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 most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the service profile."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"It's modular."
"The technical support is good."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"The interface and dashboard are excellent and user-friendly."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"If the hardware offered higher efficiency, that would be an ideal situation for our company."
"HPE BladeSystem that we are using is currently very old. It's not too good. We haven't renewed it. I would like the solution to have more updates."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"Really look at it closely, but really look at the Synergy product as well. That seems to me like that's the next evolution of the BladeSystem."
"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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