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Cisco UCS B-Series

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PankajKumar19
Researched HPE BladeSystem but chose Cisco UCS B-Series: Robust hardware and efficient management of hardware, creating group policies, such as scrub policies and maintenance policies
Anonymous User
Researched Cisco UCS B-Series but chose HPE BladeSystem: Manages data and supports the infrastructure. Good tool for database hosting, web hosting, and for applications that run on multiple systems.
It helps our company with backend capacity. It supports the infrastructure. It's performing well.
Anonymous User
We're able to set-up multiple VLANs in it.
We have improved a lot, and our customers are very satisfied with the product. We're able to set-up multiple VLANs in it. I think that Intel... Read more →
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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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    What do you like most about Cisco UCS B-Series?
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS B-Series?
    Top Answer:It is not a yearly subscription but a yearly support renewal that you need to do for Cisco UCS B-Series.
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    What needs improvement with Cisco UCS B-Series?
    Top Answer:There are some shortcomings in the product when you look at it from the perspective of the area involving multiple… more »
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    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
    MFSYS25
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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.

    This Intel Modular Server System MFSYS25/MFSYS35 platform supports up to six compute modules, up to fourteen hot-swap 2.5-inch SAS hard disk drives in the Intel Modular Server System MFSYS25, or up to six hot-swap 3.5-inch SAS/SATA hard disk drives in the Intel Modular Server System MFSYS35, an integrated server management module, redundant Ethernet switches, and redundant storage controllers. The server ships configured for rack mounting, but may be mounted in a pedestal configuration. 

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    Financial Services Firm23%
    Manufacturing Company17%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    Computer Software Company13%
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    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government9%
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    Financial Services Firm18%
    Insurance Company9%
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    Financial Services Firm11%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise58%
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    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise68%
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