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."From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"The most valuable feature is the service profile."
"I like that it's very manageable very easy to use and configure. I am not an expert, but the graphic user interface is quite simple very easy to use. It's a complete solution."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"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 platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"The hardware is easily swappable and, utilizing the boot from SAN option, you can always keep your server intact due to the service profiles."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"It also has a pretty solid design and management."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"The solution is very fast and the power consumption is great."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its high availability."
"Wide choice in mixing SAN and LAN."
"I really appreciate the integrated Onboard Administrator, the iLO (Integrated Lights-Out) modular network, and the SAN Switches."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"They are not selling BladeSystem anymore. The end of the sale of this platform was this year, 2020."
"The latest version of this system is called Synergy from HPE, and it comes with more advanced features. This is currently the most advanced solution available in the market. One of its key features is its energy efficiency, which optimizes energy usage."
"The only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."
"The problem is that when want to expand with a new chassis, you have to do everything manually. It's not automatic."
"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"The scalability is limited because you only have a 16-server by chassis."
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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