We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers and Dell XR2 Rugged Server based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Lenovo and others in Rack Servers."It has centralized our server management and allows us to treat servers like a pool of resources instead of discrete devices."
"The server can be configured easily."
"On the Cisco side, there is a benefit in terms of server management. Cisco provides UCS Manager, which is a multi-tenant site manager. We can manage multiple sites while maintaining disaster recovery, a feature not available on other platforms."
"It is very stable and easy to use. It integrates easily with Cisco's cloud-based UC solutions. There are tools for management that make the management a bit easier, but we don't use them. We don't use what you would term as power users."
"The C-series is the most valuable."
"The most valuable features of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers are agileness, ease of operation, and manageability."
"The solution is reliable and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack is the use of databases, such as MySQL."
"The scalability of the Dell XR2 Rugged Server is good and easy to do."
"The storage and the disc performance in terms of IOPS is great."
"I think the pricing is high. Cisco has to look for bundling this solutions with other applications."
"Cisco UCS C-Series Rack could improve by selling storage. Cisco doesn't sell storage, which is a problem because some customers ask for storage. There are several brands in the market, such as HPE, and Dell EMC. However, Cisco doesn't have any storage. This is where the tension comes from buying this solution."
"The price of the solution is problematic, not the solution itself. It could be less expensive."
"In the version we need to use, the manager is still reliant on a full Java install on a Windows OS. This is inconvenient and problematic if you have multiple management tools on different versions of Java or if you move to a machine without the appropriate Java environment."
"The improvement should be done as per customer requirements."
"Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers could improve by adding a wider portfolio because they only have two main categories, the C-220 and 240. There is no wide range of options as other solutions have, such as Dell. Additionally, if it was more flexible with the configuration it would be good."
"Definitely the support area needs improving. Especially the time response in case of hardware failure."
"The pricing is too high and no discounts are available for our country."
"It lacks a modular option to expand to a 16-bay system."
"Dell XR2 Rugged Server could improve if there was more customization allowed."
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Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers is ranked 5th in Rack Servers with 29 reviews while Dell XR2 Rugged Server is ranked 12th in Rack Servers with 2 reviews. Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers is rated 8.4, while Dell XR2 Rugged Server is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers writes "The VIC card is the most important feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Dell XR2 Rugged Server writes "Simple to scale, high availability, and top level service and support". Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers is most compared with Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, IBM Power Systems and HPE Synergy, whereas Dell XR2 Rugged Server is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Dell PowerEdge XE Servers and Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers.
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