We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS B-Series and Super Micro SuperBlade based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Cisco, Dell Technologies and others in Blade Servers."Some of the features I like from this solution are it has a fast configuration, it is not complex, and has high availability."
"It is less time-consuming to deploy the software."
"The Boot from SAN function is good because using OTV, we can boot the device from any remote location."
"Stateless Blade is the best feature."
"The solution is very reliable in comparison to the other brands."
"The ratio in terms of the number of units and the number of servers that we can get each chassis is quite good."
"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easily scalable."
"The most valuable features are monitoring and processing, which can handle a lot of throughput and are more powerful than the HPE series."
"The ability to save resource is a key feature."
"I think the IPMI is a really good feature."
"The initial setup was straightforward."
"HTML5 interface is a much needed improvement over the old Java interface, but still needs a little work."
"It should be more user-friendly."
"Compared to the deployment of servers such as Dell XCDs, the deployment of UCS servers is more complex. They take longer to deploy."
"The GUI is not the greatest."
"This model does not support virtualization of the switch."
"The initial setup process is complex."
"The cost is expensive and has room for improvement."
"There are some shortcomings in the product when you look at it from the perspective of the area involving multiple configurations, making it an aspect where improvements are required."
"Supermicro blade servers are not the best. They could improve in scalability but are not really scalable right now."
"The solution does not scale well."
"There is a lack of support for fiber channels currently that needs to be added."
Cisco UCS B-Series is ranked 3rd in Blade Servers with 64 reviews while Super Micro SuperBlade is ranked 8th in Blade Servers with 4 reviews. Cisco UCS B-Series is rated 8.6, while Super Micro SuperBlade 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 Super Micro SuperBlade writes "Easy to set up with good technical support but does not scale well". Cisco UCS B-Series is most compared with HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE BladeSystem, Pure Storage FlashBlade and Lenovo Flex System, whereas Super Micro SuperBlade is most compared with Pure Storage FlashBlade, Dell PowerEdge M, HPE Integrity, HPE BladeSystem and Cisco UCS E-Series Servers.
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