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 initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"Great security and functionality."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"It is not expensive."
"Basically, in a cluster, it works really nicely, especially within a cluster environment. Also, it's easily configurable."
"I like the stability."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"It is a stable, dependable solution."
"The solution is difficult to set up."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"The solution is expensive."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"It could always use new tools."
"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."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"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."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"I would like to see the upgrade path a little bit smoother."
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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