Cisco UCS Series vs. Dell PowerEdge C

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco UCS Series
Score 8.4 out of 10
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The Cisco UCS Series is a modular, high-density, high-availability, dual-node storage- optimized server suited for service providers, enterprises, and industry-specific environments. It provides dense, cost-effective storage to address your ever-growing data needs. Designed for a new class of data-intensive workloads, it is simple to deploy and excellent for applications for big data, data protection, software-defined storage environments, scale-out unstructured data repositories, media…N/A
Dell PowerEdge C
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Dell's PowerEdge C6420 is a density optimized server designed to support HPC and scale-out workloads with a flexible platform that offers up to 4 dual-socket servers and high-capacity storage in a 2U rack.N/A
Pricing
Cisco UCS SeriesDell PowerEdge C
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Cisco UCS SeriesDell PowerEdge C
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Cisco UCS SeriesDell PowerEdge C
Considered Both Products
Cisco UCS Series
Chose Cisco UCS Series
Cisco UCS Series is potentially worse as far as experience and reliability, however, not to the point that cost should not be the deciding factor.
Chose Cisco UCS Series
It is easy to configure and the support provided by Cisco on onboarding is eminent which make customers to chose the this over other products available in the market . Also the trainings provided by the vendor makes teams to easily understand, adapt the technical environment …
Chose Cisco UCS Series
We also considered some of the Dell options, none of those produced what we needed. UCS met our business needs in ways that other companies and solutions could not compete. I do think other solutions have caught up but Cisco was ahead of its time when they brought this to …
Dell PowerEdge C

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Best Alternatives
Cisco UCS SeriesDell PowerEdge C
Small Businesses
Dell PowerEdge R
Dell PowerEdge R
Score 8.6 out of 10

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Medium-sized Companies
HPE ProLiant DL
HPE ProLiant DL
Score 7.3 out of 10
Cisco UCS Series
Cisco UCS Series
Score 8.4 out of 10
Enterprises
IBM Z
IBM Z
Score 9.3 out of 10
Cisco UCS Series
Cisco UCS Series
Score 8.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
Cisco UCS SeriesDell PowerEdge C
Likelihood to Recommend
7.7
(46 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.8
(7 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(10 ratings)
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User Testimonials
Cisco UCS SeriesDell PowerEdge C
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
Cisco UCS blades are very well suited if you want to have dense and easily managed environment that is flexible (server profiles). its perfect if you have a need for business critical applications that requires whole blade to run. in case of any hardware failure you can simply swap its profile with standby node and power your application server back up very quickly, not something you could do with a standard rackmount
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Dell Technologies
An excellent warranty and excellent technical assistance can be expected from the PowerEdge C Series, which comes from a well-known brand with a long track record in the market. Scalability, physical space optimization and performance and dependability for handling sensitive and vital data like databases and ERP systems that are fairly sophisticated are just some of the benefits we get from Dell gear, which saves us resources and energy by up to 40%.
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Pros
Cisco
  • When used with VMWare, firmware changes cause minimal disruption.
  • Simple system software updates using all-inclusive firmware bundles covering the individual parts.
  • UCS, in contrast to other Cisco products, is stable and reliable, with relatively few hardware failures during its lengthy lifespan.
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Dell Technologies
  • Adaptation to different workloads and especially to critical loads that need a lot of processing.
  • Great for virtualization of critical services.
  • Minimize physical space occupying only 1U.
  • Easy management.
  • High availability of processor, storage space, memory and font.
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Cons
Cisco
  • Some issues with the operating system were present in Memory's memory for some time. A few DIMMS had to be replaced before the current firmware stabilized the problem
  • Although some of the templating is a little difficult to understand, this is typical of most Cisco products
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Dell Technologies
  • The additional C series versions are more costly than the basic one
  • I haven't seen any downtime in my system's operation
  • All of the functionalities have been working as expected
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Likelihood to Renew
Cisco
We are All satisfied with the value and Performance of the UCS servers
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Dell Technologies
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Usability
Cisco
While Cisco's hardware is solid and long running, their software is usually the weak point. I will say that they are getting better with each release but if I had to find a problem with usability that would be it. Overall usability is good when you can work around software issues.
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Dell Technologies
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Support Rating
Cisco
Cisco TAC is simply unbeatable and that goes for Cisco UCS server support just as well as it does for Cisco CUCM software. TAC has a well-deserved, excellent reputation and I do not hesitate to call them or open a ticket online, because I always know that I will get the help that I need and get it quickly
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Dell Technologies
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
Easier to integrate and to use after that. It gives a better feeling as a server and it is better in performance also it is more durable. Offers a variety of use cases and also it is a very scalable server. Offers a great redundancy (has already [been] integrated) and also [gives] you easy access from terminal or GUI.
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Dell Technologies
When it comes to multitasking networking and storage, I've always found Dell PowerEdge C to be the most effective solution. A network center that can service the whole business with capacity for future expansion is ideally suited for this device. The ability to consolidate data into a single storage system has reduced workloads. Using this platform is simple and the customer support team is constantly available.
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Life cycle of new hardware. We were able to refresh 40 existing servers with new ones in under a day
  • When having to move chassis around, having to only move 4 cables instead of the 16 that would have been required for rack-mount servers
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Dell Technologies
  • Return on investment in the medium term.
  • Easier to extend new services by implementing new features on demand.
  • Optimized technical support.
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