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 GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"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."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"They are reliable, and it's relatively easy to manage them. They also regularly provide patching for the servers."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"This has drastically reduced our datacenter space, has good cooling and power consumption."
"The interface and dashboard are excellent and user-friendly."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"Its scalability could be better."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"Right now, the market is rapidly transitioning to solid-state media and the Cisco options tend to be less varied and more expensive than a broader slate of products from HP, Dell or IBM."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"The pricing could be less."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"It could always use new tools."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"HPE BladeSystem could improve the communication between the server and the storage."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 62 reviews while HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 133 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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