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."I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"The most valuable feature is the service profile."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable feature that the B-Series has is related to the structure and architecture of the solution because in these solutions, you are using fabric interconnect as an interconnect device. The beauty of fabric interconnect is that it can work as in-house mode."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"I like the stability."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management. It is easy to communicate from the server to the storage."
"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"With just one cable, for redundancy let's say two, you can feed sixteen servers in a single c7000 chassis."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"The product could be made more secure."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"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."
"HPE BladeSystem could improve the communication between the server and the storage."
"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 servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"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."
"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."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
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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