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 GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"Great security and functionality."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"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 product has been simple to set up."
"The product is quite stable. Its performance is reliable."
"They are reliable, and it's relatively easy to manage them. They also regularly provide patching for the servers."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"The product could be made more secure."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"I would prefer to have changes in the compatibility of the blade servers with the new ones designed by HPE, as the top team's version does not have it."
"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."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
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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