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 the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"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 Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"I like that it's very manageable very easy to use and configure. I am not an expert, but the graphic user interface is quite simple very easy to use. It's a complete solution."
"The hardware is easily swappable and, utilizing the boot from SAN option, you can always keep your server intact due to the service profiles."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"The architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"It is a stable, dependable solution."
"This has drastically reduced our datacenter space, has good cooling and power consumption."
"The solution has good scalability."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The density of the BladeSystem, that we can keep adding blades as we need more VMs."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"HPE BladeSystem is very easy to use."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"The product could be made more secure."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"Right now, the market is rapidly transitioning to solid-state media and the Cisco options tend to be less varied and more expensive than a broader slate of products from HP, Dell or IBM."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"I would like OneView to go over the current limit of 40 instances."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"HPE BladeSystem that we are using is currently very old. It's not too good. We haven't renewed it. I would like the solution to have more updates."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"The response time in terms of getting technical support assistance could be improved."
"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."
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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