"The GUI makes is simple to use and deploy."
"Great security and functionality."
"The initial setup is simple, and not very complex."
"The solution is stable."
"The most valuable features of the Cisco UCS B-Series are reports for virtualization and the large memory it has."
"The ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"The feature that I found the most value is the abstract and stateless capacities."
"One of the most valuable features of this solution is its ease of use."
"The Lenovo Flex System is very stable."
"The most valuable feature of the Lenovo Flex System is the storage system."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"The product is very user-friendly and has many resources at the enterprise level."
"The graphic code that UCS can support is limited and less accessible than other systems."
"For future improvements, it would be a benefit if the solution could integrate better with products such as Oracle."
"The license is expensive. Cisco should decrease the delay in the delivery of their products."
"The pricing could be less."
"The management interface needs a lot of improvement. As it is right now, it's a pain to use. It's not user-friendly."
"Integration with storage could be improved."
"The configuration is a little bit complicated and could be made simpler."
"We have to have Java to manage the infrastructure. It would be great if we can manage the infrastructure through a web browser."
"The product could improve its integration capabilities."
"The most valuable feature of the Lenovo Flex System is the storage system."
"Forced restarts due to free upgrades is an issue that needs to be resolved. We can manage this as we have high availability and redundancy, but without that it could be a real problem."
"The solution could improve by providing more integration with other platforms."
"It does not have the same module flexibility that was present in IBM Blade. On the Blade System, I was able to choose between the Cisco module, or BMC module. Since the switch to Lenovo, I have not had the same choice of modules, only the BMC modules."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 16 reviews while Lenovo Flex System is ranked 7th in Blade Servers with 5 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while Lenovo Flex System is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS B-Series writes "Does what it is supposed to in the way the company represents with little room for improvement". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Lenovo Flex System writes "Provides a high initial ceiling before upscaling is required, user-friendly and rich in resources, but has occasional stability issues". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE BladeSystem, Super Micro SuperBlade and HPE Superdome X, whereas Lenovo Flex System is most compared with HPE Synergy, HPE Superdome X, Dell PowerEdge M and HPE BladeSystem. See our Cisco UCS B-Series vs. Lenovo Flex System report.
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