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.
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"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."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"Great security and functionality."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"The solution is issue-free and works almost flawlessly."
"The scalability has been good."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"Uptime and service are valuable for us. When we have an issue, uptime and being able to get an emergency replacement or actual service is the most important thing for us."
"The solution has good performance."
"The interface and dashboard are excellent and user-friendly."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"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 management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"It could always use new tools."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
"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."
"Storage capacity could be enhanced."
"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."
"It is really stable, however the motherboard sometimes crashes."
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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