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Dell PowerEdge MX- Series vs HPE BladeSystem comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive SummaryUpdated on Jun 3, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
5.7
Dell PowerEdge MX-Series offers strong ROI with virtualization performance, modularity, and AI-driven automation, enhancing cost-efficiency and reliability.
Sentiment score
7.2
HPE BladeSystem offers up to 30% ROI through enhanced efficiency, reduced downtime, and substantial electricity and operational savings.
Regarding the cost-effectiveness and measurable benefits of Dell PowerEdge MX-Series, I find it worth the money because they are modular and consolidate most things, making it good for future planning.
Principal Engineer at AXS
The servers save around 70 percent of the time for our clients.
Senior Presales Solutions Engineer at NTT DATA
We utilize AI technology with Dell PowerEdge M through a module known as CloudIQ, which provides automation and takes care of predictive analysis and reporting.
Business Development Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.9
Dell PowerEdge MX-Series support is praised for quick responses but criticized for delays and communication issues with international teams.
Sentiment score
6.7
HPE BladeSystem's support is praised for effectiveness and satisfaction, though experiences vary with delays and first-level support issues.
They provide excellent help when needed.
Technician at Sheeltron Digital Systems Private Limited
Regarding technical support from Dell, I find them to be one of the best support providers in the industry right now.
Business Development Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
When we had errors upgrading operating systems and did not upgrade the firmware with the right compatibility matrix, they supported us and helped us with various aspects.
Tech Lead at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
I would rate technical support from HPE as an eight on a scale from one to ten.
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
6.6
Dell PowerEdge MX-Series offers scalable, flexible expansion, integrating well into systems with modular design and enterprise capabilities.
Sentiment score
7.7
HPE BladeSystem is scalable, flexible, and reliable for businesses, despite needing manual configuration and having limitations with older models.
Regarding scalability, I can scale up to 64 enclosures, and each enclosure can hold around 7 blades.
Business Development Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It is very scalable because, as I mentioned, normally we are selecting some series of servers that can be upgraded anytime.
Project Manager And Technical Consultant at EEMC
Dell PowerEdge MX- Series is very easy to scale, but scalability also depends on the architecture solution.
Senior Presales Solutions Engineer at NTT DATA
I encounter challenges in identifying reasonable prices during the setup cost and licensing process, especially for scalability when we need to contact different vendors for quotes to find competitive offers.
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.7
Dell PowerEdge MX-Series offers exceptional stability and energy efficiency, boasting over 99.8% uptime with minimal maintenance issues.
Sentiment score
7.9
HPE BladeSystem is praised for its stability and reliability, with quick support addressing rare issues effectively over time.
Despite power fluctuations, the server is working fine without motherboard or hardware issues.
Data Center Engineer And Server Administrator at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
I can say that the uptime was more than 99.8%.
Project Manager And Technical Consultant at EEMC
I have not experienced any crashes, downtimes, or performance issues as it is an enterprise product.
Principal Engineer at AXS
I do not have to call HP support frequently, which indicates its reliability.
Asst. Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Dell PowerEdge MX-Series should enhance virtualization, security, AMD support, network options, GPU integration, scalability, connectivity, and ease of use.
HPE BladeSystem users want enhancements in management, integration, security, connectivity, usability, training, support, and centralized management.
If we can have one or two additional disk support, so that we can have RAID 5 as well managed at the OS layer, that will make the device much more robust.
Executive Vice President Technology at InfoEdge India Ltd
We can manage all the servers from one GUI.
Senior Presales Solutions Engineer at NTT DATA
I would like to see more functionality with SmartFabric in Dell PowerEdge MX- Series.
Principal Engineer at AXS
To do any customization, we need to contact HP technical support, and the process is not user-friendly.
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
When you use anything, how easily it is to manage is very important in hyper-converged solutions.
CTO at Miraj
In general, there is a 10% to 15% price gap compared to competitors.
Asst. Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
 

Setup Cost

Dell PowerEdge MX-Series offers medium pricing, cheaper than IBM, with negotiation potential, ranging from $10,000 to $60,000.
HPE BladeSystem's high initial costs and complex licensing require careful negotiation to remain competitive against Dell and similar products.
Currently, the server price is significantly higher compared to one year ago, with the server price being four times higher.
Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Sometimes Dell may be a little costlier, but that is considering the services and solutions we are providing, which can be adjustable.
Business Development Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Dell's price is normally better than HP.
Project Manager And Technical Consultant at EEMC
With around 19 years of exposure in working with various servers, including HPE, I encounter challenges in identifying reasonable prices during the setup cost and licensing process, especially for scalability when we need to contact different vendors for quotes to find competitive offers.
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
In general, there is a 10% to 15% price gap compared to competitors.
Asst. Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
 

Valuable Features

Dell PowerEdge MX-Series delivers scalable, modular performance with energy efficiency, solid security, and management for diverse data center needs.
HPE BladeSystem is valued for reliability, efficiency, scalability, space-saving design, and seamless integration with excellent support.
The ease of troubleshooting and managing through remote access, using tools like iDRAC, significantly saves me time.
Technician at Sheeltron Digital Systems Private Limited
From the networking perspective, the advanced networking capabilities have excellent features called SmartFabric; for upgrades, it is just plug and play, and SmartFabric takes care of everything.
Principal Engineer at AXS
The most valuable feature is that it does not experience downtime easily.
Data Center Engineer And Server Administrator at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
The integration of storage and networking components within the HPE BladeSystem is quite beneficial as it is easily interoperable if we are using the same system for monitoring with the same software, which eliminates interoperability issues.
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
The feature I find most valuable is the ease of use.
Asst. Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
The scalability product is also good for efficiently scaling my organization's computing resources.
CTO at Miraj
 

Categories and Ranking

Dell PowerEdge MX- Series
Ranking in Blade Servers
1st
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE BladeSystem
Ranking in Blade Servers
3rd
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
140
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of Dell PowerEdge MX- Series is 8.9%, down from 17.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE BladeSystem is 8.2%, down from 13.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Blade Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell PowerEdge MX- Series8.9%
HPE BladeSystem8.2%
Other82.9%
Blade Servers
 

Featured Reviews

Md. Shohel Rawshan Sarker - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Vice President at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Blade platform has supported clustered production workloads and delivers strong performance
In the industry, there are currently blade solutions from Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Cisco. Compared to those, all blade solutions are similar in design. In the chassis, there is a back panel where each blade has a card module that plugs into the blade chassis. The chassis contains a network switch as well as a SAN switch. The SAN switch and network switch combined to the blade module provide plug-and-play functionality. The throughput is also good. Dell PowerEdge MX- Series currently has two types of processors with speeds of 2.1 and 2.3 GHz, possibly 2.2 GHz as well. All applications in our environment run on these processors. However, I think the processor speed should be higher because the coming applications are all AI-based and require more powerful processing. As of now, there is no issue with the current processor clock speed for our running applications. They are all Gold processors. In our environment, we have designed a setup with Dell PowerEdge MX- Series chassis with two network switches in the back panel. The two network switches connect to the main upstream network switch with link aggregation protocol (LACP) bonding. Currently, 160 gig, 40, 40, 80, and 80 gig bandwidth is running. The throughput is 80 gig total. Each blade server has a 20 gig network connection and will get a maximum of 20 gig network bandwidth, while the total chassis will deliver a maximum of 80 gig bandwidth. However, it can go up to 160 gig because the upstream network switch supports QSFP+ modules that are 40 gig each, with two 40 gig connections totaling 80 gig. Dell PowerEdge MX- Series also includes a SAN switch. The SAN switch is in the back panel of the chassis and connects to our main central SAN switch, which is connected to central storage. It is easy to onboard our central storage to the blade server as required, and there is no issue with that. The benefits include the fact that Dell PowerEdge MX- Series blade servers have sixteen blade servers in a single chassis, which consumes minimal space in the rack and data center, as well as requiring minimal cabling. For cabling, there are only four network cables connected to the main upstream switch. When connected to the SAN switch, there are only four additional cables, totaling eight cables to the SAN switch. This results in no messy cables in the data center. Additionally, the performance is good enough based on our current applications running on the servers.
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CTO at Miraj
Centralized modular platform has improved data center management and supports mission-critical workloads
The main area for improvement I see is the training process. When you use anything, how easily it is to manage is very important in hyper-converged solutions. If you compare it with VMware, it is very familiar. HPE Converged, however, is very large to understand for a new person. I am talking about training and management perspective, and user management. A system integrator and any system engineer who will operate and manage the system should find it easy to understand any configuration part and understanding part, which is currently a little bit tough. In Virtual Connect, we need some improvement. If we are going to move to hybrid, we need to easily move VM transactions from on-premises to cloud. We require a good, more easy process for day-to-day activities. Performance-wise, HPE BladeSystem is good regarding its ability to support mission-critical applications. However, reliability is all dependent on the core and memories, which will centrally control the entire blade and hyper-converged. We require more reliable things because if something goes down in the controller and center control, it is very tough to manage. We require a centralized image that will be replicated to any other device immediately, and all configurations and everything will come as soon as possible.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Computer Software Company
7%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Construction Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise16
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise104
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Dell PowerEdge M?
The best feature is the idrac tools, which allows me to manage/config the platform from the Linux level.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Dell PowerEdge M?
From a cost standpoint, you have different use cases to cater. The first one is if you need to have ideal distribution maintained between the application and redundancies or resilience needs to be ...
What needs improvement with Dell PowerEdge M?
They can work on power consumption, which is probably not a direct feedback for Dell, but I would say the input power consumption itself is a challenge because the rated power is pretty high. This ...
How would you choose between HPE's Bladesystem and Synergy?
For me, choosing between HPE’s Bladesystem and Synergy came down to which solution was more powerful, reliable, and stable. It turns out Bladesystem was the winner. Bladesystem is excellent because...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE BladeSystem?
With around 19 years of exposure in working with various servers, including HPE, I encounter challenges in identifying reasonable prices during the setup cost and licensing process, especially for ...
What needs improvement with HPE BladeSystem?
The main area for improvement I see is the training process. When you use anything, how easily it is to manage is very important in hyper-converged solutions. If you compare it with VMware, it is v...
 

Also Known As

No data available
HP ProLiant BL Series Servers, HP ProLiant BladeSystem
 

Overview

 

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
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