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 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."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"The ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management. It is easy to communicate from the server to the storage."
"The technical support is good."
"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"The benefit is the density and the capability for global harmonization on the hardware, because all the hardware chassis are the same. We can also purchase the same network cards too, chassis by chassis, so it gives us a global solution."
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"The solution is difficult to set up."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"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."
"The solution is expensive."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"Currently, in the case of a disk failure there is a need to remove the whole bay and as a result, to disconnect all the other disks."
"HPE has a replacement system called Synergy, though it’s a more high-end system than the old C7000."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"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."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
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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