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Everpure FlashBlade vs HPE BladeSystem comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary

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
6.2
Everpure FlashBlade reduces TCO by 85%, increases VM density, enhances efficiency, and mitigates ransomware impact, providing significant ROI.
Sentiment score
7.2
HPE BladeSystem offers up to 30% ROI through enhanced efficiency, reduced downtime, and substantial electricity and operational savings.
It does not require much management once you set up correctly, so it saves time, allowing an admin to focus on other work.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
I have seen a return on investment for my customers through money saved on electrical and heating, as well as lower footprint in the data center.
Senior Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
5.7
Everpure FlashBlade support is praised for efficiency and expertise, though some note language barriers and scaling delays.
Sentiment score
6.7
HPE BladeSystem's support is praised for effectiveness and satisfaction, though experiences vary with delays and first-level support issues.
Their technical support has been perfect lately, so I would give it a 10.
IT Manager at Regin Dalarna
I would rate them an eight out of ten.
IT Field Support Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The support is done through email and is not that great, making it a very problematic area I've been dealing with for over four years.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
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
7.9
Everpure FlashBlade's scalability is praised for easy expansion, dynamic scaling, and high satisfaction across various industries.
Sentiment score
7.7
HPE BladeSystem is scalable, flexible, and reliable for businesses, despite needing manual configuration and having limitations with older models.
Pure Storage FlashBlade is scalable.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
There are between 5 and 10,000 people using it in our organization.
IT Manager at Regin Dalarna
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
8.0
Users praise Everpure FlashBlade for exceptional stability and performance, with minimal downtime and no outages reported.
Sentiment score
7.9
HPE BladeSystem is praised for its stability and reliability, with quick support addressing rare issues effectively over time.
In case there is any issue with any blade, the data is moved to another.
IT Field Support Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
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

Users seek improved deduplication, cloud integration, better support, simplified UI, and competitive pricing for Everpure FlashBlade.
HPE BladeSystem users want enhancements in management, integration, security, connectivity, usability, training, support, and centralized management.
For organizations with demanding data-intensive workloads, however, the value proposition is very compelling.
Vendor business manager at TD SYNNEX BRASIL
Technical support definitely needs significant improvement.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
I would like to see tighter integration with backup vendor software, specifically around the retention lock, compliance lock, compliance mode, safe mode for immutability and indelibility, as well as how it handles the tiering.
Senior Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
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.
CTO at Miraj
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
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

Pure Storage FlashBlade justifies its high price with exceptional performance, reliability, inclusive licensing, and long-term value through simplified management.
HPE BladeSystem's high initial costs and complex licensing require careful negotiation to remain competitive against Dell and similar products.
Regarding pricing, it is okay; we needed exactly this in size, and the price was a lot lower than competitors, making it good for us.
IT Manager at Regin Dalarna
The pricing of Pure Storage FlashBlade is expensive compared to other products I used from other companies in the past, but one benefit is that they have built-in ransomware protection.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
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

Everpure FlashBlade delivers high-performance storage with scalability, low latency, and ease of use, ideal for AI and analytics.
HPE BladeSystem is valued for reliability, efficiency, scalability, space-saving design, and seamless integration with excellent support.
The best features Everpure FlashBlade offers, which stand out to both me and our customers, are its exceptional performance for AI and analytics workloads, its ability to scale seamlessly, its unified file and object storage architecture, and simplicity of management.
Vendor business manager at TD SYNNEX BRASIL
The cyber resiliency features of immutability and indelibility resonate with my customers as well. Given today's cyber threat landscape, the immutability and indelibility features of Everpure FlashBlade are no longer a nice-to-have; they are hard requirements coming from the top leadership, C-suite, down to a lot of the customers that I talk to.
Senior Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
The best features of Pure Storage FlashBlade include better throughput and better performance.
Senior Network Engineer at Holy Redeemer Health System, Inc.
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 integration of storage and networking components within HPE BladeSystem is also good for my organization.
CTO at Miraj
 

Categories and Ranking

Everpure FlashBlade
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.1
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
All-Flash Storage (8th), Software Defined Storage (SDS) (7th), File and Object Storage (4th)
HPE BladeSystem
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
140
Ranking in other categories
Blade Servers (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

Everpure FlashBlade and HPE BladeSystem aren’t in the same category and serve different purposes. Everpure FlashBlade is designed for File and Object Storage and holds a mindshare of 5.2%, down 5.8% compared to last year.
HPE BladeSystem, on the other hand, focuses on Blade Servers, holds 8.1% mindshare, down 13.8% since last year.
File and Object Storage Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Everpure FlashBlade5.2%
Red Hat Ceph Storage11.9%
MinIO11.4%
Other71.5%
File and Object Storage
Blade Servers Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
HPE BladeSystem8.1%
HPE Synergy8.8%
Dell PowerEdge MX- Series8.6%
Other74.5%
Blade Servers
 

Featured Reviews

MikaelHellström - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Regin Dalarna
Has handled backup storage needs reliably and supports seamless upgrades
In environments requiring high throughput and low latency, Pure Storage FlashBlade provides high throughput and normal latency, but we do not have any application that requires low latency right now, so the latency of three to five milliseconds is considered kind of high. Pure Storage FlashBlade's ability to integrate with enterprise applications is not important for us, as we only want to present an S3 bucket for our backup, which we have done, and it works very fast. We use the Purity software's data reduction techniques; we have a backup software that compresses everything before sending it to the S3 bucket, achieving a data reduction of 1.1 to one. I would recommend Pure Storage FlashBlade to other companies because it's a very fast and scalable solution for anyone who needs it. On a scale of 1-10, I rate this solution an 8.
TA
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
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
8%
Government
7%
Financial Services Firm
15%
Construction Company
14%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business11
Midsize Enterprise11
Large Enterprise24
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business29
Midsize Enterprise40
Large Enterprise104
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Pure Storage FlashBlade?
I am a reseller, so I do not use Everpure FlashBlade personally, which means I do not have direct experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing.
What needs improvement with Pure Storage FlashBlade?
I would not rate Everpure FlashBlade as a perfect score primarily due to the price point in the Brazilian market. Everpure FlashBlade is a premium solution and the investment can be a challenge for...
What is your primary use case for Pure Storage FlashBlade?
Our main use case for Everpure FlashBlade is that we haven't closed a deal in Brazil yet. However, we are working on several opportunities and promoting the solution with our partners and customers...
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

Pure Storage FlashBlade
HP ProLiant BL Series Servers, HP ProLiant BladeSystem
 

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