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 scalability is good because it comes with Fabric Interconnects, and you can directly add more blades as you go. Therefore, scalability is not a problem."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"It's modular."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"Great security and functionality."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"It is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"I like the stability."
"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 has good scalability."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"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."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"I would like OneView to go over the current limit of 40 instances."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"We sometimes have compatibility issues depending on the browser that you are using. For example, sometimes you have to switch between Edge, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, or Chrome to have things operating correctly."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
"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."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
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 and HPE Superdome X. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE BladeSystem report.
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