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 ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"Great security and functionality."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"The Dashboard is quite impressive and is, so far, the best based on my experience."
"The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"The solution has good performance."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"The interface and dashboard are excellent and user-friendly."
"Basically, in a cluster, it works really nicely, especially within a cluster environment. Also, it's easily configurable."
"The pricing could be less."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"Its scalability could be better."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"BladeSystem is an old-fashioned server and not very well developed for new features and new areas of data centers, which is not very good for enterprise companies."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
"HPE has a replacement system called Synergy, though it’s a more high-end system than the old C7000."
"It is really stable, however the motherboard sometimes crashes."
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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