We performed a comparison between Cisco UCS E-Series Servers and PowerEdge C 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 most valuable features are that they are efficient and easy to setup."
"The product is overall stable."
"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."
"Cisco has better visibility and manageability for disaster recovery."
"The product's most valuable features are stability, speed, and scalability."
"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 solution provides good support and service."
"One of the main features that attract customers to buy their products is the great management tool and almost zero failure rate, making it easy to use."
"Technical support has been helpful."
"The product's initial setup phase was easy."
"The management platform is great."
"It's a good product. Virtualization on it is good."
"The initial setup is not complex. It's a user-friendly tool."
"The product has high performance and no downtime."
"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 tool must be made compatible with multi-vendor ecosystems."
"The platform's pricing needs improvement. There could be more collaborative tools included."
"The processing capacity could be improved."
"It is not a solution that is cloud ready."
"Its customer service could be better."
"The solution’s pricing could be cheaper."
"It should be improved in terms of future expansion. We should be able to have additional free slots for future extensions in terms of memory."
"The product’s pricing could be a little cheaper."
"The current memory could be improved."
"The need to update the firmware and check if there is any bug in the product is one of the areas where Dell PowerEdge C falls short and needs to make improvements."
"There has been an increase in quality issues."
"We had a few minor issues with compatibility on the latest version during the installation process."
Cisco UCS E-Series Servers is ranked 11th in Blade Servers with 7 reviews while PowerEdge C is ranked 5th in Blade Servers with 23 reviews. Cisco UCS E-Series Servers is rated 8.0, while PowerEdge C is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cisco UCS E-Series Servers writes "Easy to configure and operate". On the other hand, the top reviewer of PowerEdge C writes "Easy to deploy and has high performance and no downtime". Cisco UCS E-Series Servers is most compared with Super Micro SuperBlade, whereas PowerEdge C is most compared with Huawei FusionServer X Series, HPE Apollo, Dell PowerEdge M and Cisco UCS B-Series. See our Cisco UCS E-Series Servers vs. PowerEdge C report.
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