We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and HPE BladeSystem based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Blade Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable feature is the service profile."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"I like the stability."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"They are reliable, and it's relatively easy to manage them. They also regularly provide patching for the servers."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"The solution has high performance."
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."
"There are some shortcomings in the product when you look at it from the perspective of the area involving multiple configurations, making it an aspect where improvements are required."
"The pricing could be less."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"The main issue with this solution is that it is quite vendor-restricted, meaning that when we use third party software, we cannot use all of the available configuration tools or pre-validated design features."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"We have not needed to contact support because we have not had an issue. However, the partner support we had could improve. There are some disadvantages compared to Dell. The questions that are asked from the support are too lengthy, this causes a delay in support."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"Really look at it closely, but really look at the Synergy product as well. That seems to me like that's the next evolution of the BladeSystem."
"I'd like to see an all-in-one packet in the future."
"HPE BladeSystem that we are using is currently very old. It's not too good. We haven't renewed it. I would like the solution to have more updates."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"I am not sure if iLO is included or if there is a separate license. If it is not included, it should be included in the license. It is such a valuable feature especially because people are working remotely."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 134 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while HPE BladeSystem is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS B-Series writes "Robust hardware and efficient management of hardware, creating group policies, such as scrub policies and maintenance policies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE BladeSystem writes "Very reliable, expands well, and is pretty simple to set up". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, Super Micro SuperBlade, HPE Superdome X and Pure Storage FlashBlade, whereas HPE BladeSystem is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE Superdome X and Super Micro SuperBlade. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE BladeSystem report.
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