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."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"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 solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"HPE BladeSystem is a scalable solution. It is a composable infrastructure which we can manage our external services. This is the one factor which I can see the server is much more suitable for the OneView console."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management. It is easy to communicate from the server to the storage."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"The solution has good performance."
"The most valuable feature, of course, is its size as I can build a huge compute resource on it."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"The product could be made more secure."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"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."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"I would prefer to have changes in the compatibility of the blade servers with the new ones designed by HPE, as the top team's version does not have it."
"It would be nice if the solution were cheaper."
"Really look at it closely, but really look at the Synergy product as well. That seems to me like that's the next evolution of the BladeSystem."
"The only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."
"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."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
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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