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."Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the service profile."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"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."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"The scalability is very good."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"It is very stable."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"I like the stability."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"The solution is expensive."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."
"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."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"I am not sure if iLO is included or if there is a separate license. If it is not included, it should be included in the license. It is such a valuable feature especially because people are working remotely."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"The servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"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."
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 and HPE Superdome X. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE BladeSystem report.
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