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 most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The scalability is very good."
"It is very stable."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"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."
"It is not expensive."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"We are very happy with flexible NIC configuration features which are possible if you combine the BladeServers with HPE flex switches in the enclosures."
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"The solution has good scalability."
"The solution is difficult to set up."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"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 only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."
"HPE BladeSystem could improve the communication between the server and the storage."
"We had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally. We've tried internationally, but we are still struggling to get its spare parts. This is the main challenge that we have faced with this solution. Fortunately, the other drives are still working. There should be easy availability of spare parts. I should be able to request a quotation online from HPE for things that I am not able to get locally. Currently, I can order online, but when I type the serial number, most of the time, it is rejected. I don't know why it is happening. It could be because the company that sold us the system didn't buy it through the normal HPE channel. HPE should assist us as users to get the spare parts. Its security needs to be beefed up. I would like some security features. It was also challenging for us to set it up because we didn't get enough training from them."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"For me, the product is okay, but I would probably suggest improvement in their services or technical support. They need to work harder in the preventative maintenance of the system. They need to improve in terms of how quickly can we get attention and how quickly problems are resolved. Its price could also be lower."
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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