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 product's tech support has good people."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"Great security and functionality."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is simplified management."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"The most valuable feature, of course, is its size as I can build a huge compute resource on it."
"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 license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The solution is difficult to set up."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"I would like to see the upgrade path a little bit smoother."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"HPE BladeSystem could improve the communication between the server and the storage."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
"It could always use new tools."
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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