We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers and HPE Apollo based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Rack Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers are integration and customization."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack is the use of databases, such as MySQL."
"The solution is scalable."
"What I really like about the Cisco USC Server is its service profile."
"In most cases, computes compute, and there isn't much differentiation, but one point of differentiation is Intersight cloud management."
"It is very nice and stable with an easy administration GUI."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is performance."
"The most valuable features of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers are agileness, ease of operation, and manageability."
"When we moved to the Apollo and all flash drives, we gained a lot of performance."
"The solution is well documented in a data sheet."
"Apollo Systems provide stuff that standard services do not. More HTDs, more compute power, at very reasonable pricing."
"It enables us to implement software defined solutions very easily, because Apollo servers are certified for use with Linux systems"
"HPE Apollo's most valuable feature is the ability to expand our storage capacity."
"We're going to buy another Apollo 6500. We may configure it with half the number of GPUs because that may be all we need. In a sense, we can see the Apollo 6500 being so powerful that we only need half the GPU capability that we have now."
"HPE Apollo's support is the most valuable feature."
"It's going to meet our needs moving forward, it is scalable."
"There is room for better integration with other brands."
"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."
"Its accessibility and manageability can be improved. Currently, we have to visit the office to manage it. It should be manageable outside our network. I would like it to be on the cloud."
"I would like to see a little more integration with VMware."
"Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers could improve integration with third-party solutions."
"Definitely the support area needs improving. Especially the time response in case of hardware failure."
"I think the pricing is high. Cisco has to look for bundling this solutions with other applications."
"The product must add customer-friendly monitoring features."
"There is a shared battery for all cache controllers in the node. When you have to replace that element, you have to take down all three nodes and not just one."
"Lustre seems to be just a little bit unstable overall."
"We would like to see improved cooling because that is quite an issue. If you put that much compute power into a single rack, cooling really becomes an issue. And there is room for improvement there."
"HPE Apollo's after-sales support and technical support should be improved."
"We could, perhaps, use more GPUs in the future, go from eight to 16 GPUs per instance. That could run head-to-head against the DGX-1, the DGX-2 that NVIDIA has developed in their own chassis. That would be interesting to see."
"The predictive analysis feature could be improved."
"We are quite happy with it, but its price and storage density can be better."
"The support from HPE Apollo could be better, they are making knowledgeable."
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Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers is ranked 5th in Rack Servers with 29 reviews while HPE Apollo is ranked 6th in Rack Servers with 22 reviews. Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers is rated 8.4, while HPE Apollo is rated 8.4. 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 HPE Apollo writes "An affordable and easy-to-implement solution, but its after-sales support and technical support should be improved". Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers is most compared with Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, Dell XR2 Rugged Server and HPE Synergy, whereas HPE Apollo is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge FX and Cray CS-Storm. See our Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers vs. HPE Apollo report.
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