We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and Lenovo Flex System 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."
"The hardware is easily swappable and, utilizing the boot from SAN option, you can always keep your server intact due to the service profiles."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"The scalability is very good."
"I like that it's very manageable very easy to use and configure. I am not an expert, but the graphic user interface is quite simple very easy to use. It's a complete solution."
"Great security and functionality."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is its ease of use."
"The most valuable feature of the Lenovo Flex System is the storage system."
"Flex System's best features are its performance and stability."
"The product is very user-friendly and has many resources at the enterprise level."
"The stability and speed are always good. The processor is good and it's still working with our loads."
"The Lenovo Flex System is very stable."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"The price of this product is too high. They should work to make it more affordable."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"The product could be made more secure."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"Forced restarts due to free upgrades is an issue that needs to be resolved. We can manage this as we have high availability and redundancy, but without that it could be a real problem."
"Flex System's integration with the XClarity Management System could be improved."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration with other platforms."
"The user-interface needs improvement, because they have an application from which we have to manage the whole system and all the infrastructure. This application is not working at our premises, because of some problem with the hardware itself. So although we brought it with our systems, and we used it to manage all the systems: the storage, the switches, and everything, nevertheless we have to support every part alone and enter the interface in one-by-one."
"The product could improve its integration capabilities."
"It does not have the same module flexibility that was present in IBM Blade. On the Blade System, I was able to choose between the Cisco module, or BMC module. Since the switch to Lenovo, I have not had the same choice of modules, only the BMC modules."
"The most valuable feature of the Lenovo Flex System is the storage system."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while Lenovo Flex System is ranked 10th in Blade Servers with 7 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while Lenovo Flex System is rated 8.2. 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 Lenovo Flex System writes "Provides a high initial ceiling before upscaling is required, user-friendly and rich in resources, but has occasional stability issues". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE BladeSystem, Super Micro SuperBlade and HPE Superdome X, whereas Lenovo Flex System is most compared with HPE Superdome X, HPE Synergy and Dell PowerEdge M. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. Lenovo Flex System report.
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