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We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and SGI Rackable Systems [EOL] based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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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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    What do you like most about Cisco UCS B-Series?
    Top Answer:The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS B-Series?
    Top Answer:The product is expensive. We encounter a licensing issue as well. It could be subscription-based.
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    What needs improvement with Cisco UCS B-Series?
    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.
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    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.

    SGI Rackable standard-depth, rackmount servers and clusters deliver top value and performance, based on the winning combination of the latest Intel processor architectures and SGI expertise in designing and delivering the most advanced performance computing systems available. Rackable servers support up to 1.5TB of memory per node in an ultra-dense architecture with up to 88 cores per 1U. Add to this support for FDR and EDR InfiniBand, 22-core processors and DDR4 memory, and you have some of the most powerful cluster solutions available.

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    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
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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 Company10%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise58%
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    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while SGI Rackable Systems [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Blade Servers. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while SGI Rackable Systems [EOL] is rated 0.0. 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, Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE BladeSystem, Super Micro SuperBlade and Pure Storage FlashBlade, whereas SGI Rackable Systems [EOL] is most compared with .

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