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."Great security and functionality."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"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 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."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"The solution has high performance."
"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"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."
"I like the stability."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The main issue with this solution is that it is quite vendor-restricted, meaning that when we use third party software, we cannot use all of the available configuration tools or pre-validated design features."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"Currently, in the case of a disk failure there is a need to remove the whole bay and as a result, to disconnect all the other disks."
"There have been some hardware failures with them. These failures have since been solved by HPE support partners."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"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."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 62 reviews while HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 133 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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