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."Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"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."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"The technical support is good."
"The interface and dashboard are excellent and user-friendly."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"The solution has high performance."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The pricing could be less."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"The solution is expensive."
"The only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."
"The management side of this solution could be improved."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"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."
"It is lacking in the ability to replicate virtual machines more easily."
"Really look at it closely, but really look at the Synergy product as well. That seems to me like that's the next evolution of the BladeSystem."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
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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