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."Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The product is easy to use."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"The ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"Great security and functionality."
"The most valuable feature is the service profile."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"The most valuable feature, of course, is its size as I can build a huge compute resource on it."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"It's very scalable."
"It is a stable, dependable solution."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"They have served different needs for us from virtualized web servers to dedicated databases and application servers."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"The main issue with this solution is that it is quite vendor-restricted, meaning that when we use third party software, we cannot use all of the available configuration tools or pre-validated design features."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"The solution is expensive."
"There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required."
"There have been some hardware failures with them. These failures have since been solved by HPE support partners."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"HPE BladeSystem that we are using is currently very old. It's not too good. We haven't renewed it. I would like the solution to have more updates."
"Non-disruptive firmware upgrades in all areas of blade technology."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
"The management side of this solution could be improved."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
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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