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 stable."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"It's modular."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"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."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"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 feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The solution has good scalability."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"With just one cable, for redundancy let's say two, you can feed sixteen servers in a single c7000 chassis."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"We are very happy with flexible NIC configuration features which are possible if you combine the BladeServers with HPE flex switches in the enclosures."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"The solution has good performance."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"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."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"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 servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
"BladeSystem is an old-fashioned server and not very well developed for new features and new areas of data centers, which is not very good for enterprise companies."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
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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