I use the solution in my company in our virtual environment along with VMware, and it hosts around 23 virtual servers while also being able to offer features in the area of unified collaboration in our call center.
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I use the solution in my company in our virtual environment along with VMware, and it hosts around 23 virtual servers while also being able to offer features in the area of unified collaboration in our call center.
The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it offers reliable and easy functionalities. It can be used in a very easy manner, making it not a complicated tool.
The high price of the solution is an area of concern where improvements are required.
The product lacks to offer AI functionalities along with integration capabilities. From an improvement perspective, I want some AI features to be included to enhance the integration capabilities of the tool.
I have been using Cisco UCS B-Series for around two months.
It is a very stable solution, like a rock.
Until now, I haven't used the scalability feature of the product. I will have to use the scalability features of the product after five to six years of usage of the product.
If I consider the use of the solution in my company, I would say that there are around 600 endpoints in my organization.
There are 90,00,000 users of the solution.
I have worked with different products from Cisco since it is the DNA of our company's network, as it looks after our infrastructure network, which includes Cisco Core Switches and Cisco Access Switches.
The product's initial setup phase was complex. The product's initial setup phase is not easy for anyone.
For the deployment process, I have a third party person in Egypt who I contact to help with the implementation, designing and so want to improve the solution and to make it work correctly in our company's environment.
The solution is deployed on an on-premises model.
Around 51 developers are required to take care of the deployment and maintenance of the tool.
There is always a need for a third-party provider or a partner to take care of the setup phase of the tool in your environment. My company's in-house team can manage the tool's deployment process.
The benefit of the product stems from the reliability and the dependability offered. You need to learn to be satisfied with the product, and it is not worth worrying until everything becomes bad with the product.
In my opinion, everything related to the product is very expensive right now. Every three years, I need to renew my license and support the product. I don't have to pay any extra costs in addition to the standard licensing charges attached to 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. If you purchase a solution for a particular amount, and then during the renewal process, you learn that you need to pay double the amount of what you had paid previously, you will definitely feel that you are paying a lot of money.
In terms of the ability of the product to improve our company's data center's computing efficiency, I feel that it is a very good solution for me right now, especially in areas like production and workflow. I am very satisfied with the product.
I think that every product from Dell, Cisco, HPE, or any other vendor can be well-integrated with the solutions in any infrastructure.
The most valuable feature of the product for workload optimization stems from the fact that I use the many dashboards offered by the tool. With the tool, I have many separate dashboards. I don't have just one in the dashboard where I can see the integration and take care of the management.
To others who plan to use the product, I can say that Cisco UCS B-Series can be good for networking but very bad with the security part.
In terms of the flexibility of the tool to adapt to technology needs, I think it is a very good solution. I can recommend the solution to others who plan to use it. Cisco doesn't need any recommendations from my end because it is the backbone of the networking infrastructure throughout the world, and it is currently present in 70 percent of the market share.
I rate the tool a ten out of ten.
We use Dell PowerEdge M for data center consolidation. If a customer requests, we position the blade server to save the cabling or electricity.
The solution's most valuable features are centralized monitoring and management and the ease of upgrading firmware. Dell PowerEdge M has enhanced our virtualization and containerization.
Cisco UCS X-series provides a GPU node and compute node in a single chassis. Dell PowerEdge M lacks GPU nodes and doesn't have a direct solution for GPUs.
I have been using Dell PowerEdge M for three years.
Dell PowerEdge M is a stable solution. Once it's installed, the solution operates without any maintenance.
Our clients for Dell PowerEdge M are medium and enterprise businesses.
The solution provides very good technical support.
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Cisco is better than Dell PowerEdge M.
The initial setup of the solution is not straightforward but a little complex. By default, if the switching comes with 100G or 40G, then we need to split it to 10G or 25G as per the requirement. All these configurations are complex in Dell PowerEdge M as compared to Cisco.
In Cisco, we have a GUI or something called Intersight, which allows us to graphically select the ports and deploy them to the corresponding speed. We lack those interfaces in Dell and need to do it in the command line.
One architect and an engineer can install and configure the solution in two to three days.
The solution's pricing is slightly higher. However, we don't require an additional license for it. The solution's pricing depends on the customer's connectivity requirements, whether 10G, 25G, or 100 G.
The solution is scalable, and you can add multiple chassis. You don't need to worry about the physical cabling or the number of switchboards. It can be easily scaled based on the requirement. When we calculate other factors like power and cooling, we'll get savings by the end of the third or fourth year. One person can easily maintain the solution. We faced no challenges integrating Dell PowerEdge M into our existing infrastructure.
Dell PowerEdge M should have GPU addition or future scalability. Cisco claims a ten-year life cycle, wherein its product will support new technology like GPU and water cooling for ten years. However, Dell PowerEdge M lacks that part regarding future enhancements and adaptation to new technologies like water cooling.
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.