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 hardware is easily swappable and, utilizing the boot from SAN option, you can always keep your server intact due to the service profiles."
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"The architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"It's very scalable."
"The solution has good scalability."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management. It is easy to communicate from the server to the storage."
"The benefit is the density and the capability for global harmonization on the hardware, because all the hardware chassis are the same. We can also purchase the same network cards too, chassis by chassis, so it gives us a global solution."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"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."
"It may be coming to its end of life."
"If the hardware offered higher efficiency, that would be an ideal situation for our company."
"Storage capacity could be enhanced."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"For me, the product is okay, but I would probably suggest improvement in their services or technical support. They need to work harder in the preventative maintenance of the system. They need to improve in terms of how quickly can we get attention and how quickly problems are resolved. Its price could also be lower."
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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