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 Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"It's modular."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"The solution has good performance."
"The technical support is good."
"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."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"It's very scalable."
"It is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"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."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"The pricing could be less."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"We sometimes have compatibility issues depending on the browser that you are using. For example, sometimes you have to switch between Edge, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, or Chrome to have things operating correctly."
"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."
"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."
"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."
"Storage capacity could be enhanced."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"The servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
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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