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 scalability is good because it comes with Fabric Interconnects, and you can directly add more blades as you go. Therefore, scalability is not a problem."
"The ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"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 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 is the service profile."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"HPE BladeSystem is very easy to use."
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"Wide choice in mixing SAN and LAN."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"With just one cable, for redundancy let's say two, you can feed sixteen servers in a single c7000 chassis."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"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."
"The solution is expensive."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"There could be more management capability to work with integrations."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"We had a few hard drives that crashed, and we couldn't find them locally. We've tried internationally, but we are still struggling to get its spare parts. This is the main challenge that we have faced with this solution. Fortunately, the other drives are still working. There should be easy availability of spare parts. I should be able to request a quotation online from HPE for things that I am not able to get locally. Currently, I can order online, but when I type the serial number, most of the time, it is rejected. I don't know why it is happening. It could be because the company that sold us the system didn't buy it through the normal HPE channel. HPE should assist us as users to get the spare parts. Its security needs to be beefed up. I would like some security features. It was also challenging for us to set it up because we didn't get enough training from them."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"It would be nice if the solution were cheaper."
"If you compare it with Lenovo systems, the pricing is too high."
"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."
"Some part of virtual connections needs improvement."
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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