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."I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"The solution uses less cabling and less space in the data center."
"The benefit is the density and the capability for global harmonization on the hardware, because all the hardware chassis are the same. We can also purchase the same network cards too, chassis by chassis, so it gives us a global solution."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is simplified management."
"I like the stability."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"It is lacking in the ability to replicate virtual machines more easily."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
"I would prefer to have changes in the compatibility of the blade servers with the new ones designed by HPE, as the top team's version does not have it."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"Currently, in the case of a disk failure there is a need to remove the whole bay and as a result, to disconnect all the other disks."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 62 reviews while HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 133 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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