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Hitachi BladeSymphony [EOL]

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We performed a comparison between Dell PowerEdge M and Hitachi BladeSymphony [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Average pricing and good feature sets but is complex to set up
Both Dell and Cisco would be data center modernization. We're modernizing from a three-tier to a single infrastructure.
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  • "It was budget friendly."
  • "If we would not have gone with the vendor we might have been charged unnecessarily for packages we did not need."
  • "Dell PowerEdge M price is comparable to other solutions but cheaper than IBM. However, the IBM solution is a higher grade solution whereas Dell PowerEdge M is a medium-level solution."
  • "The pricing of PowerEdge Next is higher than it was before."
  • "The product is neither expensive nor cheap. It is manageable for medium enterprises as well."
  • "The solution's pricing is slightly higher."

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    What do you like most about Dell PowerEdge M?
    Top Answer:It helps us to manage multiple chassis from a single website.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerEdge M?
    Top Answer:The product is neither expensive nor cheap. It is manageable for medium enterprises as well.
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    What needs improvement with Dell PowerEdge M?
    Top Answer:The firmware updates for the product need improvement.
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    4th
    out of 22 in Blade Servers
    Views
    3,702
    Comparisons
    2,454
    Reviews
    6
    Average Words per Review
    519
    Rating
    8.7
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    BladeSymphony
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    Hitachi Vantara
    Overview

    The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers address the challenges of an evolving IT environment by delivering leading enterprise classfeatures and functionality. The M-Series delivers a unique array of options configured to meet the needs of your IT environment both now and in the future.

    • Multiple blade form-factor choices.
    • Long life cycle providing better life cycle management and improved TCO.
    • Modular I/O switches for future scalability.
    • Breakthrough fan technologies for reduction in power consumption.
    • Configuration management via chassis management controller.
    • Persistent MAC/WWN/iSCSI addresses in a switch-agnostic environment.

    BladeSymphony blade servers inherit its core design from Hitachi's line of highly reliable mainframe platforms bound together by a robust management software solution. BladeSymphony management solutions simplify the administration and management of BladeSymphony servers in enterprise data centers. BladeSymphony 1000 blade systems also supports Multi-Blade Symmetric Multi Processing (SMP) interconnect technology for scalable performance. Transaction recovery is supported with our N+M standby feature improving system reliability and availability. High performance and high availability features allow BladeSymphony to be utilized in small departmental office environments to large back-end enterprise data centers.

    Sample Customers
    Newport City Homes, Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium (NMTRC), Georgian College, AgreeYa Solutions, IIHT Cloud Solutions, Arizona State University, AudienceScience, University of the Incarnate Word (UIW), The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Holy Cross School
    BMW, LBBW Asset Management, Mutual and Federal, National Computing and Information Agency, Perth Radiological Clinic, Shaanxi Telecom, Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE), Swisscom IT Services, Turkcell, University HealthSystem Consortium, VPS - Norwegian Central Securities, W&W Informatik GmbH
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    Healthcare Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government10%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
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    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business40%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise53%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    Dell PowerEdge M is ranked 4th in Blade Servers with 14 reviews while Hitachi BladeSymphony [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Blade Servers. Dell PowerEdge M is rated 8.4, while Hitachi BladeSymphony [EOL] is rated 0.0. The top reviewer of Dell PowerEdge M writes "Average pricing and good feature sets but is complex to set up". On the other hand, Dell PowerEdge M is most compared with HPE Synergy, HPE Superdome X, Cisco UCS B-Series, Super Micro SuperBlade and HPE BladeSystem, whereas Hitachi BladeSymphony [EOL] is most compared with .

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