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 solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The scalability is good because it comes with Fabric Interconnects, and you can directly add more blades as you go. Therefore, scalability is not a problem."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The initial setup is not complex. It's a user-friendly tool."
"The solution provides good support and service."
"It's a good product. Virtualization on it is good."
"The security of the product is very good."
"I have found the compression capability the most valuable feature."
"It is a scalable platform."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"The product could be made more secure."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"It would be better if it worked with SMTP servers on the cloud. Right now, it only allows notifications via the SMTP server. In the next release, I would like to have a better processor."
"The price must be improved."
"There could be some more ports added in the future."
"Its customer service could be better."
"There has been an increase in quality issues."
"The current memory could be improved."
"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."
"The VxRail should be opened to allow other virtualization platforms to be used."
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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