We performed a comparison between HPE Superdome X and Lenovo Flex System based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco, Dell Technologies and others in Blade Servers."We've got a few of them, because we needed some really large machines. So far, they've been working pretty good."
"I like the robustness of the machine. Similar performance could likely be achieved with other configurations, but this machine is very stable."
"SDX gave us a very large RAM and we need that for the large-scale graph-handling applications."
"One of the really cool things about Superdome is, depending on the model you choose, you can put 8-16 blades in it."
"The most valuable features of HPE Superdome X are speed, performance, and resilience."
"This product is very reliable."
"Superdome X is a system that can compete in terms of performance and uptime, but it's now standard. That is the great value. There are competitors like IBM, for example, but IBM has a propietary operating system. With Superdome X, you have a system that can run Windows, Red Hat, or VMware, but in a mission critical server."
"The stability and speed are always good. The processor is good and it's still working with our loads."
"Flex System's best features are its performance and stability."
"The product is very user-friendly and has many resources at the enterprise level."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is its ease of use."
"The most valuable feature of the Lenovo Flex System is the storage system."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The Lenovo Flex System is very stable."
"I know we support Windows and I think it's Red Hat, and I'd like to see more OSs supported."
"What would make it better from my point of view is if HPE spent more time on testing with the actual built-in Red Hat Linux drivers, as opposed to always trying to say, "Use our driver.""
"HPE Superdome X can improve by adding a lot of cloud capabilities to allow this solution to be cloud-ready in case the customer wants to move it to the cloud."
"It would be helpful if you could do the maintenance completely online."
"In this specific model, it could be beneficial to have a server configuration similar to Cisco, like the kind offered in HPE Superdome Flex X280. The ability to separate the chassis is important because we are forced to use two chassis even with lower loads. So introducing more flexibility in the Superdome environment would be helpful."
"I'd like to see the onboarding of some storage class memory to really expand the already very large RAM, into something that could be even much bigger."
"The product could improve its integration capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of the Lenovo Flex System is the storage system."
"Flex System's integration with the XClarity Management System could be improved."
"Forced restarts due to free upgrades is an issue that needs to be resolved. We can manage this as we have high availability and redundancy, but without that it could be a real problem."
"The user-interface needs improvement, because they have an application from which we have to manage the whole system and all the infrastructure. This application is not working at our premises, because of some problem with the hardware itself. So although we brought it with our systems, and we used it to manage all the systems: the storage, the switches, and everything, nevertheless we have to support every part alone and enter the interface in one-by-one."
"It does not have the same module flexibility that was present in IBM Blade. On the Blade System, I was able to choose between the Cisco module, or BMC module. Since the switch to Lenovo, I have not had the same choice of modules, only the BMC modules."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration with other platforms."
HPE Superdome X is ranked 6th in Blade Servers with 11 reviews while Lenovo Flex System is ranked 10th in Blade Servers with 7 reviews. HPE Superdome X is rated 9.0, while Lenovo Flex System is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE Superdome X writes "Robust product, helped with workload management and offers remote configuration ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo Flex System writes "Provides a high initial ceiling before upscaling is required, user-friendly and rich in resources, but has occasional stability issues". HPE Superdome X is most compared with Dell PowerEdge M, HPE Synergy, HPE BladeSystem, HPE NonStop and HPE Integrity, whereas Lenovo Flex System is most compared with HPE Synergy, Cisco UCS B-Series and Dell PowerEdge M.
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