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."In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"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 initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"It's modular."
"The Dashboard is quite impressive and is, so far, the best based on my experience."
"I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"Great security and functionality."
"Wide choice in mixing SAN and LAN."
"It is not expensive."
"Virtual Fabric and interconnects are easy to configure and maintain."
"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"I like the stability."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"The solution has good performance."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"Storage capacity could be enhanced."
"There have been some hardware failures with them. These failures have since been solved by HPE support partners."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"I would prefer to have changes in the compatibility of the blade servers with the new ones designed by HPE, as the top team's version does not have it."
"I'd like to see an all-in-one packet in the future."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
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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