We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and Super Micro SuperBlade based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco, Dell Technologies and others in Blade Servers."The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money."
"The architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"The solution is stable."
"I think the IPMI is a really good feature."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"The ability to save resource is a key feature."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"The solution is expensive."
"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."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."
"The product could be made more secure."
"Its scalability could be better."
"The price of the solution could improve."
"There is a lack of support for fiber channels currently that needs to be added."
"The solution does not scale well."
"Supermicro blade servers are not the best. They could improve in scalability but are not really scalable right now."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while Super Micro SuperBlade is ranked 7th in Blade Servers with 4 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while Super Micro SuperBlade is rated 8.0. 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 Super Micro SuperBlade writes "Easy to set up with good technical support but does not scale well". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE BladeSystem, Pure Storage FlashBlade and Lenovo Flex System, whereas Super Micro SuperBlade is most compared with HPE Integrity, Pure Storage FlashBlade, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE BladeSystem and Cisco UCS E-Series Servers.
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