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."It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"The most valuable feature is the service profile."
"In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"Great security and functionality."
"The scalability is very good."
"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 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."
"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."
"The technical support is good."
"They are very fast and very reliable. They are working under very tough conditions."
"HPE BladeSystem provides good commuting performance."
"The solution has good scalability."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"It is not expensive."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"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 solution is difficult to set up."
"They could include some embedded software for container technology."
"The connectivity speed could be improved."
"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 price of the solution has room for improvement."
"The interface in terms of management could be much more intuitive."
"I would like to see the upgrade path a little bit smoother."
"This product needs a wider range of firmware compatibility matrix from the oldest to the newest blade server."
"We would like to see OneView software features as an additional feature."
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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