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 stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The solution is stable."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The scalability is very good."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"It is very stable."
"It is easy to scale if you have the licensing."
"They are reliable, and it's relatively easy to manage them. They also regularly provide patching for the servers."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"Its scalability could be better."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"The product could be made more secure."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"Really look at it closely, but really look at the Synergy product as well. That seems to me like that's the next evolution of the BladeSystem."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"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."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
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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