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 solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"The architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"The ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"The technical support is good."
"One of the most valuable features I have found to be the enclosure. It is really easy to manage and everything is integrated. You are able to upgrade the software quite easily."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"The scalability has been good."
"The density of the BladeSystem, that we can keep adding blades as we need more VMs."
"We are very happy with flexible NIC configuration features which are possible if you combine the BladeServers with HPE flex switches in the enclosures."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"It could always use new tools."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"I would like OneView to go over the current limit of 40 instances."
"The servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"We sometimes have compatibility issues depending on the browser that you are using. For example, sometimes you have to switch between Edge, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, or Chrome to have things operating correctly."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
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, Pure Storage FlashBlade and Lenovo Flex System, whereas HPE BladeSystem is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, Super Micro SuperBlade, HPE Superdome X and Pure Storage FlashBlade. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE BladeSystem report.
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