Cray CS-Storm vs HPE Moonshot comparison

Cray and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Density Optimized Servers category. Cray is ranked #6, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #4. Cray holds a 12.0% mindshare in DOS, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 13.4% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users are willing to recommend the solution.

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Categories and Ranking

Cray CS-Storm

Ranking in Density Optimized Servers

6th

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE Moonshot

Ranking in Density Optimized Servers

4th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Rack Servers (14th)

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2025, in the Density Optimized Servers category, the mindshare of Cray CS-Storm is 12.0%, up from 7.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Moonshot is 13.4%, down from 15.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Also Known As

Cray CS Series

HP Moonshot

Overview

The CS-Storm supercomputer is a highly configurable cluster, able to support options specific to individual requirements including a range of NVIDIA Tesla accelerators tested to run at full power, multiple network and topology options for InfiniBand (including fat tree, single/dual rail) and Intel Omni-Path, a customizable HPC cluster software stack, and Cray Sonexion scale-out parallel file system storage.

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HPE Moonshot is an integrated server system with workload-optimized solutions for better business outcomes delivered in a compact, power and energy efficient package.

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Sample Customers

Intel, NVIDIA, Abokia Inc., Adaptive Computing, Allinea Software, ANSYS Inc., CEI, Cloudera, DataDirect Networks, Exa Corporation, Expert System, Intelligent Light, MSC Software, Oracle, Platform Computing, Samsung Semiconductor Inc., Seagate

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