Cisco UCS B-Series vs HPE BladeSystem comparison

"The servers' resilience was particularly impactful."

"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."

"The solution's most valuable feature is KVM Launch Manager."

"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."

"They've been responsive and helpful whenever we've needed assistance."

"The scalability and easy management of the lifecycle, upgrades, and hardware failures are valuable."

"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."

"The solution is stable."

"For me, the most valuable features are integration and simple defining."

"It is not expensive."

"Remote management features are valuable."

"It's very scalable."

"The product has been simple to set up."

"Its ease of management, consolidation, connectivity, power, and cooling are the most valuable features."

"I have noticed that the solution does provide a very good ROI for companies."

"They have served different needs for us from virtualized web servers to dedicated databases and application servers."

"The solution’s pricing could be improved and made cheaper."

"The product could be made more secure."

"It is more expensive than the competitors."

"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 monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."

"The initial setup process is complex."

"The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required."

"It would be nice if the solution were cheaper."

"If the hardware offered higher efficiency, that would be an ideal situation for our company."

"Creating an integrated solution could make HPE BladeSystem more appealing."

"HPE BladeSystem can improve by providing the latest generation processor engine, such as the I-Flex processor."

"The integration and price of HPE BladeSystem could be improved."

"The only side that must be improved is the active-passive interconnect module architecture."

"I would like OneView to go over the current limit of 40 instances."

"The solution could improve by having more automation, such as the automatic mapping feature that is available in the Synergy Blade series."

"The product is expensive."

"It is expensive."

"From a business point of view, the price is on the higher end."

"We have to pay a monthly licensing fee for the solution."

"The price of this solution is a little bit higher, but given that this system is Cisco, it feels more secure and dependable."

"The cost of the blade servers is okay, but the cost of Fabric Interconnects ends up increasing the overall costs. For example, suppose it costs 3,500 USD per blade server. When you include the Fabric Interconnects, you could pay up to 30,000 USD. Therefore, compared to the cost of servers from Lenovo, Huawei, Dell, or HP, the cost of Cisco servers can be high. However, Cisco gives good discounts (about 90% to 94%) to partners and to customers who are already using Cisco servers. New Cisco customers do not get the level of discount that an existing customer does. Because you can get discounts with Cisco, I would give pricing a rating of four out of five."

"Make sure you work with a vendor partner than can get you a substantial discount off of list pricing."

"Cisco UCS B-Series is an expensive solution."

"BladeSystem is a little bit cheaper."

"it would make everyone happy if the solution were less expensive."

"I need to pay for the license, and it is expensive. We make yearly payments."

"The price for HPE BladeSystem can vary between $100,000 to $1 million or above. The price can be high."

"We have been satisfied with the price. However, there are additional costs for support."

"I would recommend this solution for large enterprises. Medium-sized companies would find it difficult to afford the HPE BladeSystem's overall capital expenses."

"With regards to the prices, they need to adapt to the current needs of the country."

"Its pricing was good. We selected this solution because it was within our budget. We paid just once when we bought it. We never bought any license."