Cisco UCS B-Series vs PowerEdge C comparison

"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."

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

"Great security and functionality."

"The product is easy to use."

"The most valuable feature is the ability to replace a server with another one, simply by applying the profile"

"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."

"The initial setup is pretty simple and straightforward."

"The scalability is very good."

"It's a good product. Virtualization on it is 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."

"The solution provides good support and service."

"The product has high performance and no downtime."

"Every new version is better than the previous one."

"PowerEdge servers have high CPU processing power, and the support is also good."

"I have found the compression capability the most valuable feature."

"The scalability of the solution met our needs."

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

"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."

"The solution is difficult to set up."

"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."

"Cisco is not going for perpetual licensing."

"The UCS manager interface needs to be cleaned up a bit and can be streamlined, but no major complaints."

"The integration is an area where Cisco UCS B-Series needs to provide users with more details."

"The product could be made more secure."

"There is some trouble with the stability part of the product, making it an area where improvements are required."

"It would be easier if data center management and disaster recovery were combined."

"It would be better if the solution provided simplified storage and hardware with an integrated one-tier architecture."

"The solution’s pricing could be cheaper."

"Customer service and support have been generally helpful but can be slow due to the need to navigate different specialists."

"HP is a little bit lower in terms of price."

"The need to update the firmware and check if there is any bug in the product is one of the areas where Dell PowerEdge C falls short and needs to make improvements."

"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 pricing for Cisco is less than for the HP Proliant series."

"This is a premium device and our clients are not as concerned about the reasonableness of the price compared to satisfaction with their productivity."

"It is expensive."

"The product is expensive."

"It is not a yearly subscription but a yearly support renewal that you need to do for Cisco UCS B-Series."

"Cisco UCS B-Series is an expensive 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."

"I would rate the pricing 4 out of 10, in terms of its cost expense."

"When we talk about pricing it is the cheapest on the market that I have found."

"PowerEdge C is a product that is priced at a medium range, so it is not too expensive."

"There is a need to pay towards the annual subscription-based licensing model offered by the solution. The product is moderately priced. Price is a critical issue, and it is always good to have moderately priced solutions."

"The cost depends on the configuration."

"I don't handle the financial aspects, so I don't know the exact costs, but in terms of the value it brings, it's worth it."

"The price of the solution is reasonable."

"Despite the slightly higher price, we prefer Dell due to the high quality of their products."