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 stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"The most valuable feature is the service profile."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"It's modular."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"HPE BladeSystem is a scalable solution. It is a composable infrastructure which we can manage our external services. This is the one factor which I can see the server is much more suitable for the OneView console."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"The product is quite stable. Its performance is reliable."
"Wide choice in mixing SAN and LAN."
"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."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"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 solution’s technical support could be better."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"The pricing could be less."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"It could always use new tools."
"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 connectivity speed could be improved."
"The response time in terms of getting technical support assistance could be improved."
"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."
"Really look at it closely, but really look at the Synergy product as well. That seems to me like that's the next evolution of the 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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