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 that the B-Series has is related to the structure and architecture of the solution because in these solutions, you are using fabric interconnect as an interconnect device. The beauty of fabric interconnect is that it can work as in-house mode."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"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 of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"It's modular."
"In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"The solution has high performance."
"It is very stable."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"The density of the BladeSystem, that we can keep adding blades as we need more VMs."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"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."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"Right now, the market is rapidly transitioning to solid-state media and the Cisco options tend to be less varied and more expensive than a broader slate of products from HP, Dell or IBM."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"Its scalability could be better."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The latest version of this system is called Synergy from HPE, and it comes with more advanced features. This is currently the most advanced solution available in the market. One of its key features is its energy efficiency, which optimizes energy usage."
"The response time in terms of getting technical support assistance could be improved."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"HPE has a replacement system called Synergy, though it’s a more high-end system than the old C7000."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"BladeSystem is an old-fashioned server and not very well developed for new features and new areas of data centers, which is not very good for enterprise companies."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
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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