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 ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"The scalability is very good."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"Great security and functionality."
"The most valuable feature that the B-Series has is related to the structure and architecture of the solution because in these solutions, you are using fabric interconnect as an interconnect device. The beauty of fabric interconnect is that it can work as in-house mode."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"The density of the BladeSystem, that we can keep adding blades as we need more VMs."
"The technical support is good."
"The solution has high performance."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"It's very scalable."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"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."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"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."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"HPE BladeSystem could improve the communication between the server and the storage."
"The management side of this solution could be improved."
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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