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."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."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"This has drastically reduced our datacenter space, has good cooling and power consumption."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"The solution has good scalability."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"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."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
"I'd like to see an all-in-one packet in the future."
"HPE BladeSystem that we are using is currently very old. It's not too good. We haven't renewed it. I would like the solution to have more updates."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
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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