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 Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"Great security and functionality."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"I like that it's very manageable very easy to use and configure. I am not an expert, but the graphic user interface is quite simple very easy to use. It's a complete solution."
"The product is easy to use."
"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."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is simplified management."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware."
"The solution has high performance."
"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."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"Storage capacity could be enhanced."
"There have been some hardware failures with them. These failures have since been solved by HPE support partners."
"If the hardware offered higher efficiency, that would be an ideal situation for our company."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"It may be coming to its end of life."
"BladeSystem is an old-fashioned server and not very well developed for new features and new areas of data centers, which is not very good for enterprise companies."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
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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