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 Dashboard is quite impressive and is, so far, the best based on my experience."
"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."
"I like that it's very manageable very easy to use and configure. I am not an expert, but the graphic user interface is quite simple very easy to use. It's a complete solution."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"I like the stability."
"It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management. It is easy to communicate from the server to the storage."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"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."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"It may be coming to its end of life."
"I would like to see the upgrade path a little bit smoother."
"The management side of this solution could be improved."
"We have not needed to contact support because we have not had an issue. However, the partner support we had could improve. There are some disadvantages compared to Dell. The questions that are asked from the support are too lengthy, this causes a delay in support."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"It would be nice if the solution were cheaper."
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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