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 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 most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"It's modular."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The most valuable feature is the service profile."
"The interface and dashboard are excellent and user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is simplified management."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"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 virtual connect and network management port is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management. It is easy to communicate from the server to the storage."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The solution is expensive."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"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."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"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 only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
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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