HPE Integrity for our financial data.

HPE Integrity is a pain. HPE hasn't put much work into developing the solution in the past few years because it will be discontinued soon.

My organization has been using HPE Integrity with HP-UX for years, but I've only used it for a year.

HPE Integrity is a reliable solution, but you'll need to refurbish the hardware because it's approaching the end of sale.

HPE Integrity is scalable.

HP support is good.

HPE Integrity was a top solution about three or four years ago. But if I'm rating it this year, I would give it a seven or eight out of 10. After 2022, it will be more or less obsolete.

We use it as a database server for SAP systems, and it is performing very well.

• High availability
• Speed of execution
• IO capabilities

It is an open system with an HP-UX. It is very close to the Linux operating system, but much more reliable. That is why we have chosen it.

The stability is much more than the industry standard servers because of the higher availability that has been designed into it.

It scales very well; much better than industry standard servers.

Most of the computing is going to be in Linux, so there is not much more engineering going into this system with HP-UX. So, probably not only us, but also other customers are going towards Linux systems, but probably on Superdome X instead of Superdome.

They are very good for their Superdome. They are excellent and specialized.

It is because of the special sales service contract with the Superdome that you get the right people to talk to.

I was not involved in the initial setup.

Yes, we looked at other options but this solution provided the best value for the money. Also, we chose this solution because it was the right solution for the operating system that we had at the time.

Migrating away from Unix is driven by SAP themselves, because they are moving towards HANA, and HANA only runs on Linux.

If you are looking for this type of solution, evaluate all options, including growth, then choose the right systems for your company.

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: 

• The stability of the vendor 
• Their investment in future technologies
• Their reliability.