We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and HPE Integrity 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."In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"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 initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The product's most valuable features are troubleshooting and monitoring."
"We have what is called a chief data care center support. This is the highest level of support they have. We have been very happy with the support we have received."
"HPE Integrity is a reliable solution, but you'll need to refurbish the hardware because it's approaching the end of sale."
"What I like about HPE Integrity servers is how stable and easy to use they are."
"The tool provides good performance and productivity."
"It is very fast and easy to use."
"The benefit provided by the solution for my organization stems from the fact that it provides maximum reliability and availability to users."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."
"Right now, the market is rapidly transitioning to solid-state media and the Cisco options tend to be less varied and more expensive than a broader slate of products from HP, Dell or IBM."
"The solution is expensive."
"The solution is difficult to set up."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"There are some shortcomings in the product when you look at it from the perspective of the area involving multiple configurations, making it an aspect where improvements are required."
"There are patches that cannot be implemented without any downtime or reboot required."
"HPE Integrity has always been one step behind in areas like virtualization technologies, cloud enablement, the speed of backups, and replication."
"HPE Integrity is a pain. HPE hasn't put much work into developing the solution in the past few years because it will be discontinued soon."
"The monitoring is an area that needs some improvement."
"The virtualization of HPE Integrity could be simplified. We have discussed this issue with HPE and hopefully, they will have an update."
"Unlike other platforms, it lacks easy integration with popular cloud services like Office 365."
"The manageability must be improved."
"HPE Integrity needs improvement in terms of pricing for scalability."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while HPE Integrity is ranked 7th in Blade Servers with 19 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while HPE Integrity is rated 8.4. 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 HPE Integrity writes "Highly stable, straightforward, and easy to use". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE BladeSystem, Super Micro SuperBlade and Pure Storage FlashBlade, whereas HPE Integrity is most compared with Super Micro SuperBlade, HPE Superdome X and HPE Synergy. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE Integrity report.
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