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Our users have ranked these solutions according to their valuable features, and discuss which features they like most and why.
You can read user reviews for the Top 5 Blade Servers to help you decide which solution is best for you.
Users compare and give feedback on the best Blade Servers that they’ve used — based on product reviews, ratings, and comparisons.
#1 HPE Synergy
HPE Synergy was ranked as the #1 Blade Server for 2022. PeerSpot users give HPE Synergy an average rating of 8 out of 10.
Varun L., Systems Engineer at a retailer, says, "In terms of the productivity of our deployment team, the amount of time has been decreased a lot. In the past, to deploy one c7000 chassis with 15 or 16 blades, we literally used to spend two to three weeks. But with Synergy, it's very quick. Within three days we can do the deployment."
PeerSpot user Mohammad S., Chief Technical Officer at a tech services company, mentions, “Synergy has great data storage and it's a storage module. It's very good for software defined solutions. For example, customers needing a large data solution can use Synergy with blade and storage modules, but in a VMware environment for database solutions, Synergy is not useful. The important thing is the application - I think Synergy is a very good solution in some cases, but not for general purpose solutions or mixed environments, such as VM and physical environments that require larger storage.
Michael K., CEO at Duksco Sarl, comments, “What I find most valuable about this product are the number of interface combinations made possible with a single computer node. Secondly, I would rate the ease of configuration.”
A CTO at a tech services company says, “The stability of the solution is very reliable. The solution can scale up if a company needs it to. The initial setup is very easy and quite straightforward.”
#2 HPE BladeSystem
HPE BladeSystem was ranked as the #2 Blade Server for 2022. PeerSpot users give HPE BladeSystem an average rating of 8 out of 10.
A Manager of Capacity and Control Management at an insurance company explains, “The solution has good scalability. We can consolidate our learning infrastructure into just one chassis. You can have infrastructure scalability and capacity with memory. It is a great way to pull up together everything inside multiple platforms and in just one chassis. Overall, it's a very good product.”
A Windows Instructor at a comms service provider states, “The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware.”
A Line Technical Agent at a comms service provider expresses, “The most valuable thing about BladeSystem is just like the purpose of the product: it is reliable hardware. It is a stable, dependable solution. The technical support is good. And, it is not expensive."
#3 Cisco UCS B-Series
Cisco UCS B-Series was ranked as the #3 Blade Server for 2022. PeerSpot users give Cisco UCS B-Series an average rating of 8 out of 10.
A Senior Principal Systems Engineer at a pharma/biotech company says, "The ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
A Sr. Network Engineer at a tech vendor comments, “We jumped from old HP servers to this UCS and, of course, we very much like it in terms of its security, its interface, its functionality, the CPU, the memory and its central management interface. The computing power that it's given us has greatly improved the processing of our system. Overall, it's good.
Hoang N., Infrastructure Integration Analyst at a government, mentions, “Overall, all functionalities are excellent. The feature that I found the most valuable is the abstract and stateless capacities.”
PeerSpot user Amado P., IT Infrastructure Manager at a tech company, says, “I like that it's very manageable, very easy to use and configure. I am not an expert, but the graphic user interface is quite simple - very easy to use. It's a complete solution.”
#4 Dell PowerEdge M
Dell PowerEdge M was ranked as the #4 Blade Server for 2022. PeerSpot users give Dell PowerEdge M an average rating of 8 out of 10.
A Senior Storage Engineer at a manufacturing company says, “The initial setup was fairly easy. It wasn't difficult compared to other packages. We did the initial setup for Synergy's fiber channel switches before we started but afterwards, we did not have to worry about using the virtualized fiber or anything with them, the storage automatically came with it.”
PeerSpot user, Shohel S., Manager at Mutual Trust Bank states, "I have compared Dell EMC to other solutions and have found it to be good. The SAN and LAN traffic, manageability, and upgradability are all good."
Another PeerSpot user Mohamed Y., Sr. Pre-Sales Engineer at Advanced Technology Company, comments that the solution has “High quality hardware, is stable, and also scalable.”
#5 PowerEdge C
PowerEdge C was ranked as the #5 Blade Server for 2022. PeerSpot users give PowerEdge C an average rating of 8 out of 10.
Cliff T., CFO at Petra Constructions Corporation, says, “It does basically everything that we need it to do. The compactness of the solution is its most valuable aspect. We found the initial setup to be straightforward. The solution is stable. We haven't had any issues. It is possible to scale the solution. Technical support has been helpful.”
Ehsan Z., CTO at ACOM, states, “The solution's ease of use is its most valuable aspect for our organization. We really like how user-friendly it is. The management is excellent and also very straightforward. The security of the product is very good. We found the pricing to be quite fair. It's not overly expensive. The upgrades for the solution are very good. It continues to add useful features to the product with every new release.”
Bernard A., Chief Technology Officer at Basilisk Technologies, explains, “The management platform is great. PowerEdge C is very stable. We hardly experience any downtime.”
