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 most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"Uptime and service are valuable for us. When we have an issue, uptime and being able to get an emergency replacement or actual service is the most important thing for us."
"The technical support is good."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"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 initial setup process is complex."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The pricing could be less."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"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."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"The only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"We had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally. We've tried internationally, but we are still struggling to get its spare parts. This is the main challenge that we have faced with this solution. Fortunately, the other drives are still working. There should be easy availability of spare parts. I should be able to request a quotation online from HPE for things that I am not able to get locally. Currently, I can order online, but when I type the serial number, most of the time, it is rejected. I don't know why it is happening. It could be because the company that sold us the system didn't buy it through the normal HPE channel. HPE should assist us as users to get the spare parts. Its security needs to be beefed up. I would like some security features. It was also challenging for us to set it up because we didn't get enough training from them."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
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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