We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and HPE BladeSystem 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."Great security and functionality."
"The stability provided by the product is its most valuable feature for our organization."
"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."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"The architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"The most valuable feature that the B-Series has is related to the structure and architecture of the solution because in these solutions, you are using fabric interconnect as an interconnect device. The beauty of fabric interconnect is that it can work as in-house mode."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"The product has a lot of options for checking servers and IoT ports using artificial intelligence."
"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."
"It is very stable."
"The product is quite stable. Its performance is reliable."
"It provides a secure access to the console and reliable administration."
"Remote management features are valuable."
"HPE BladeSystem is very easy to use."
"The most valuable feature of HPE BladeSystem is its upgradability and centralized configuration."
"The upgrades could be improved."
"Its scalability could be better."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"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."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The cost of the solution has room for improvement."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"HPE BladeSystems is an old technology that cannot fit all of the dynamic organizational needs of our company."
"HPE BladeSystem could improve the communication between the server and the storage."
"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."
"It will be discontinued so we will have to change to another product shortly."
"They should provide open learning materials and seminars for detailed knowledge of the product."
"I rate the stability of HPE BladeSystem a nine out of ten."
"We have not needed to contact support because we have not had an issue. However, the partner support we had could improve. There are some disadvantages compared to Dell. The questions that are asked from the support are too lengthy, this causes a delay in support."
"I would like OneView to go over the current limit of 40 instances."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while HPE BladeSystem is ranked 2nd in Blade Servers with 134 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while HPE BladeSystem is rated 8.6. 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 BladeSystem writes "Very reliable, expands well, and is pretty simple to set up". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, Super Micro SuperBlade, Pure Storage FlashBlade and Lenovo Flex System, whereas HPE BladeSystem is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, Super Micro SuperBlade and HPE Superdome X. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE BladeSystem report.
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