We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and Cisco UCS E-Series Servers 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."The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"The most beneficial feature is UCS Manager. It's the best way to manage hardware, creating group policies, like scrub policies and maintenance policies."
"The Dual Fabric design allows for online/in-service upgrades during production with no impact."
"It is a very robust and reliable solution."
"I can connect Cisco UCS B-Series to multiple chassis and rack servers using a unified platform, then manage them on a single console."
"The scalability is good because it comes with Fabric Interconnects, and you can directly add more blades as you go. Therefore, scalability is not a problem."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"They are really easy to maintain. I've added RAM to them. I've done a lot of other things with the virtualization."
"The Cisco chassis is very easy to configure and any network engineer or expert can configure the solution and easily integrate it with the chassis."
"The product's most valuable features are stability, speed, and scalability."
"The product is overall stable."
"Cisco has better visibility and manageability for disaster recovery."
"Stability-wise, it is a good product that remains stable."
"The most valuable features are that they are efficient and easy to setup."
"The configuration is a bit complex, as it requires very high technical expertise to apply it."
"The solution is expensive."
"There is a delay in the product's reporting and the rebooting system compared to servers from other vendors."
"The initial setup is not easy."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"The monitoring features and integration with other products can be improved."
"USC Central seems a bit confusing for technicians."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement. There could be more collaborative tools included."
"One thing that could be improved is the cost - it is very high for this Blade chassis as compared to other vendors. Especially in Asia. Asian customers mostly prefer a cost effective, cheaper solution."
"The biggest pain point for us is the matrix for the firmware upgrades. It is a pain. You look at that thing, you might as well be reading Greek. It would be a whole lot better if they could clean up their documentation on it."
"The product should also be available in a standard edition or a standard license since currently there is a need to pay for an extra license, which is very expensive, especially when considering the budgeting part of our company."
"The processing capacity could be improved."
"The tool must be made compatible with multi-vendor ecosystems."
"It is not a solution that is cloud ready."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while Cisco UCS E-Series Servers is ranked 11th in Blade Servers with 7 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while Cisco UCS E-Series Servers is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS B-Series writes "Robust hardware and efficient management of hardware, creating group policies, such as scrub policies and maintenance policies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco UCS E-Series Servers writes "Easy to configure and operate". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE BladeSystem, Super Micro SuperBlade and Pure Storage FlashBlade, whereas Cisco UCS E-Series Servers is most compared with Super Micro SuperBlade. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. Cisco UCS E-Series Servers report.
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