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 features of the solution are stability and security."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"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 solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"It's modular."
"It is a stable, dependable solution."
"The scalability has been good."
"They have served different needs for us from virtualized web servers to dedicated databases and application servers."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"The solution has good performance."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"It may be coming to its end of life."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"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."
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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