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."Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The Dashboard is quite impressive and is, so far, the best based on my experience."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"It's modular."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"The hardware is easily swappable and, utilizing the boot from SAN option, you can always keep your server intact due to the service profiles."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The density of the BladeSystem, that we can keep adding blades as we need more VMs."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"This has drastically reduced our datacenter space, has good cooling and power consumption."
"One of the most valuable features I have found to be the enclosure. It is really easy to manage and everything is integrated. You are able to upgrade the software quite easily."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"We are very happy with flexible NIC configuration features which are possible if you combine the BladeServers with HPE flex switches in the enclosures."
"The product could be made more secure."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"Its scalability could be better."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"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."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."
"I'd like to see an all-in-one packet in the future."
"BladeSystem is an old-fashioned server and not very well developed for new features and new areas of data centers, which is not very good for enterprise companies."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."
"The servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"For me, the product is okay, but I would probably suggest improvement in their services or technical support. They need to work harder in the preventative maintenance of the system. They need to improve in terms of how quickly can we get attention and how quickly problems are resolved. Its price could also be lower."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
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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