Cisco UCS E-Series Servers vs HPE Synergy comparison

Cisco UCS E-Series Servers
Read 7 Cisco UCS E-Series Servers reviews
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100% willing to recommend
HPE Synergy
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91% willing to recommend
 

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We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS E-Series Servers and HPE Synergy based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS E-Series Servers
Ranking in Blade Servers
11th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
HPE Synergy
Ranking in Blade Servers
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
87
Ranking in other categories
Composable Infrastructure (1st)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Blade Servers category, the market share of Cisco UCS E-Series Servers is 1.4% and it increased by 89.9% compared to the previous year. The market share of HPE Synergy is 26.8% and it increased by 14.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

MN
Oct 27, 2020
Easy to configure and operate
The setup process of this chassis is really easy. And it is easy to use. Anybody who has CCNA training, who has the knowledge of basic routing, basic servers, and storage can perform the configuration of the chassis and servers. It is very easy. I learned this by working with this chassis and server and by reading blogs and watching YouTube. It's not complex and there is no need for much expertise. If you have the basic knowledge you can easily configure its chassis. I read a blog, watched YouTube, learned here and there and it took me four days to configure the chassis. After that, for the the second chassis, I just needed four hours to configure. It is easy to configure. If I have a chassis, I can configure it in two or three hours maximum. In terms of an implementation strategy, it depends on the client. It first depends on the design.
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GS
Oct 21, 2022
Local hard drives are not needed for the i3S module that boots to any operating system
Our company has 2,000 developers who use the solution for integration with OneView to manage servers and enclosures.  We have multiple racks set up with different platform servers like DL, C7K, and Synergy. At least three enclosures are linked together in Synergy which is a prerequisite.   We set…
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The product's most valuable features are stability, speed, and scalability."
"They are really easy to maintain. I've added RAM to them. I've done a lot of other things with the virtualization."
"Stability-wise, it is a good product that remains stable."
"The product is overall stable."
"The most valuable features are that they are efficient and easy to setup."
"The Cisco chassis is very easy to configure and any network engineer or expert can configure the solution and easily integrate it with the chassis."
"Cisco has better visibility and manageability for disaster recovery."
"On the previous HPE platform, we struggled because everything was independent. We had to manage firmware on each server, storage and network configuration on each server. Synergy is template-driven so we can ensure consistency of all of those settings. It allows us to standardize configuration and ensure consistency across the board."
"We like that the solution can be arranged for an all-in-one single pane of glass, something our customers find important."
"The Online firmware update for the virtual connects has minimized our downtime windows."
"Technical support is excellent. They are very helpful."
"The processing time has been about 50 times faster and allows us to do AI models."
"The most valuable features of HPE Synergy are the two composers."
"It allows for easy management."
"It makes it simpler for me to manage my environment. It is one pane of glass, compared to multiple."
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Cons

"The platform's pricing needs improvement. There could be more collaborative tools included."
"The biggest pain point for us is the matrix for the firmware upgrades. It is a pain. You look at that thing, you might as well be reading Greek. It would be a whole lot better if they could clean up their documentation on it."
"One thing that could be improved is the cost - it is very high for this Blade chassis as compared to other vendors. Especially in Asia. Asian customers mostly prefer a cost effective, cheaper solution."
"The tool must be made compatible with multi-vendor ecosystems."
"The product should also be available in a standard edition or a standard license since currently there is a need to pay for an extra license, which is very expensive, especially when considering the budgeting part of our company."
"The processing capacity could be improved."
"It is not a solution that is cloud ready."
"The solution should support Cisco or other vendor interconnect models."
"Instead of having Synergy vertical, make it horizontal. It is easier to stick in when it is vertical."
"There is always room for improvement. Based on our use cases, I don't believe there are any additional features required."
"One of the things that I would like to see, and could be in their road map, is getting virtual connect to 100 Gig throughput."
"HPE Synergy could improve its remote support."
"They have not improved their product since it was purchased."
"I would really like a way to validate the firmware in my specific environment before trying to deploy it. Those were the issues we had early on with firmware upgrades, particularly around certificates. All in all, having some level of confidence aside from it just having been tested generically would help. Something more specific to my environment would be very helpful."
"The Synergy platform is HPE-specific and more for on-premises. You're kind of locked in with VMware and the HPE with the VMs. The Nutanix offering is a bit more flexible."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing of the solution is reasonable. From a commercial point of view, the prices are okay."
"It's expensive, they are quite pricey."
"There is a need to pay towards the licensing costs of the solution. The most expensive server from Cisco is Cisco UCS B-Series."
"The solution is expensive."
"The product is expensive."
"We have already paid once. It is just the price for the permit and its use. It seems you don't have to keep paying for it, but I am not sure."
"We pay about £500 for the solution."
"Our IT infrastructure costs have gone up each year by 20 percent."
"We don't have to pay for Synergy because it's part of our plan."
"We are satisfied with its price."
"The platform that we run Synergy on is all virtualized. Our primary cost is likely VMware."
"The biggest cost is the VMware licensing."
"The solution has reduced our IT infrastructure costs because we have had to buy less services than we used to."
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Top Industries

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Computer Software Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
8%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco UCS E-Series Servers?
The product's most valuable features are stability, speed, and scalability.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS E-Series Servers?
The product is expensive. I rate its pricing a five out of ten.
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What needs improvement with Cisco UCS E-Series Servers?
The platform's pricing needs improvement. There could be more collaborative tools included.
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How would you choose between HPE's Bladesystem and Synergy?
For me, choosing between HPE’s Bladesystem and Synergy came down to which solution was more powerful, reliable, and stable. It turns out Bladesystem was the winner. Bladesystem is excellent because...
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What do you like most about HPE Synergy?
It is a good product for hypervisors.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Synergy?
You have to propose Synergy with your customer base.
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Overview

Cisco UCS E-Series Servers are next-generation, power-optimized, x86, Intel Xeon 64-bit blade servers designed to be deployed in Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) and the Cisco 4451-X ISR. These price-to-performance-optimized single-socket blade servers balance simplicity, performance, reliability, and power efficiency. They are well suited for applications and infrastructure services typically deployed in small offices and branch offices.

HPE Synergy, the first platform built from the ground up for Composable Infrastructure, offers an experience that empowers IT to create and deliver new value instantly and continuously. It is a single infrastructure that reduces operational complexity for traditional workloads and increases operational velocity for the new breed of applications and services. Through a single interface, HPE Synergy composes physical and virtual compute, storage, and fabric pools into any configuration for any application. As an extensible platform, it easily enables a broad range of applications and operational models such as virtualization, hybrid cloud, and DevOps. With HPE Synergy, IT can become not just the internal service provider but the business partner to rapidly launch new applications that become the business.

 

Sample Customers

Navaho,  MiroNet AG, Columbia Sportswear
HudsonAlpha, Virgin Media, EMIS, United
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