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 architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"The scalability is very good."
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"The Dashboard is quite impressive and is, so far, the best based on my experience."
"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."
"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"Wide choice in mixing SAN and LAN."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management. It is easy to communicate from the server to the storage."
"It's very scalable."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"HPE BladeSystem is very easy to use."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"I'd like to see an all-in-one packet in the future."
"I am not sure if iLO is included or if there is a separate license. If it is not included, it should be included in the license. It is such a valuable feature especially because people are working remotely."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"It is lacking in the ability to replicate virtual machines more easily."
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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