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 scalability is good because it comes with Fabric Interconnects, and you can directly add more blades as you go. Therefore, scalability is not a problem."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"With just one cable, for redundancy let's say two, you can feed sixteen servers in a single c7000 chassis."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"Virtual Fabric and interconnects are easy to configure and maintain."
"The solution has good performance."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"It's very scalable."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"The pricing could be less."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."
"The management side of this solution could be improved."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
"We had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally. We've tried internationally, but we are still struggling to get its spare parts. This is the main challenge that we have faced with this solution. Fortunately, the other drives are still working. There should be easy availability of spare parts. I should be able to request a quotation online from HPE for things that I am not able to get locally. Currently, I can order online, but when I type the serial number, most of the time, it is rejected. I don't know why it is happening. It could be because the company that sold us the system didn't buy it through the normal HPE channel. HPE should assist us as users to get the spare parts. Its security needs to be beefed up. I would like some security features. It was also challenging for us to set it up because we didn't get enough training from them."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE 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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