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."Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"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 initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"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 most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"Virtual Fabric and interconnects are easy to configure and maintain."
"The technical support is good."
"Wide choice in mixing SAN and LAN."
"HPE BladeSystem is a scalable solution. It is a composable infrastructure which we can manage our external services. This is the one factor which I can see the server is much more suitable for the OneView console."
"Basically, in a cluster, it works really nicely, especially within a cluster environment. Also, it's easily configurable."
"The most valuable feature, of course, is its size as I can build a huge compute resource on it."
"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"The solution is difficult to set up."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"Its scalability could be better."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"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 had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally. We've tried internationally, but we are still struggling to get its spare parts. This is the main challenge that we have faced with this solution. Fortunately, the other drives are still working. There should be easy availability of spare parts. I should be able to request a quotation online from HPE for things that I am not able to get locally. Currently, I can order online, but when I type the serial number, most of the time, it is rejected. I don't know why it is happening. It could be because the company that sold us the system didn't buy it through the normal HPE channel. HPE should assist us as users to get the spare parts. Its security needs to be beefed up. I would like some security features. It was also challenging for us to set it up because we didn't get enough training from them."
"It may be coming to its end of life."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
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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