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 solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"It's modular."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"The most valuable feature that the B-Series has is related to the structure and architecture of the solution because in these solutions, you are using fabric interconnect as an interconnect device. The beauty of fabric interconnect is that it can work as in-house mode."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"Modularity is a key feature that provides energy saving ."
"The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"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."
"There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"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."
"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 cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"Really look at it closely, but really look at the Synergy product as well. That seems to me like that's the next evolution of the BladeSystem."
"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."
"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 scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
"The support you get is dependant on the region. Some regions are better than others."
"The price of the solution has room for improvement."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
"OA updates and upgrades have to be made simpler."
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 and HPE Superdome X. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE BladeSystem report.
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