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 solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"It's modular."
"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 stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"The scalability is very good."
"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 architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is simplified management."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"The solution has good performance."
"It is a stable, dependable solution."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"The solution is expensive."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"I am not sure if iLO is included or if there is a separate license. If it is not included, it should be included in the license. It is such a valuable feature especially because people are working remotely."
"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."
"The management side of this solution could be improved."
"It is lacking in the ability to replicate virtual machines more easily."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"Currently, in the case of a disk failure there is a need to remove the whole bay and as a result, to disconnect all the other disks."
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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