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"Cisco has better visibility and manageability for disaster recovery.""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.""Stability-wise, it is a good product that remains stable.""They are really easy to maintain. I've added RAM to them. I've done a lot of other things with the virtualization.""The most valuable features are that they are efficient and easy to setup.""The product's most valuable features are stability, speed, and scalability.""The product is overall stable."

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"SDX gave us a very large RAM and we need that for the large-scale graph-handling applications.""One of the really cool things about Superdome is, depending on the model you choose, you can put 8-16 blades in it.""We've got a few of them, because we needed some really large machines. So far, they've been working pretty good.""The most valuable features of HPE Superdome X are speed, performance, and resilience.""This product is very reliable.""Superdome X is a system that can compete in terms of performance and uptime, but it's now standard. That is the great value. There are competitors like IBM, for example, but IBM has a propietary operating system. With Superdome X, you have a system that can run Windows, Red Hat, or VMware, but in a mission critical server."

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Cons
"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 tool must be made compatible with multi-vendor ecosystems.""It is not a solution that is cloud ready.""The processing capacity could be improved.""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 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."

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"HPE Superdome X can improve by adding a lot of cloud capabilities to allow this solution to be cloud-ready in case the customer wants to move it to the cloud.""I'd like to see the onboarding of some storage class memory to really expand the already very large RAM, into something that could be even much bigger.""It would be helpful if you could do the maintenance completely online.""I know we support Windows and I think it's Red Hat, and I'd like to see more OSs supported.""What would make it better from my point of view is if HPE spent more time on testing with the actual built-in Red Hat Linux drivers, as opposed to always trying to say, "Use our driver.""

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "It's expensive, they are quite pricey."
  • "The pricing of the solution is reasonable. From a commercial point of view, the prices are okay."
  • "There is a need to pay towards the licensing costs of the solution. The most expensive server from Cisco is Cisco UCS B-Series."
  • "The solution is expensive."
  • "The product is expensive."
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  • "There is a very expensive one-time cost with no licensing fees."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The product's most valuable features are stability, speed, and scalability.
    Top Answer:The product is expensive. I rate its pricing a five out of ten.
    Top Answer:The platform's pricing needs improvement. There could be more collaborative tools included.
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of HPE Superdome X are speed, performance, and resilience.
    Top Answer:HPE Superdome X can improve by adding a lot of cloud capabilities to allow this solution to be cloud-ready in case the customer wants to move it to the cloud.
    Top Answer:HPE Superdome X is used in my data center for our core banking application.
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    Also Known As
    UCS E-Series Servers
    HP Integrity Superdome, HP Superdome X
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    Overview

    Cisco UCS E-Series Servers are next-generation, power-optimized, x86, Intel Xeon 64-bit blade servers designed to be deployed in Cisco Integrated Services Routers Generation 2 (ISR G2) and the Cisco 4451-X ISR. These price-to-performance-optimized single-socket blade servers balance simplicity, performance, reliability, and power efficiency. They are well suited for applications and infrastructure services typically deployed in small offices and branch offices.

    HPE Superdome X is an HPE server that represents a new category of x86 modular, mission-critical systems to consolidate all tiers of critical applications on a common platform. Engineered with trusted Superdome 2 reliability, the HPE Superdome X includes a modular, bladed design, and shares HPE BladeSystem efficiencies including a common server management framework, supported from x86 to Superdome 2. With breakthrough innovations such as the fault-tolerant Crossbar Fabric and Error Analysis Engine coupled with hard partitioning capabilities, Superdome X sets the standard for mission-critical x86 computing.
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    Navaho,  MiroNet AG, Columbia Sportswear
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    Manufacturing Company8%
    Real Estate/Law Firm7%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise58%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    Cisco UCS E-Series Servers is ranked 11th in Blade Servers with 7 reviews while HPE Superdome X is ranked 6th in Blade Servers with 10 reviews. Cisco UCS E-Series Servers is rated 8.0, while HPE Superdome X is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS E-Series Servers writes "Easy to configure and operate". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE Superdome X writes "High resilience, performs well, and high availability". Cisco UCS E-Series Servers is most compared with Super Micro SuperBlade and HPE Synergy, whereas HPE Superdome X is most compared with Dell PowerEdge M, HPE Synergy, HPE BladeSystem, Lenovo Flex System and HPE NonStop.

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