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 Dashboard is quite impressive and is, so far, the best based on my experience."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"The solution is stable."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The scalability is good because it comes with Fabric Interconnects, and you can directly add more blades as you go. Therefore, scalability is not a problem."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"They are reliable, and it's relatively easy to manage them. They also regularly provide patching for the servers."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"The solution is expensive."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"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 initial setup process is complex."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."
"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."
"I would like OneView to go over the current limit of 40 instances."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"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."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 62 reviews while HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 133 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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