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."In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"The solution is stable."
"I like that it's very manageable very easy to use and configure. I am not an expert, but the graphic user interface is quite simple very easy to use. It's a complete solution."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"The hardware is easily swappable and, utilizing the boot from SAN option, you can always keep your server intact due to the service profiles."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"It is a stable, dependable solution."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"The solution is difficult to set up."
"The solution is expensive."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"The product could be made more secure."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"The servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"It would be nice if the solution were cheaper."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"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."
"We sometimes have compatibility issues depending on the browser that you are using. For example, sometimes you have to switch between Edge, Mozilla, Internet Explorer, or Chrome to have things operating correctly."
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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