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."It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"Great security and functionality."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is simplified management."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"The scalability has been good."
"I like the stability."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"The pricing could be less."
"The product could be made more secure."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"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."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"There are some shortcomings in the product when you look at it from the perspective of the area involving multiple configurations, making it an aspect where improvements are required."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"We have not needed to contact support because we have not had an issue. However, the partner support we had could improve. There are some disadvantages compared to Dell. The questions that are asked from the support are too lengthy, this causes a delay in support."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"It may be coming to its end of life."
"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 response time in terms of getting technical support assistance could be improved."
"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."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"It is really stable, however the motherboard sometimes crashes."
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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