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."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"Great security and functionality."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"The product is easy to use."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"The most valuable feature that the B-Series has is related to the structure and architecture of the solution because in these solutions, you are using fabric interconnect as an interconnect device. The beauty of fabric interconnect is that it can work as in-house mode."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"We are very happy with flexible NIC configuration features which are possible if you combine the BladeServers with HPE flex switches in the enclosures."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"The scalability has been good."
"They are reliable, and it's relatively easy to manage them. They also regularly provide patching for the servers."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"The solution has high performance."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"Its scalability could be better."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
"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."
"The servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"It is really stable, however the motherboard sometimes crashes."
"The latest version of this system is called Synergy from HPE, and it comes with more advanced features. This is currently the most advanced solution available in the market. One of its key features is its energy efficiency, which optimizes energy usage."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"I would prefer to have changes in the compatibility of the blade servers with the new ones designed by HPE, as the top team's version does not have it."
"Currently, in the case of a disk failure there is a need to remove the whole bay and as a result, to disconnect all the other disks."
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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