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."Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"It is not expensive."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"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."
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management. It is easy to communicate from the server to the storage."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The pricing could be less."
"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 high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"The servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"The response time in terms of getting technical support assistance could be improved."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"For me, the product is okay, but I would probably suggest improvement in their services or technical support. They need to work harder in the preventative maintenance of the system. They need to improve in terms of how quickly can we get attention and how quickly problems are resolved. Its price could also be lower."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"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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