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We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and Dell PowerEdge M 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.
To learn more, read our detailed Cisco UCS B-Series vs. Dell PowerEdge M Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"From a return on investment perspective, Cisco UCS B-Series is worth the money.""It is less time-consuming to deploy the software.""The solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment.""The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward.""Great security and functionality.""The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights.""The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization.""The product is easy to use."

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"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerEdge M is iDRAC.""It helps us to manage multiple chassis from a single website.""The solution integrated well.""The initial setup is straightforward.""It's great for managing overall infrastructure.""It is easy to manage by an administrator and we can spend valuable time on other IT issues.""The networking features for administration and working with the server are valuable.""The solution is made with high-quality hardware."

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Cons
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle.""The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper.""The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly.""We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser.""The initial setup is not easy.""The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it.""Its scalability could be better.""The product could be made more secure."

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"It requires time to transition to the new generation.""There is room for improvement in scalability.""In terms of improvement, it should also offer a hyper-converged option.""Technical support is not good.""Can be improved by being proactive in making changes that could improve the solution.""The set up is complex""The firmware updates for the product need improvement.""Dell PowerEdge M needs to run AMD CPUs on it."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "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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  • "It was budget friendly."
  • "If we would not have gone with the vendor we might have been charged unnecessarily for packages we did not need."
  • "Dell PowerEdge M price is comparable to other solutions but cheaper than IBM. However, the IBM solution is a higher grade solution whereas Dell PowerEdge M is a medium-level solution."
  • "The pricing of PowerEdge Next is higher than it was before."
  • "The product is neither expensive nor cheap. It is manageable for medium enterprises as well."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights.
    Top Answer:The product is expensive. We encounter a licensing issue as well. It could be subscription-based.
    Top Answer:There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors like Dell and HP.
    Top Answer:It helps us to manage multiple chassis from a single website.
    Top Answer:The product is neither expensive nor cheap. It is manageable for medium enterprises as well.
    Top Answer:The firmware updates for the product need improvement.
    Ranking
    3rd
    out of 22 in Blade Servers
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    2,109
    Comparisons
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    Reviews
    20
    Average Words per Review
    442
    Rating
    8.6
    4th
    out of 22 in Blade Servers
    Views
    3,728
    Comparisons
    2,494
    Reviews
    6
    Average Words per Review
    519
    Rating
    8.7
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    UCS B-Series, Unified Computing System B-Series
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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.

    The Dell PowerEdge M-Series blade servers address the challenges of an evolving IT environment by delivering leading enterprise classfeatures and functionality. The M-Series delivers a unique array of options configured to meet the needs of your IT environment both now and in the future.

    • Multiple blade form-factor choices.
    • Long life cycle providing better life cycle management and improved TCO.
    • Modular I/O switches for future scalability.
    • Breakthrough fan technologies for reduction in power consumption.
    • Configuration management via chassis management controller.
    • Persistent MAC/WWN/iSCSI addresses in a switch-agnostic environment.
    Sample Customers
    Aegean Motorway, Anilana Hotels and Resorts, Anonymous Banking Group, Artoni Transporti, Bellevue, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Hertz, Houston Methodist, Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co.KG, Outscale, Sony Corporation, Talbots
    Newport City Homes, Neuroblastoma and Medulloblastoma Translational Research Consortium (NMTRC), Georgian College, AgreeYa Solutions, IIHT Cloud Solutions, Arizona State University, AudienceScience, University of the Incarnate Word (UIW), The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Holy Cross School
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm23%
    Manufacturing Company17%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Comms Service Provider13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm12%
    Government10%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company25%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company13%
    Healthcare Company13%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Government11%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Financial Services Firm9%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business18%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise68%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise62%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise64%
    Buyer's Guide
    Cisco UCS B-Series vs. Dell PowerEdge M
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco UCS B-Series vs. Dell PowerEdge M and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 62 reviews while Dell PowerEdge M is ranked 4th in Blade Servers with 13 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while Dell PowerEdge M 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 Dell PowerEdge M writes "Average pricing and good feature sets but is complex to set up". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, HPE BladeSystem, Super Micro SuperBlade, Pure Storage FlashBlade and Lenovo Flex System, whereas Dell PowerEdge M is most compared with HPE Synergy, HPE Superdome X, Super Micro SuperBlade, HPE BladeSystem and Fujitsu Primergy BX900 Series. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. Dell PowerEdge M report.

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