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 initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"The ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"Since its UCS release in 2009, Cisco has extended the core functionality with Central, a tool for managing multiple domains"
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"HPE BladeSystem is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of the HPE BladeSystem is the ease of management."
"Cabling complexity and volume have been reduced."
"The scalability has been good."
"The technical support is good."
"It is very stable."
"The solution uses a smaller space in our data centers. It uses less feeder and network cable, which reduces costs."
"They have served different needs for us from virtualized web servers to dedicated databases and application servers."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"It needs a better UI. Cisco makes a great product, but doesn't know how to make a UI."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"The solution’s technical support could be better."
"Cisco could improve the user-friendliness for less experienced users."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"HPE BladeSystem can improve proactive monitoring."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
"HPE has a replacement system called Synergy, though it’s a more high-end system than the old C7000."
"The only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."
"Currently, in the case of a disk failure there is a need to remove the whole bay and as a result, to disconnect all the other disks."
"The tool must provide integration with the cloud."
"It would be nice if the solution were cheaper."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 62 reviews while HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 133 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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