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 features of the solution are stability and security."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"The solution is stable."
"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 initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"The benefit is the density and the capability for global harmonization on the hardware, because all the hardware chassis are the same. We can also purchase the same network cards too, chassis by chassis, so it gives us a global solution."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management. It is easy to communicate from the server to the storage."
"They are reliable, and it's relatively easy to manage them. They also regularly provide patching for the servers."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"HPE BladeSystem is very easy to use."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The solution is difficult to set up."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"The other similar solutions used different CLI commands than HPE BladeSystem. The HPE BladeSystem CLI commands should be the same as the other companies which would make it easier to manage. It would be better for the system administrators to manage HPE BladeSystem and other systems together. I wanted to configure this service with the CLI but the commands are different than the other solutions making it a bit more difficult."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"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."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
"The latest version of this system is called Synergy from HPE, and it comes with more advanced features. This is currently the most advanced solution available in the market. One of its key features is its energy efficiency, which optimizes energy usage."
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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