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 solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"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 initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"Virtual Fabric and interconnects are easy to configure and maintain."
"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."
"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"I like the stability."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"The main issue with this solution is that it is quite vendor-restricted, meaning that when we use third party software, we cannot use all of the available configuration tools or pre-validated design features."
"There are some shortcomings in the product when you look at it from the perspective of the area involving multiple configurations, making it an aspect where improvements are required."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The other similar solutions used different CLI commands than HPE BladeSystem. The HPE BladeSystem CLI commands should be the same as the other companies which would make it easier to manage. It would be better for the system administrators to manage HPE BladeSystem and other systems together. I wanted to configure this service with the CLI but the commands are different than the other solutions making it a bit more difficult."
"Currently, in the case of a disk failure there is a need to remove the whole bay and as a result, to disconnect all the other disks."
"The management side of this solution could be improved."
"It could always use new tools."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"Really look at it closely, but really look at the Synergy product as well. That seems to me like that's the next evolution of the BladeSystem."
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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