Competitive Newsflash

How ProLiant Stacks Up to the

Competition
August, 28 2014

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How We Stack Up with tower servers: ProLiant Microserver and

ProLiant ML Servers
HP
ProLiant

IBM
System x

Lenovo
ThinkServe
r

Dell
PowerEdge

Oracle/Sun

Cisco

Fujitsu

MicroServe
r Gen8

None

None

T20/T110 II

None

None

MX130 S2

ML10

None

None

T20/T110 II

None

None

TX1310 M1

ML310e
Gen8 (ret)

X3100 M5

TS440

T110 II/T320

None

None

None

TS140

T20/T110 II

None

None

x3300 M4

None

T420

None

None

None

TD340

T420

None

None

x3500 M4

None

T620

None

None

x3500 M4

None

T620

None

None

ML310e
Gen8 v2
ML350e
Gen8
ML350e
Gen8 v2
ML350p
Gen8
ML350
Gen9

TX100 S3p,
TX120 S3p,
TX140 S2
TX140 S2,
TX150 S8
TX200 S7
TX200 S7,
TX2540 M1
TX300 S7,
TX300 S8
TX300 S7,
TX300 S8

How We Stack Up with rack servers: ProLiant DL Servers

IBM
System
x**

Lenovo
ThinkServe
r

Dell
PowerEdge

Oracle/Sun

Cisco

Fujitsu

x3530 M4

RD340

R420

X3-2

C22 M3

RX200 S8

x3530 M4

RD340

R420

X3-2

C22 M3

RX200 S8

x3530 M4

RD340

R420

X3-2

C22 M3

RX200 S8

None
x3630 M4

None
RD440

R415
R520

None
X3-2L

None
C24 M3

None
RX2520 M1

x3630 M4

RD440

R520

X3-2L

C24 M3

RX2520 M1

x3250 M5

None

R320

None

None

RX100 S8

x3250 M4

RS140

R220

None

None

RX100 S8

x3550 M4

RD540

R620

X4-2

DL360 Gen9

x3550 M4

RD540

R620

X4-2

DL380p
Gen8

x3650 M4

RD640

R720,R720x
d, R820

X4-2L

HP ProLiant
DL160e
Gen8
DL160 Gen9
DL360e
Gen8
None
DL180 Gen9
DL380e
Gen8
DL320e
Gen8
DL320e
Gen8 v2
DL360p
Gen8

UCS C220
M3
UCS C220
M3
UCS C240
M3/C260 M2

RX200 S8
RX200 S8
RX300 S8

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RD640

R720,R720x
d, R820

X4-2L

UCS C240
M3/C260 M2

RX300 S8

DL385p
Gen8

x3850 X5
or
X6/x3950
X5/x3755
M3

None

R515/R715

None

None

None

DL560 Gen8

x3750 M4

None

R820

X2-4
(3U)/X4-4
(3U)

C420 M3

None

R920

X2-4
(3U)/X4-4
(3U)

DL380 Gen9

DL580 Gen8

x3650 M4

x3850 X5
or X6

None

UCS C460
M2/M4

DL585 G7

RX350 S8
(2p)/RX500
S7/RX600
S6/RX4770
M1
None

None
None
R815
None
None
x3850 X5
or
X6/x3950
DL980 G7
X5
None
None
X2-8/X4-8
None
RX900 S2
(through
connectors
)
* Through connectors
** If IBM is trying to position Power servers against ProLiant reference this podcast:
http://pit.houston.hp.com/PIT/ESSN/Document_Storage/Competitive_library/Integrity_Plus_IBM_competi
tive.pptx

How We Stack Up with blade servers: ProLiant BL Servers

IBM
System
x
/PureSyste
ms
Flex System
x220/ HS23e

Lenovo
ThinkServe
r

Dell
PowerEdge

Oracle/Sun

Cisco

Fujitsu

None

M420/M520

None

B22 M3

BX920 S4

None

None

None

None

None

None

BL460c
Gen8

FlexSystems
x240/HS23

None

M620

UCS B200
M3

BX924 S4

BL460c
Gen9

FlexSystems
x240/HS23

None

M620

UCS B200
M3

BX924 S4

BL465c
Gen8

None

None

None

None

None

None

BL620c G7

HX5

None

M910

None

BL660c
Gen8

FlexSystems
x440

None

M820

None

BL680c G7

HX5/LS42

None

M910

None

BL685c G7

None

None

M915

None

HP
ProLiant
BL420c
Gen8
WS460c
Gen8

Sun Blade
X3-2B, X42B
Sun Blade
X3-2B, X42B

UCS B230
M2
UCS B420
M3
UCS B440
M2
None

None
None
None
None

How We Stack Up with density optimized servers, software defined

servers, and rack-scale computing/HPC: ProLiant Moonshot,
ProLiant SL Servers & ProLiant XL Servers/Apollo
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HP
ProLiant

IBM
System x **

Lenovo
ThinkServe
r

Dell
PowerEdge

Oracle/Sun

Cisco

Fujitsu

Moonshot

None

None

C5220/C512
5

None

None

None

SL4540
Gen8

x3530 M4

None

C8000 series

None

None

CX250 S2

SL4545 G7

None**

None

None**

None

None

None

SL210t

nx360 M4*

None

C6220

None

None

CX250 S2

SL230s
Gen8

dx360 M4*

None

Dell C8220

None

None

CX250 S2

SL250s
Gen8

dx360 M4*

None

Dell C8220X

None

None

CX270 S2

SL270s
Gen8

dx360 M4

None

Dell C8220X

None

None

CX270 S2

SL390s G7

None**

None

None

None

None

None

Apollo
6000

X3250 M5

None

C5220/R210
II

None

None

None

Power
775/Blue
Gene/Q

None

None

None

None

None

Apollo
8000

Notes:
* There are 2 versions of the nx360 M4 and dx360 M4: air and direct water cooled. There are
significant differences between the air and water cooled versions in terms of memory and options.
**There are no clear competitors here.

The ProLiant product names are hyperlinked to bring you to the competitive pages that
contain or will contain relevant competitive information.
Not all competitive products are represented. These are best comparison based on educated
opinion.
Many products do not have clear competitors. Competitors may be bidding other products
against ProLiant but, this chart represents the most common competitors we see.
If you have noticed a particular server frequently being positioned against a ProLiant and it
is not represented here, please send a message to michelle.gaitz@hp.com with the
information to update. In addition, the IDEAS International Competitive Profiles tool can be
used to draft side by side comparisons of servers. Internally it can be found at
http://intranet.hp.com/tsg/WW2/HPcompetition/pages/IDEAS_international_index.aspx and
for partners it is available on the Partner Portal.
More info:
HP ProLiant Competitive Positioning Site
http://intranet.hp.com/tsg/ww2/HPcompetition/Systems/Pages/ProLiant.aspx
EG Competitive Intelligence
http://intranet.hp.com/tsg/ww2/hpcompetition/Pages/index.aspx
Project SmartChoice is a site with competitive information regarding the pending IBM-Lenovo
deal.
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Project SmartChoice External URL:

http://www8.hp.com/us/en/products/servers/smartchoice.html
Project SmartChoice Internal URL http://intranet.hp.com/eg/sales/servers/Pages/IBMLenovox86ServerPursuit.aspx

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