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 platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The Dashboard is quite impressive and is, so far, the best based on my experience."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"The product is easy to use."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware."
"The technical support is good."
"One of the most valuable features I have found to be the enclosure. It is really easy to manage and everything is integrated. You are able to upgrade the software quite easily."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"I like the stability."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"The pricing could be less."
"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."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"The product could be made more secure."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"Storage capacity could be enhanced."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
"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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