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 feature is definitely the service profile."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The solution is stable."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"When it comes to the BladeSystem, what we love about it most is being able to actually manage it using OneView."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"They are reliable, and they hardly break down. They are fast, and they serve us very well."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."
"The solution is difficult to set up."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"Right now, the market is rapidly transitioning to solid-state media and the Cisco options tend to be less varied and more expensive than a broader slate of products from HP, Dell or IBM."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
"The management side of this solution could be improved."
"It is lacking in the ability to replicate virtual machines more easily."
"The other similar solutions used different CLI commands than HPE BladeSystem. The HPE BladeSystem CLI commands should be the same as the other companies which would make it easier to manage. It would be better for the system administrators to manage HPE BladeSystem and other systems together. I wanted to configure this service with the CLI but the commands are different than the other solutions making it a bit more difficult."
"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 may be coming to its end of life."
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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