We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers and HPE Apollo based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Density Optimized Servers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."On the Cisco side, there is a benefit in terms of server management. Cisco provides UCS Manager, which is a multi-tenant site manager. We can manage multiple sites while maintaining disaster recovery, a feature not available on other platforms."
"What I really like about the Cisco USC Server is its service profile."
"The product's stability is good. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine to ten out of ten."
"The hardware customization capabilities are great."
"It is very nice and stable with an easy administration GUI."
"The most valuable features of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers are integration and customization."
"The VIC card is the most important feature."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is the expansion and replacement of parts."
"The solution is well documented in a data sheet."
"Absolutely being able to mount into Omni-Path architecture, HFIs on those nodes, because we were the very first site in the world"
"Apollo Systems provide stuff that standard services do not. More HTDs, more compute power, at very reasonable pricing."
"With HPE Apollo, we can propose configurations with many hard drives, making it suitable for large storage needs."
"we can use the same platform for several use cases: Hadoop, Ceph, and we are considering the server for another use case right now. It's a single solution, we only have to integrate it once and we can use it for several technologies."
"HPE Apollo's pricing is low, and implementation is very easy compared to other products."
"It's going to meet our needs moving forward, it is scalable."
"It enables us to implement software defined solutions very easily, because Apollo servers are certified for use with Linux systems"
"The product must add customer-friendly monitoring features."
"The warranty and support periods should be extended."
"The solution needs more capacity and more scalability."
"The product's stability and delivery time could be better."
"The scalability of the product is an area of concern where Cisco needs to focus on making some improvements."
"The pricing is too high and no discounts are available for our country."
"Some customers have complained about delivery time. So, the main weakness is the lead time."
"There is room for better integration with other brands."
"HPE Apollo's after-sales support and technical support should be improved."
"Lustre seems to be just a little bit unstable overall."
"The technical support from HPE has always been good in my experience."
"We are quite happy with it, but its price and storage density can be better."
"If there could be some training for our team, we would be better equipped to promote and support HPE Apollo."
"The predictive analysis feature could be improved."
"One drawback which I had: When I needed to expand storage on the Apollo, I had significant problems getting disks for it. It was a very long wait-time. So, if I were to give any advice in regards to improving this product, I would say make more of the 8TB disks available quicker."
"There is a shared battery for all cache controllers in the node. When you have to replace that element, you have to take down all three nodes and not just one."
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Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers is ranked 3rd in Density Optimized Servers with 29 reviews while HPE Apollo is ranked 2nd in Density Optimized Servers with 22 reviews. Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers is rated 8.4, while HPE Apollo is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers writes "The VIC card is the most important feature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Apollo writes "An affordable and easy-to-implement solution, but its after-sales support and technical support should be improved". Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers is most compared with Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Lenovo ThinkSystem Rack Servers, Dell XR2 Rugged Server and Oracle SPARC Servers, whereas HPE Apollo is most compared with HPE ProLiant DL Servers, Dell PowerEdge Rack Servers, HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge FX and Cray CS-Storm. See our Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers vs. HPE Apollo report.
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