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HPE Serviceguard vs Windows Server Failover Clustering comparison

Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Microsoft are both solutions in the High Availability Clustering category. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #5, while Microsoft is ranked #1 with an average rating of 7.0. Hewlett Packard Enterprise holds a 11.5% mindshare in HAC, compared to Microsoft’s 20.5% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Microsoft users are willing to recommend the solution.
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100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive Summary
We performed a comparison between HPE Serviceguard and Windows Server Failover Clustering based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two High Availability Clustering solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Categories and Ranking

HPE Serviceguard
Ranking in High Availability Clustering
5th
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Windows Server Failover Clu...
Ranking in High Availability Clustering
1st
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2025, in the High Availability Clustering category, the mindshare of HPE Serviceguard is 11.5%, down from 13.3% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Windows Server Failover Clustering is 20.5%, down from 29.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
High Availability Clustering Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Windows Server Failover Clustering20.5%
HPE Serviceguard11.5%
Other68.0%
High Availability Clustering
 

Featured Reviews

AH
AhsanulHaque
System Administrator at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
The solution's most valuable feature is the ability to create a Mount Point Package
They should continue with the certificate for the consequent year as well. They must keep the product up and running for a long time as it is currently static. There are a lot of challenges as well. Sometimes, the mount point gets lost depending on link failure or census problems. The solution works on a standard script, but it has many tech issues to fix with the OS. You have to keep checking network connectivity, OS connectivity, etc. If any of these fails, then you do not get the certificate.
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Mahendra Reddy
Manager at Stark International
Useful ISS, good support, and simple implementation
There are times when we do the system security updates and have to restart the server which is difficult because we need to wait until the end of the day or when working hours are finished. There are service updates that have a requirement to restart the system and it is not convenient. In a feature release, there should be a feature to allow applications to be developed on the web portal and better databases that we can run.
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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The solution's scalability is excellent."
"HPE Serviceguard is stable, it has high availability for production."
"The most valuable features of Windows Server Failover Clustering are the ISS, failover cluster, and DC."
"Some of the advantages, are it can give you the ability to choose."
"The product is stable."
"The reliability is pretty good."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to easily create clusters supporting geo-redundancy."
"The solution switches over to another server in case the server goes down."
 

Cons

"They must keep the product up and running for a long time as it is currently static."
"Many customers want virtualization or high availability but not on HPE Serviceguard with the appliance."
"The tool's pricing is high."
"The product should be less dependent on network configuration."
"They could drop the price or improve the cost of the hyper-converged component of it all. Right now, licensing is expensive and complex."
"The standard, non-enterprise technical support could be improved."
"The stability is good, except for when something crashes or shuts down unexpectedly, then it can be a bit difficult to reestablish the service in a stable state."
"There are times when we do the system security updates and have to restart the server which is difficult because we need to wait until the end of the day or when working hours are finished. There are service updates that have a requirement to restart the system and it is not convenient."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The solution is available at a high price. I rate it as a two for pricing."
"I would rate the solution's pricing an eight out of ten."
"The functionality is included in Windows Server licences."
"So if you acquire the Windows server license, you will also get all of the Windows services licenses."
"We are on an annual license to use this solution."
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Top Industries

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Comms Service Provider
13%
University
9%
Computer Software Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Midsize Enterprise
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Company SizeCount
Small Business5
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise3
 

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Windows Server Failover Clustering?
There is no extra charge except a service fee for some professional work. I rate the product’s pricing a five out of ten, where one is cheap, and ten is expensive.
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What needs improvement with Windows Server Failover Clustering?
The solution uses external storage, while third-party solutions don't use external storage. They're using a mirror to create a partition on each server and synchronize the data in the background. I...
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What is your primary use case for Windows Server Failover Clustering?
We use the solution for warehouse purposes. We built an SQL server on the solution.
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Also Known As

Serviceguard, HP Serviceguard
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Overview

HPE Serviceguard is a high availability and disaster recovery clustering solution, that increases uptime for your critical applications by protecting from a multitude of infrastructure and application faults across physical or virtual environments over any distance. It reduces impact of unplanned downtime with no compromise on data integrity and performance. Furthermore, it helps achieve near zero planned downtime for maintenance.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Windows Server Failover Clustering provides infrastructure features that support the high-availability and disaster recovery scenarios of hosted server applications such as Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange. If a cluster node or service fails, the services that were hosted on that node can be automatically or manually transferred to another available node in a process known as failover.
Microsoft
 

Sample Customers

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