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Categories and Ranking

HPE BladeSystem
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
140
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Lenovo Blade Servers [EOL]
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
11
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Featured Reviews

Kapil Pandey - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Management Consultant at National Institute for Smart Government - NISG
Reliability and reasonable pricing enhance data center management
I researched on peerspot.com about IT solutions, specifically about HPE BladeSystem and HPE Synergy, because we are already using HP servers in our state data center. In HP Cloud System, we are using a converged infrastructure to connect LAN and SAN connectivity across the network. Regarding Virtual Connect technology, there is a noticeable impact on network management. For day-to-day operations, we use various applications such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams to connect virtually. Using HPE BladeSystem Virtual Connect technology in HP Cloud System, we achieve efficient network management with well-defined LAN and SAN connectivity. We already have a defined modular architecture in place designed by the HP team for our data center. My company name is National Institute for Smart Government, also called NISG, under the National e-Governance Division. My title is Technology Management Consultant. I would rate HPE BladeSystem as an eight out of ten.
it_user477012 - PeerSpot reviewer
Support Engineer-Enterprise System at a tech services company
Easy to deploy and produces better performance with less maintenance
We have separate compute module know as FSM for management Easy to deploy with better performance and less maintenance. Integrated DVD/CD ROM. Five years. No issues to date. It is every important that you should be very clear with your future plans. We have had no scalability issues to date.…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"Have a serious look at this. It brings a lot of value for us."
"The density of the BladeSystem, that we can keep adding blades as we need more VMs."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"The solution is stable and reliable."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is simplified management."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware."
"BladeCenter HS22 provides great performance and reliability, with two Intel Xeon 5600 (3.60 GHz) processors and 12 VLP DDR-3 memory DIMMs, with expansion capability of 192 GB."
"The servers have enabled us to run critical applications, backup of critical data, and storage systems on the same products without downtime issues that could otherwise be caused by hardware or software issues."
"Easy to deploy with better performance and less maintenance."
"The technical support is very good."
"Overall, the product has great value for money."
"We replaced five 42U server racks with two IBM S Series Blade Center chassis."
"Central management of all blade servers and performance: It helps us to access blade servers remotely even at boot time, as well, when we can access the BIOS setup remotely."
"Excellent support in case of any failure (and I am not saying this because I worked for IBM)"
 

Cons

"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"It is lacking in the ability to replicate virtual machines more easily."
"The solution could use better management capabilities. The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"Sometimes there are scalability issues with relatively older generations."
"Really look at it closely, but really look at the Synergy product as well. That seems to me like that's the next evolution of the BladeSystem."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"It’s okay. Working in support myself, their response times for us (we have a couple thousand servers) didn’t seem to be great. A lot of the time, there’s no concessions for response times not being met."
"All around, it would be nice if the solution were cheaper."
"It needs better management software."
"The storage part of this product needs to be improved."
"Performance is good, but on heavily non-linear workloads, they tend to have some issues."
"Need some level of technical knowledge to configure it."
"If we talk about scalability, it is quite expensive, especially when you need to buy more blades."
"It was quite unfortunate that I lost data while using this blade server."
"Because this is an old IBM blade chassis model and servers, we faced a couple of issues during VMware implementation."
"Firmware updates are troublesome and difficult."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"With regards to the prices, they need to adapt to the current needs of the country."
"It is not expensive, really, in this class of server products."
"We have an annual license."
"The price for HPE BladeSystem can vary between $100,000 to $1 million or above. The price can be high."
"The HPE BladeSystem is an expensive solution."
"The product’s price is high compared to one of its competitors."
"it would make everyone happy if the solution were less expensive."
"Their licensing program is pretty simple."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
18%
Construction Company
10%
Marketing Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise104
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Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise4
 

Questions from the Community

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...
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Also Known As

HP ProLiant BL Series Servers, HP ProLiant BladeSystem
Blade Servers, IBM Blade Servers, x86 BladeServers
 

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Sample Customers

EMIS Health
Merkl IT, Sanitas, Cnam, Generac Power, DIMAR Group, Comune di Messina
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