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 are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"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 initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"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 most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is simplified management."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"The product has been simple to set up."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"The solution has high performance."
"The product could be made more secure."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"There are some shortcomings in the product when you look at it from the perspective of the area involving multiple configurations, making it an aspect where improvements are required."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"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."
"It could always use new tools."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
"For me, the product is okay, but I would probably suggest improvement in their services or technical support. They need to work harder in the preventative maintenance of the system. They need to improve in terms of how quickly can we get attention and how quickly problems are resolved. Its price could also be lower."
"It is lacking in the ability to replicate virtual machines more easily."
"The response time in terms of getting technical support assistance could be improved."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
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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