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 product's tech support has good people."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"Great security and functionality."
"The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"I like that it's very manageable very easy to use and configure. I am not an expert, but the graphic user interface is quite simple very easy to use. It's a complete solution."
"The ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"It's modular."
"It is not expensive."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is simplified management."
"The product is quite stable. Its performance is reliable."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the ease of management with the hardware."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"Its scalability could be better."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"The latest version of this system is called Synergy from HPE, and it comes with more advanced features. This is currently the most advanced solution available in the market. One of its key features is its energy efficiency, which optimizes energy usage."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."
"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 have been some hardware failures with them. These failures have since been solved by HPE support partners."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
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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