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."It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The product is easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"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 interface and dashboard are excellent and user-friendly."
"The most valuable feature, of course, is its size as I can build a huge compute resource on it."
"HPE BladeSystem is very easy to use."
"This has drastically reduced our datacenter space, has good cooling and power consumption."
"They have served different needs for us from virtualized web servers to dedicated databases and application servers."
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"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."
"It could always use new tools."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
"The only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"For me, the product is okay, but I would probably suggest improvement in their services or technical support. They need to work harder in the preventative maintenance of the system. They need to improve in terms of how quickly can we get attention and how quickly problems are resolved. Its price could also be lower."
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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