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 is definitely the service profile."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"It's modular."
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"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 can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"This has drastically reduced our datacenter space, has good cooling and power consumption."
"HPE BladeSystem is very easy to use."
"We are very happy with flexible NIC configuration features which are possible if you combine the BladeServers with HPE flex switches in the enclosures."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"It is very stable."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"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."
"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."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The pricing could be less."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"I would like OneView to go over the current limit of 40 instances."
"HPE BladeSystem could improve the communication between the server and the storage."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"I'd like to see an all-in-one packet in the future."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"The response time in terms of getting technical support assistance could be improved."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
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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