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."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"The product's tech support has good people."
"The architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"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 initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"I like the stability."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"They are reliable, and it's relatively easy to manage them. They also regularly provide patching for the servers."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"It's very scalable."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"The solution is expensive."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"Its scalability could be better."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"It is lacking in the ability to replicate virtual machines more easily."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"If the hardware offered higher efficiency, that would be an ideal situation for our company."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"We had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally. We've tried internationally, but we are still struggling to get its spare parts. This is the main challenge that we have faced with this solution. Fortunately, the other drives are still working. There should be easy availability of spare parts. I should be able to request a quotation online from HPE for things that I am not able to get locally. Currently, I can order online, but when I type the serial number, most of the time, it is rejected. I don't know why it is happening. It could be because the company that sold us the system didn't buy it through the normal HPE channel. HPE should assist us as users to get the spare parts. Its security needs to be beefed up. I would like some security features. It was also challenging for us to set it up because we didn't get enough training from them."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"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 interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
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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