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."From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"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."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the service profile."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The scalability is good because it comes with Fabric Interconnects, and you can directly add more blades as you go. Therefore, scalability is not a problem."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware."
"The product is quite stable. Its performance is reliable."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"One of the most valuable features I have found to be the enclosure. It is really easy to manage and everything is integrated. You are able to upgrade the software quite easily."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"Right now, the market is rapidly transitioning to solid-state media and the Cisco options tend to be less varied and more expensive than a broader slate of products from HP, Dell or IBM."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."
"I would like OneView to go over the current limit of 40 instances."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"It may be coming to its end of life."
"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."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
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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