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 GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"The product is quite stable. Its performance is reliable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"Uptime and service are valuable for us. When we have an issue, uptime and being able to get an emergency replacement or actual service is the most important thing for us."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"I'd like to see an all-in-one packet in the future."
"BladeSystem is an old-fashioned server and not very well developed for new features and new areas of data centers, which is not very good for enterprise companies."
"It would be nice if the solution were cheaper."
"Storage capacity could be enhanced."
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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