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 scalability is very good."
"Great security and functionality."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is simplified management."
"The solution has high performance."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"HPE BladeSystem is a scalable solution. It is a composable infrastructure which we can manage our external services. This is the one factor which I can see the server is much more suitable for the OneView console."
"They have served different needs for us from virtualized web servers to dedicated databases and application servers."
"The solution is very easy to use."
"It is not expensive."
"No issues with scalability. We can scale by adding another enclosure."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"Cisco UCS B-Series competitors have similar features as they do, Cisco needs to make some changes to make their offering better."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"There is always room for improvement everywhere with the HPE BladeSystem."
"It may be coming to its end of life."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"I am not sure if iLO is included or if there is a separate license. If it is not included, it should be included in the license. It is such a valuable feature especially because people are working remotely."
"HPE BladeSystem that we are using is currently very old. It's not too good. We haven't renewed it. I would like the solution to have more updates."
"Higher bandwidth interconnects could be introduced."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
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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