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 scalability is very good."
"The product is easy to use."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"It's modular."
"In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"The most valuable feature is the service profile."
"The ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"They have served different needs for us from virtualized web servers to dedicated databases and application servers."
"The virtual connect and network management port is a valuable feature."
"With just one cable, for redundancy let's say two, you can feed sixteen servers in a single c7000 chassis."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"The pricing could be less."
"There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"Its scalability could be better."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"The main issue with this solution is that it is quite vendor-restricted, meaning that when we use third party software, we cannot use all of the available configuration tools or pre-validated design features."
"The servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."
"We have not needed to contact support because we have not had an issue. However, the partner support we had could improve. There are some disadvantages compared to Dell. The questions that are asked from the support are too lengthy, this causes a delay in support."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"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."
"It is really stable, however the motherboard sometimes crashes."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
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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