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 scalability is very good."
"The architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"Great security and functionality."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"It's modular."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"It's very scalable."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"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."
"The scalability has been good."
"Basically, in a cluster, it works really nicely, especially within a cluster environment. Also, it's easily configurable."
"The interface and dashboard are excellent and user-friendly."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The solution is expensive."
"Its scalability could be better."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"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."
"I would like to see the upgrade path a little bit smoother."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
"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."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"I would like OneView to go over the current limit of 40 instances."
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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