HPE BladeSystem Reviews

We used to have many physical servers spending energy and space in our data center. Now most of our servers are virtually running in a blade server infrastructure. We use the BladeSystem, ProLiant, and 3PAR for storage and we're trying to create a hybrid environment infrastructure. Also, OneView provides us with more visibility and you can manage what you can see.

It's about standardizing the infrastructure. Now we're only using one physical infrastructure and one software platform for the management.

It would be nice if it could integrate with cloud systems.

We never have downtime caused by this solution. Mainly when we have a downtime it's caused by a planned maintenance or something similar.

When we need to grow, we just buy another BladeSystem and ProLiant, then add it to the system. It's modular, so we can simply add in devices when we need.

We have a TS contract with an HPE partner.

We were using many different servers and we needed to standardize our infrastructure.

Tecnasa installed the system for us.

You will need to determine you parameters and your requirements so you can decide which products will best fit your needs.

By implementing VMware on our systems, we increased the utilisation of resources, and the hardware is highly performant with no failures.

The C7000 Blade System is an all-in-one; I like blades.

No issues with stability.

No issues with scalability.

Tech support is good to very good.

We have been using the same products. No switch.

Initial setup is straightforward and easy.

Use top technology and spare yourself the problems and money lost from hardware failure.

We did not really consider any other options.

Go ahead and implement it.

The simplified design of the blades ensures a effeccient and repair including a replace in the event of a failure.

Improves capacity and aids organizations in adapting to their growth.

The profiles needs a complete rework, the way the profiles and networks are assigned to the blades isn’t user friendly and is often a hindrance

We've had no issues with the performance.

Excellent scalability, good flexibility from both a vertical and horizontal perspective.

 Consider implementing HP One-View into your environment to assist in addressing the complicated admin in some areas. Implement where possible a Use Standard to the chassis level, i.e. 1 chassis for hyper-v, 1 for SQL, etc... Segregate the networking set to the network where possible and avoid using the chassis profiles.

I think the c7000 platinum enclosure is really a great value for the money, especially for centralized data center management. It provides us with an advanced server management system that makes things work faster for our NOC and server administrator.

Firmware updates for system components are also valuable.

I would like to see improvement regarding scalability and deployment in the area of support. I simply mean seeing other fantastic features like built-in humidity or temperature sensors (especially for the market outside Europe and US). With technical support, I'm wondering if there could be some sort of seminar or webinar organised for users and prospective clients that may want to take a bake off on HPE BladeSystem.

The HPE BladeSystem is easy to manage. It is a fantastic product that datacenter managers, cloud services providers, and server room operators should embrace because it has all you could ever think of.

The most valuable features are its stability, reliability, ease of management, and high performance. In fact, the reason we buy HP products is because of their stability. The are very, very dependable in that regard.

The ease of management allows us to see issues related to server problems and the functioning of VMware products on those servers.

Scaling comes at a high cost, and it can be complex to set up. I'd also like to see how HP Synergy can improve the performance of BladeSystem.

We switched from the DLs to the BLs about 10 years ago.

Deploying it is not a problem.

It's highly stable and we have no issues.

It's scalable, but expensive because you have to buy additional blades.

The setup is easy or complex depending on what you want to do.

It's the best product for the time being so there's no reason not to buy it.

HP is very aware of and adaptable to our market. They've been able to provide the best technology to fit our market.

HP is a good partner, as they really try to understand and build trust with our market.

We use the solution for media and backup servers.

The solution has good performance. 

All around, it would be nice if the solution were cheaper. 

I have been using HPE BladeSystem for around 15 years, which is the entire length of my career. 

The solution is stable. 

The solution is scalable. 

I do not have experience with technical support. 

The decision to switch from other products to the current solution was not within my purview. 

I do not have experience with putting the solution together, as it comes pre-configured. The installation is easy. 

Items which are more cost-effective have a greater tendency to be refurbished. This is why I don't really consider the pricing to be problematic. 

This said, it would make everyone happy if the solution were less expensive. 

I would recommend the solution to others. 

I rate HPE BladeSystem as an eight out of ten. 

We are very happy with flexible NIC configuration features which are possible if you combine the BladeServers with HPE flex switches in the enclosures. You can mix and match the speed of your servers' NIC ports. Its also very easy and fast to deploy new servers.

It hasn't really made a big impact on our organization. We are not that big, only three people in the server operations group. The use of blade servers has had no impact on organization.

Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology.

No issues. They have been running very stable through all these years. Of course we have seen memory module, disk, and power supply failures, but not more than we would expect.

No issues.

Tech support is very effective and fast but it depends on the level of your support agreement. We had the P24 level and HPE are very responsive.

We did not have a previous solution.

It was quite straightforward. You have to decide the right power supply option for your enclosure. The best solution is to have PDU in the racks and let the enclosures get power from them. We made the wrong decision with our first enclosures, which were delivered with 3Ph power supplies built in, which made the initial preparation and later relocation more expensive for each enclosure. Today, you can’t buy the 3Ph power supplies.

None.

• It’s advisable to maintain and operate an updated HPE management solution along with the BladeSystem, which will assist in failure alerting, operations, automation, etc. 
• Remember that blades are most cost effective if you can fill all the bays in the enclosures. 
• It's advisable to use HPE networking switches, if your networking department can accept this.