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 product is easy to use."
"I like that it's very manageable very easy to use and configure. I am not an expert, but the graphic user interface is quite simple very easy to use. It's a complete solution."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"The density of the BladeSystem, that we can keep adding blades as we need more VMs."
"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."
"HPE BladeSystem is very easy to use."
"The product is quite stable. Its performance is reliable."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management. It is easy to communicate from the server to the storage."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"It is not expensive."
"The interface and dashboard are excellent and user-friendly."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"Right now, the market is rapidly transitioning to solid-state media and the Cisco options tend to be less varied and more expensive than a broader slate of products from HP, Dell or IBM."
"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 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."
"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."
"The other similar solutions used different CLI commands than HPE BladeSystem. The HPE BladeSystem CLI commands should be the same as the other companies which would make it easier to manage. It would be better for the system administrators to manage HPE BladeSystem and other systems together. I wanted to configure this service with the CLI but the commands are different than the other solutions making it a bit more difficult."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"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."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"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."
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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