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."
"Great security and functionality."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"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."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"Wide choice in mixing SAN and LAN."
"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."
"The pricing could be less."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The solution is difficult to set up."
"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 BladeSystem could improve the communication between the server and the storage."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"HPE has a replacement system called Synergy, though it’s a more high-end system than the old C7000."
"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."
"It would be nice if the solution were cheaper."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"I would like to see the upgrade path a little bit smoother."
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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