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Cisco UCS B-Series

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We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series, HPE BladeSystem, and Oracle Sun 6000 based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Anonymous User
Researched HPE BladeSystem but chose Cisco UCS B-Series: With the virtual NICs/HBA, we can redesign the IO schema without upgrading hardware. Configuring the hardware platform could be better.
VirtualNICs/HBA allow us to redesign completely the IO schema (network and storage) without needing to upgrade or acquire additional hardware and... Read more →
Mohamed Said
Researched Cisco UCS B-Series but chose HPE BladeSystem: Simple to upgrade, beneficial centralized configuration, and reliable
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  • "It makes much more sense for individual licenses for distributed environments"
  • "Make sure you work with a vendor partner than can get you a substantial discount off of list pricing."
  • "The type of service level purchase will determine the level of support response that you receive from Cisco."
  • "The price of this solution is a little bit higher, but given that this system is Cisco, it feels more secure and dependable."
  • "Cisco products are at the high end in terms of cost, but everything is included with the licensing fees."
  • "The pricing for Cisco is less than for the HP Proliant series."
  • "The pricing for Cisco products is always high."
  • "Pricing with Cisco is very high."

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  • "Their licensing program is pretty simple."
  • "With regards to the prices, they need to adapt to the current needs of the country."
  • "The prices for the HPE Virtual Connect Modules are expensive compared to other I/O Modules available."
  • "Add OneView and ILO advanced to the base product. Don’t adjust the price, but just include them."
  • "​The price could be cheaper."
  • "The chassis itself, with no blade server inside, so expensive. The C7000 model costs around $100,000."
  • "It is not expensive, really, in this class of server products."
  • "It is expensive. There are no additional costs. We are able to get good discounts anyway from HPE, but if the price can come down, we'll be happy."

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    Questions from the Community
    What do you like most about Cisco UCS B-Series?
    Top Answer:The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS B-Series?
    Top Answer:The product is expensive. We encounter a licensing issue as well. It could be subscription-based.
    Read all 26 answers   →
    What needs improvement with Cisco UCS B-Series?
    Top Answer:There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors like Dell… more »
    Read all 34 answers   →
    How would you choose between HPE's Bladesystem and Synergy?
    Top Answer:For me, choosing between HPE’s Bladesystem and Synergy came down to which solution was more powerful, reliable, and… more »
    What do you like most about HPE BladeSystem?
    Top Answer:The solution is scalable, offering flexibility and expansion options to meet changing business needs.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE BladeSystem?
    Top Answer:The solution is expensive.
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    Also Known As
    UCS B-Series, Unified Computing System B-Series
    HP ProLiant BL Series Servers, HP ProLiant BladeSystem, HP BladeSystem
    Sun 6000
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    Overview
    Based on Intel Xeon processor E7 and E5 product families, Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers work with virtualized and non-virtualized applications to increase: Performance, Energy efficiency, Flexibility and Administrator productivity.
    HP ProLiant BladeSystem share power, cooling, network, and storage infrastructure via the blade enclosure. Since equipment is not needed for each server, you get a dramatic reduction in power distribution units, power cables, LAN and SAN switches, connectors, adapters, and cables. And you can add the newest-generation technologies by simply changing individual components.

    Oracle's Sun Blade 6000 chassis is designed to support a wide range of application environments by integrating Oracle's x86 and SPARC server modules with high capacity networking and storage modules. This extremely eco-efficient and flexible blade enclosure provides a solid foundation for the most demanding workloads. Controlled by a single system management interface, the balanced architecture of the Sun Blade 6000 chassis provides an open, standards-based infrastructure for virtualized business applications, IT infrastructure, middleware, workload consolidation and databases.

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