We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and PowerEdge C 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 features of the solution are stability and security."
"It's modular."
"The hardware is easily swappable and, utilizing the boot from SAN option, you can always keep your server intact due to the service profiles."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"It is a scalable solution."
"It is a scalable platform."
"Technical support has been helpful."
"One of the main features that attract customers to buy their products is the great management tool and almost zero failure rate, making it easy to use."
"I have found the compression capability the most valuable feature."
"The performance is good."
"The initial setup is not complex. It's a user-friendly tool."
"The scalability of the product is good since it offers high performance and capacity."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"Its scalability could be better."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"The solution is expensive."
"An area where the product lacks and needs to consider improvement is by allowing it to integrate with some AI tool for monitoring."
"The VxRail should be opened to allow other virtualization platforms to be used."
"It would be easier if data center management and disaster recovery were combined."
"The product’s pricing could be a little cheaper."
"There has been an increase in quality issues."
"The reliability needs improvement."
"There is some trouble with the stability part of the product, making it an area where improvements are required."
"The need to update the firmware and check if there is any bug in the product is one of the areas where Dell PowerEdge C falls short and needs to make improvements."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while PowerEdge C is ranked 5th in Blade Servers with 23 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while PowerEdge C is rated 8.8. 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 PowerEdge C writes "Easy to deploy and has high performance and no downtime". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE BladeSystem, Super Micro SuperBlade and HPE Superdome X, whereas PowerEdge C is most compared with Huawei FusionServer X Series and HPE Apollo. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. PowerEdge C report.
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