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 most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"The most valuable features of the solution are stability and security."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"The ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"The scalability is very good."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The performance is good."
"PowerEdge servers have high CPU processing power, and the support is also good."
"One of the main features that attract customers to buy their products is the great management tool and almost zero failure rate, making it easy to use."
"PowerEdge C is the best server I have worked with. I like that it's user-friendly. PowerEdge C performs very well."
"The management platform is great."
"It is a scalable platform."
"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."
"The hybrid solution is much more stable than other products."
"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"It is more expensive than the competitors."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."
"Next generation support for VMware needs to be introduced as it does not support eighth-generation VMware."
"The price must be improved."
"A feature that needs to be added is the ability for full container storage."
"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."
"The solution’s pricing could be cheaper."
"The reliability needs improvement."
"It would be better if it worked with SMTP servers on the cloud. Right now, it only allows notifications via the SMTP server. In the next release, I would like to have a better processor."
"We had a few minor issues with compatibility on the latest version during the installation process."
"Its customer service could be better."
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 HPE Superdome X, 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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