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 definitely the service profile."
"Great security and functionality."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"We are very happy with flexible NIC configuration features which are possible if you combine the BladeServers with HPE flex switches in the enclosures."
"Basically, in a cluster, it works really nicely, especially within a cluster environment. Also, it's easily configurable."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"With just one cable, for redundancy let's say two, you can feed sixteen servers in a single c7000 chassis."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"It is very stable."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."
"The product could be made more secure."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"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."
"I'd like to see an all-in-one packet in the future."
"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."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"It is really stable, however the motherboard sometimes crashes."
"We had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally. We've tried internationally, but we are still struggling to get its spare parts. This is the main challenge that we have faced with this solution. Fortunately, the other drives are still working. There should be easy availability of spare parts. I should be able to request a quotation online from HPE for things that I am not able to get locally. Currently, I can order online, but when I type the serial number, most of the time, it is rejected. I don't know why it is happening. It could be because the company that sold us the system didn't buy it through the normal HPE channel. HPE should assist us as users to get the spare parts. Its security needs to be beefed up. I would like some security features. It was also challenging for us to set it up because we didn't get enough training from them."
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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