We performed a comparison between Checkmk and Cisco UCS Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."I really like the auto-discovery feature."
"It's versatile, scalable, and easier to use compared to other solutions like Nagios and OMD."
"We can monitor multiple sites using the product."
"The initial setup of Checkmk was easy...It is a very stable solution."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is that it has a lot of different pieces, and they all work together...It is a very scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The most valuable features of Checkmk are its resource monitoring, infra monitoring, and log factor configuration."
"The interface is ergonomic and native. We can use UCS Manager to do all the configurations for the servers, including storage, networking, and all the other components we need inside the fabric. It's simple and flexible."
"Cisco UCS Manager is overall a good package because it gives a GUI interface and a CLI."
"We can configure the Cisco UCS Manager, the profiles and interactions with the resource we manage."
"The flexibility and the ease in which the features can be expanded are the solution's most valuable aspects."
"I can quickly manage the provisioned servers."
"I can deploy something in my 50-odd servers all in one go, in parallel, whereas if I was to do that individually, it could be a nightmare."
"When one server fails, we can attach the service profile to a new server, which saves a lot of time."
"The hardware is very powerful and it is a stable solution."
"It is easy for tech-savvy people, but newcomers might find it intimidating."
"If an alert is generated for a specific pattern in the log, and if Checkmk catches that log, it will stay there even after the alert is resolved."
"Sometimes we receive alerts, and it can become annoying when you acknowledge an alert. It is very clunky when you acknowledge the alert. The process is not very intuitive, and there are instances where it feels a bit cumbersome to acknowledge an alert."
"The initial setup is a bit complex."
"In Checkmk, the documentation can probably be improved a bit more."
"I think that the integration and the exporting of the data collected are areas where Checkmk lacks but should try to improve the most."
"Cisco UCS Manager is not a scalable solution because once you have 160 blades, it cannot be expanded more."
"The integration with other solutions could be better. I think Cisco can only integrate using Intersight. There is a second interface available as a SaaS platform, in the cloud, or on-premise. It's based on the Redfish protocol, which is standard for all the B-series servers in the market. We can integrate other solutions using API."
"The automation within the solution needs to be simplified."
"The installation and upgrade sytems need to be improved."
"Its user interface can be improved. It can be more user-friendly."
"What's lacking in Cisco UCS Manager is the performance dashboard. If a blade has any performance issues, you should be able to create a dashboard on Cisco UCS Manager. Currently, this feature isn't present."
"We have three data centers and if we could manage all three data centers using one interface, it would be great."
"Upgrading the firmware is a difficult procedure."
Checkmk is ranked 20th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 6 reviews while Cisco UCS Manager is ranked 29th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 21 reviews. Checkmk is rated 8.6, while Cisco UCS Manager is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Checkmk writes "A reasonably priced tool for system and application monitoring". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco UCS Manager writes "Used to manage servers, monitor or manage firmware upgrades, and push policies". Checkmk is most compared with Zabbix, Icinga, Netdata, Centreon and Observium, whereas Cisco UCS Manager is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Nutanix Prism, HPE OneView, Zabbix and Datadog. See our Checkmk vs. Cisco UCS Manager report.
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