Cisco UCS B-Series vs HPE Superdome X comparison

Cisco and Hewlett Packard Enterprise are both solutions in the Blade Servers category. Cisco is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.4, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise is ranked #6 with an average rating of 9.0. Cisco holds a 8.7% mindshare in Blade Servers, compared to Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s 10.3% mindshare. Additionally, 98% of Cisco users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of Hewlett Packard Enterprise users who would recommend it.

Cisco UCS B-Series

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98% willing to recommend

HPE Superdome X

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100% willing to recommend

Cisco UCS B-Series

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and HPE Superdome X 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.

To learn more, read our detailed Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE Superdome X Report (Updated: October 2024).

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Cisco UCS B-Series vs. HPE Superdome X

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco UCS B-Series

Ranking in Blade Servers

4th

Average Rating

8.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.4

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

HPE Superdome X

Ranking in Blade Servers

6th

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Blade Servers category, the mindshare of Cisco UCS B-Series is 8.7%, down from 11.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of HPE Superdome X is 10.3%, up from 8.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Olalowo Olaleye

Senior VMware\Cloud Solutions Engineering Consultant · at Shell

A great solution with high availability, reliability and a low cost of ownership

It has reliability, high availability, and a low total cost of ownership. Your servers stand a better chance of having data available because the total cost of ownership is very low. Once you buy it, you can almost afford to go to the last, because you don't need to buy another one.

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OmobolajiOlaloku

Senior Enterprise System Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

High resilience, performs well, and high availability

HPE Superdome X is used in my data center for our core banking application The most valuable features of HPE Superdome X are speed, performance, and resilience. HPE Superdome X can improve by adding a lot of cloud capabilities to allow this solution to be cloud-ready in case the customer wants…

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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 solution has the ability to reuse or divide the networking, making it a flexible networking environment."

"The solution is very unified and the technical team is very supportive, no help is needed from outside vendors."

"The hardware is easily swappable and, utilizing the boot from SAN option, you can always keep your server intact due to the service profiles."

"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."

"Cisco UCS B-Series is scalable."

"The solution is stable...The solution is scalable."

"The product's tech support has good people."

"The servers' resilience was particularly impactful."

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"One of the really cool things about Superdome is, depending on the model you choose, you can put 8-16 blades in it."

"The most valuable features of HPE Superdome X are speed, performance, and resilience."

"SDX gave us a very large RAM and we need that for the large-scale graph-handling applications."

"Superdome X is a system that can compete in terms of performance and uptime, but it's now standard. That is the great value. There are competitors like IBM, for example, but IBM has a propietary operating system. With Superdome X, you have a system that can run Windows, Red Hat, or VMware, but in a mission critical server."

"We've got a few of them, because we needed some really large machines. So far, they've been working pretty good."

"I like the robustness of the machine. Similar performance could likely be achieved with other configurations, but this machine is very stable."

"This product is very reliable."

Cons

"It is more expensive than the competitors."

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

"This product uses a converged network adapter because it is the only way to provide flexibility with both fiber and ethernet connections."

"Cisco is expensive and difficult to manage. The product is not intuitive. It also needs to improve storage management and upgrades."

"Cisco is not going for perpetual licensing."

"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."

"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."

"The initial setup process is complex."

More Cisco UCS B-Series cons

"What would make it better from my point of view is if HPE spent more time on testing with the actual built-in Red Hat Linux drivers, as opposed to always trying to say, "Use our driver.""

"I'd like to see the onboarding of some storage class memory to really expand the already very large RAM, into something that could be even much bigger."

"HPE Superdome X can improve by adding a lot of cloud capabilities to allow this solution to be cloud-ready in case the customer wants to move it to the cloud."

"In this specific model, it could be beneficial to have a server configuration similar to Cisco, like the kind offered in HPE Superdome Flex X280. The ability to separate the chassis is important because we are forced to use two chassis even with lower loads. So introducing more flexibility in the Superdome environment would be helpful."

"I know we support Windows and I think it's Red Hat, and I'd like to see more OSs supported."

"It would be helpful if you could do the maintenance completely online."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Compared to the more in-demand hyper-converged environments such as Nutanix or DVX rail, Cisco UCS B-Series is even more costly due to the expensive fabric interconnects."

"The cost of the Cisco UCS B-Series is comparable to HP solutions but higher than Dell solutions."

"It is highly-priced."

"Every three years, I need to renew my license and support the product...Every time I have to opt for the renewal of the license, I am shocked to learn about the increase in the price of the product."

"The product is expensive."

"A physical licensing fees needs to be paid."

"Cisco UCS does not require a license. However, this license is not specific to users."

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

More Cisco UCS B-Series pricing and cost advice

"There is a very expensive one-time cost with no licensing fees."

"The pricing is not very cheap. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being very inexpensive, and ten being very expensive."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

19%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Financial Services Firm

16%

Computer Software Company

12%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

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By reviewers

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Cisco UCS B-Series?

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cisco UCS B-Series?

Previously, Cisco pricing was higher, but now both Cisco and HP are competitive with pricing. At the end of negotiations, the pricing is usually matched between the two, so cost is not a major diff...

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What needs improvement with Cisco UCS B-Series?

It would be beneficial for Cisco UCS B-Series to improve on the technological adaptability aspect, especially with regard to containerized applications, as the market in our region is still adaptin...

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What do you like most about HPE Superdome X?

I like the robustness of the machine. Similar performance could likely be achieved with other configurations, but this machine is very stable.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE Superdome X?

The pricing is not very cheap. I would rate the pricing a seven out of ten, with one being very inexpensive, and ten being very expensive.

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What needs improvement with HPE Superdome X?

In this specific model, it could be beneficial to have a server configuration similar to Cisco, like the kind offered in HPE Superdome Flex X280. The ability to separate the chassis is important be...

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Also Known As

UCS B-Series, Unified Computing System B-Series

HP Integrity Superdome, HP Superdome X

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Overview

Based on Intel Xeon processor E7 and E5 product families, Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers work with virtualized and non-virtualized applications to increase: Performance, Energy efficiency, Flexibility and Administrator productivity.

HPE Superdome X is an HPE server that represents a new category of x86 modular, mission-critical systems to consolidate all tiers of critical applications on a common platform. Engineered with trusted Superdome 2 reliability, the HPE Superdome X includes a modular, bladed design, and shares HPE BladeSystem efficiencies including a common server management framework, supported from x86 to Superdome 2. With breakthrough innovations such as the fault-tolerant Crossbar Fabric and Error Analysis Engine coupled with hard partitioning capabilities, Superdome X sets the standard for mission-critical x86 computing.

Sample Customers

Aegean Motorway, Anilana Hotels and Resorts, Anonymous Banking Group, Artoni Transporti, Bellevue, BH Telecom, Bowling Green State University, Children's Hospital Colorado, City of Biel, Dimension Data, Dualtec Cloud Builders, Hertz, Houston Methodist, Kuwait Petroleum Italia, Lufthansa Systems GmbH & Co.KG, Outscale, Sony Corporation, Talbots

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