We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and PowerEdge C 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 architecture of this solution is very valuable; it has five traffic interconnects, and uses a network highway so bandwidth is never an issue."
"The platform has valuable features for management and good monitoring tools. It provides efficient insights."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The scalability is very good."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"It's modular."
"The solution is stable."
"I like that the hardware is separated from the software definition of the components."
"PowerEdge C is the best server I have worked with. I like that it's user-friendly. PowerEdge C performs very well."
"PowerEdge servers have high CPU processing power, and the support is also good."
"The scalability of the product is good since it offers high performance and capacity."
"With the tool, we can easily upgrade and ensure compatibility between operating systems, hardwares and drivers. Among other features, the hardware also stands out because it is certified and aligns with the processor manufacturers like Intel. This enables them to offer the latest options which are not available with other suppliers."
"Technical support has been helpful."
"The hybrid solution is much more stable than other products."
"The solution provides good support and service."
"I like the feature that allows for a backup and that is suitable for me."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"The main issue with this solution is that it is quite vendor-restricted, meaning that when we use third party software, we cannot use all of the available configuration tools or pre-validated design features."
"The pricing could be less."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"The VxRail should be opened to allow other virtualization platforms to be used."
"There has been an increase in quality issues."
"The price must be improved."
"The product’s cost needs improvement."
"It would be better if the solution provided simplified storage and hardware with an integrated one-tier architecture."
"It would be easier if data center management and disaster recovery were combined."
"HP is a little bit lower in terms of price."
"It should be improved in terms of future expansion. We should be able to have additional free slots for future extensions in terms of memory."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while PowerEdge C is ranked 5th in Blade Servers with 23 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while PowerEdge C is rated 8.8. 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 PowerEdge C writes "Easy to deploy and has high performance and no downtime". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE BladeSystem, Super Micro SuperBlade and Pure Storage FlashBlade, whereas PowerEdge C is most compared with Huawei FusionServer X Series and HPE Apollo. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. PowerEdge C report.
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