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."From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"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 most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"The product is quite stable. Its performance is reliable."
"The scalability has been good."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"They are reliable, and it's relatively easy to manage them. They also regularly provide patching for the servers."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"Right now, the market is rapidly transitioning to solid-state media and the Cisco options tend to be less varied and more expensive than a broader slate of products from HP, Dell or IBM."
"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."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"It is lacking in the ability to replicate virtual machines more easily."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
"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 only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."
"Storage capacity could be enhanced."
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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