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."The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."
"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The solution is stable."
"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."
"The initial setup is easy."
"The solution integrated well."
"The solution offers remarkable flexibility, reliability, and extensive software support."
"It's great for managing overall infrastructure."
"The most valuable feature of Dell PowerEdge M is iDRAC."
"The tool's most valuable features are high availability and scalability. Its integration is easy."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The networking features for administration and working with the server are valuable."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"The solution is expensive."
"The set up is complex"
"More interconnections with third party equipment and limited I/O selection."
"Dell PowerEdge M lacks GPU nodes and doesn't have a direct solution for GPUs."
"Technical support is not good."
"I would like to have additional HPC and AI capabilities on general Dell PowerEdge servers."
"We have had some issues with the vendor's support that we have received. When you open up a support case with Dell they send a partner to assist you and in our experience, they are lacking knowledge about the solution. There are times when you need professional support from the vendor that knows the solution well."
"In terms of improvement, it should also offer a hyper-converged option."
"There is room for improvement in scalability."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while Dell PowerEdge M is ranked 4th in Blade Servers with 15 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while Dell PowerEdge M 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 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 HPE NonStop. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. Dell PowerEdge M report.
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