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 feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"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 solution is stable."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"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."
"Wide choice in mixing SAN and LAN."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"Virtual Fabric and interconnects are easy to configure and maintain."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"There are some shortcomings in the product when you look at it from the perspective of the area involving multiple configurations, making it an aspect where improvements are required."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"There have been some hardware failures with them. These failures have since been solved by HPE support partners."
"HPE has a replacement system called Synergy, though it’s a more high-end system than the old C7000."
"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."
"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."
"It is really stable, however the motherboard sometimes crashes."
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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