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 stable...The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"The product is quite stable. Its performance is reliable."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"This has drastically reduced our datacenter space, has good cooling and power consumption."
"It is very stable."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"HPE has a replacement system called Synergy, though it’s a more high-end system than the old C7000."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"We have not needed to contact support because we have not had an issue. However, the partner support we had could improve. There are some disadvantages compared to Dell. The questions that are asked from the support are too lengthy, this causes a delay in support."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"We had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally. We've tried internationally, but we are still struggling to get its spare parts. This is the main challenge that we have faced with this solution. Fortunately, the other drives are still working. There should be easy availability of spare parts. I should be able to request a quotation online from HPE for things that I am not able to get locally. Currently, I can order online, but when I type the serial number, most of the time, it is rejected. I don't know why it is happening. It could be because the company that sold us the system didn't buy it through the normal HPE channel. HPE should assist us as users to get the spare parts. Its security needs to be beefed up. I would like some security features. It was also challenging for us to set it up because we didn't get enough training from them."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
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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