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Dell PowerEdge MX- Series vs HPE Synergy vs Supermicro SuperBlade comparison

 

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Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of Dell PowerEdge MX- Series is 9.6%, down from 18.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Synergy is 9.7%, down from 21.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Supermicro SuperBlade is 7.8%, up from 5.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Blade Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Dell PowerEdge MX- Series9.6%
HPE Synergy9.7%
Supermicro SuperBlade7.8%
Other72.9%
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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.
MR
Presales engineer and consultant at Hybrid Tech
Redundant components and single console management improve efficiency while high costs warrant attention
Regarding HPE Synergy, the most valuable feature is that the whole solution and the whole system operate in passive mode, and there are very few chances of downtime as all the components in HPE Synergy are redundant, including VC Flex modules and interconnect modules, as well as power supply and fan modules. Other networking and storage connectivity modules are also redundant, and we can mount the entire Synergy frame in a single rack. If we fully populate a Synergy frame with 12 servers, 12 physical machines could be mounted in one Synergy frame, mostly with redundant power supplies and networking ports along with SAN connectivity on a single console.
Gergely Lakos - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
With many servers in one, these blade servers are easier to manage
The service could be improved by faster servers, more widely available VMs, and more storage in one place. Then, in the event of a blade failure, we could start our VMs on another blade in a couple of minutes. This is why we wanted to buy storage. But now, we want to buy a twin server with 24 VMware discs to create test storage. The next product release should allow more servers to be controlled simultaneously.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Dell is a reliable solution that does not usually require major support or experience part failures within two to three years."
"Regarding technical support from Dell, I find them to be one of the best support providers in the industry right now."
"It runs smoothly and supports mission-critical systems."
"The iDRAC feature is most useful for server management in Dell, comparable to HP iLO."
"Overall, Dell PowerEdge MX- Series are solid products."
"The biggest advantage of PowerEdge is that it is cost-effective, and its performance and infrastructure are much better than other competitors like Lenovo and HP, with very good performance even when you are using it at one hundred percent load."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"PowerEdge M allows me to manage all servers and blades from one admin console."
"This solution has decreased our deployment time by approximately sixty-five percent."
"It is a good product for hypervisors."
"My team is very happy with the way the product is right now."
"In terms of managing our IT landscape, it helps by reducing complexity... We've taken one of our virtualization guys and turned him into a Synergy guy, and he's been able to understand the networking, he's been able to understand the OneView, he's been able to understand the Synergy. He manages all of those rather than our having to have multiple teams associated with it."
"It is really easy to use, because it's GUI-based. It is not command line based, like mainframes."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the ease of management and the integration with OneView."
"They are responsive, and we don't have any problem at all when talking with them."
"We've found the scalability to be reasonable if you are ready to invest in it."
"It's an affordable and scalable device that fits requirements for a SMB with a tight server budget."
"The ability to save resource is a key feature."
"This solution can be used for various applications, high-performance computing, software as a service, cloud service, and data centers."
"So far, the solution seems to be very stable."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"We use Supermicro Superblade servers because we are a software engineering company and these competitively priced blade servers with many servers in one are easier to manage."
"I think the IPMI is a really good feature."
 

Cons

"Technical support from Dell is not good. I rate it a zero out of five."
"I would like to have additional HPC and AI capabilities on general Dell PowerEdge servers."
"It requires time to transition to the new generation."
"The costing could be improved as it is somewhat expensive."
"Technical support is not good."
"The costing could be improved as it is somewhat expensive."
"I suggest adding an additional network card within the blades, specifically for connectivity."
"There is no specific feedback on improvements directly from our usage."
"The only issue that we had was our rack was too small. The product is heavy, so it took a lot to get it in there."
"In the Generation 10 modules, we have observed that very often the server has hardware issues."
"The price point is a little high."
"We had an issue during the initial setup with the 40 Gigabyte cards. They weren’t working, so we had to work really closely with HPE support to get them to work."
"They must improve the OneView tools."
"The pricing can be improved as it is a costly solution due to sanctions in Iran."
"It has affected the productivity of our development team in a bad way. When we first stood the hardware up 18 months ago, the image streaming capacity and capability were not very good at all. We had hoped that it would allow us to be more composable and be able to switch over from one version of an operating system to another version of an operating system. However, it wasn't ready for prime time yet. Therefore, we had to go back to a deployment of bare metal install. We are still waiting and trying to figure out how we can do the composable infrastructure."
"The post-sales activity needs improvement."
"The solution does not scale well."
"There is a lack of support for fiber channels currently that needs to be added."
"Supermicro blade servers are not the best. They could improve in scalability but are not really scalable right now."
"They need to improve their delivery time. It takes too long right now."
"There is a lack of support for fiber channels currently that needs to be added."
"I think the Supermicro blade servers are not the best. They could improve in scalability but are not really scalable right now."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product is budget-friendly. The initial cost for each server was around 10,000 euros. It's a standard price, not too high or too low."
"The cost varies significantly depending on the server's configuration and can range from $10,000 to $60,000 for the same server line family."
"The solution's pricing is slightly higher."
"The pricing of PowerEdge Next is higher than it was before."
"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 product is neither expensive nor cheap. It is manageable for medium enterprises as well."
"If we would not have gone with the vendor we might have been charged unnecessarily for packages we did not need."
"I know we get three years basic, and the on-site licensing model for business seems fine. I wouldn't pay for a support plus or anything."
"The Nutanix platform came in a little more expensive than the Synergy."
"When we made the purchase of the hardware, we added Professional Services to it."
"It costs us around $60,000 a year."
"Synergy has lowered our total cost of ownership significantly. I would say ballpark around 25 percent, maybe more."
"We have already paid once. It is just the price for the permit and its use. It seems you don't have to keep paying for it, but I am not sure."
"The solution has reduced our IT infrastructure costs by 50 percent."
"The platform that we run Synergy on is all virtualized. Our primary cost is likely VMware."
"The hardware licensing cost is reasonable."
"The product is not expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Outsourcing Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Government
7%
Healthcare Company
6%
Comms Service Provider
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Healthcare Company
10%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business14
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business31
Midsize Enterprise15
Large Enterprise56
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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?
It is difficult to determine the pricing because I do not manage the pricing information. The price may be getting hi...
What needs improvement with Dell PowerEdge M?
Firmware upgrades are acceptable, but Dell PowerEdge MX- Series needs to be more stable than other solutions.
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 s...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Synergy?
As far as the prices are concerned, rack mount solutions are less expensive than HPE Synergy prices; however, HPE Syn...
What needs improvement with HPE Synergy?
In my opinion, for future improvements in HPE Synergy, there should be better management of power consumption complex...
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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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