We performed a comparison between HPE BladeSystem and Lenovo Flex System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Blade Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"It is a stable, dependable solution."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"The benefit is the density and the capability for global harmonization on the hardware, because all the hardware chassis are the same. We can also purchase the same network cards too, chassis by chassis, so it gives us a global solution."
"Virtual Fabric and interconnects are easy to configure and maintain."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"Flex System's best features are its performance and stability."
"The stability and speed are always good. The processor is good and it's still working with our loads."
"The most valuable feature of the Lenovo Flex System is the storage system."
"The product is very user-friendly and has many resources at the enterprise level."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is its ease of use."
"The Lenovo Flex System is very stable."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"It is really stable, however the motherboard sometimes crashes."
"It could always use new tools."
"It is lacking in the ability to replicate virtual machines more easily."
"The servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."
"It does not have the same module flexibility that was present in IBM Blade. On the Blade System, I was able to choose between the Cisco module, or BMC module. Since the switch to Lenovo, I have not had the same choice of modules, only the BMC modules."
"The most valuable feature of the Lenovo Flex System is the storage system."
"Flex System's integration with the XClarity Management System could be improved."
"The product could improve its integration capabilities."
"Forced restarts due to free upgrades is an issue that needs to be resolved. We can manage this as we have high availability and redundancy, but without that it could be a real problem."
"The user-interface needs improvement, because they have an application from which we have to manage the whole system and all the infrastructure. This application is not working at our premises, because of some problem with the hardware itself. So although we brought it with our systems, and we used it to manage all the systems: the storage, the switches, and everything, nevertheless we have to support every part alone and enter the interface in one-by-one."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration with other platforms."
HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 134 reviews while Lenovo Flex System is ranked 9th in Blade Servers with 7 reviews. HPE BladeSystem is rated 8.6, while Lenovo Flex System is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE BladeSystem writes "Very reliable, expands well, and is pretty simple to set up". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo Flex System writes "Provides a high initial ceiling before upscaling is required, user-friendly and rich in resources, but has occasional stability issues". HPE BladeSystem is most compared with HPE Synergy, Cisco UCS B-Series, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE Superdome X and Super Micro SuperBlade, whereas Lenovo Flex System is most compared with HPE Superdome X, HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M and Cisco UCS B-Series. See our HPE BladeSystem vs. Lenovo Flex System report.
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