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 platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"Virtual Fabric and interconnects are easy to configure and maintain."
"It's very scalable."
"The most valuable feature, of course, is its size as I can build a huge compute resource on it."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"The virtual connect and network management port is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware."
"The benefit is the density and the capability for global harmonization on the hardware, because all the hardware chassis are the same. We can also purchase the same network cards too, chassis by chassis, so it gives us a global solution."
"Its scalability could be better."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"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 integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"I am not sure if iLO is included or if there is a separate license. If it is not included, it should be included in the license. It is such a valuable feature especially because people are working remotely."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."
"It would be nice if the solution were cheaper."
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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