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."Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"The hardware is easily swappable and, utilizing the boot from SAN option, you can always keep your server intact due to the service profiles."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"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 Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The product is easy to use."
"Basically, in a cluster, it works really nicely, especially within a cluster environment. Also, it's easily configurable."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management. It is easy to communicate from the server to the storage."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"It is very stable."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"Its scalability could be better."
"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."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"The response time in terms of getting technical support assistance could be improved."
"We have not needed to contact support because we have not had an issue. However, the partner support we had could improve. There are some disadvantages compared to Dell. The questions that are asked from the support are too lengthy, this causes a delay in support."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
"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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