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 the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"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 architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The product's tech support has good people."
"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The most valuable feature is definitely the service profile."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"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 virtual connect and network management port is a valuable feature."
"The solution has good performance."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management and the robust design."
"The technical support is good."
"I like the stability."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"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."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"If the hardware offered higher efficiency, that would be an ideal situation for our company."
"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."
"HPE BladeSystem could improve the communication between the server and the storage."
"The servers are a little bit huge, so it would be great if they could renew the size."
"The only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."
"HPE has a replacement system called Synergy, though it’s a more high-end system than the old C7000."
"There have been some hardware failures with them. These failures have since been solved by HPE support partners."
"The response time in terms of getting technical support assistance could be improved."
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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