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 most valuable feature is the service profile."
"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."
"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."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"This has drastically reduced our datacenter space, has good cooling and power consumption."
"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"The product is quite stable. Its performance is reliable."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"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 solution has good performance."
"With just one cable, for redundancy let's say two, you can feed sixteen servers in a single c7000 chassis."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"The pricing could be less."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"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."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"I would like OneView to go over the current limit of 40 instances."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"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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