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 solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"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."
"I like that it's very manageable very easy to use and configure. I am not an expert, but the graphic user interface is quite simple very easy to use. It's a complete solution."
"The product is easy to use."
"The virtual connect and network management port is a valuable feature."
"Wide choice in mixing SAN and LAN."
"Virtual Fabric and interconnects are easy to configure and maintain."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"HPE BladeSystem is a scalable solution. It is a composable infrastructure which we can manage our external services. This is the one factor which I can see the server is much more suitable for the OneView console."
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"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."
"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"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."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"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 could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
"Storage capacity could be enhanced."
"There have been some hardware failures with them. These failures have since been solved by HPE support partners."
"I'd like to see an all-in-one packet in the future."
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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