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."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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
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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