Likelihood to Recommend 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
Read full review We connect the Huawei OceanStor SAN device directly to the Huawei Fushion Servers, without using the SAN Switch, with 16 HBA cards in MESH topology. Each of the two controllers has four 16 HBA inputs under the name of SMART IO. In addition, there are two 8 GB extension ports. VMware virtual machines are running on hosts. Our ERP applications, critical DBs, and business applications are running in these. Again, we use another SAN under a different cluster in the disaster recovery section.
Read full review Pros 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. Read full review The Huawei OceanStor Dorado All Flash NVMe storage array provides maximum performance. The OceanStor Dorado is ideally suited for use with databases, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Virtual Machines, and file server environments. The capital and maintenance costs were very competitive for a similar storage system at other storage vendors. Read full review Cons 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 Read full review Support desk to be available. Implementation to new people is not that easy. Setting of the advance features on Huawei OceanStor may not be easy to all users. Read full review Likelihood to Renew We are All satisfied with the value and Performance of the UCS servers
Read full review Usability 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.
Read full review Support Rating 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
Read full review When purchasing support for your Huawei OceanStor system, there are two support options offered by Huawei (i.e. Hi-Care and Co-Care). Huawei Hi-Care service is when Huawei responds to your technical requests for remote troubleshooting and advance hardware replacement in the shortest possible time. Hi-Care provides onsite technical support to help you maintain a more efficient and stable network environment and improve network productivity. Whereas, Huawei Co-Care service is a collaborative solution delivered by Huawei certified partners. Depending on the capability of your Huawei support partners, I would recommend Hi-Care for mission-critical environments since this ensures Huawei takes responsibility for meeting the support SLAs. If you have very capable Huawei support partners, then Co-care could be a more cost-effective support option.
Read full review Alternatives Considered 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.
Read full review All Flash NVMe SSD technology is currently at the top of this business. Its disk structure is hundreds of times faster than traditional mechanical SAS systems, but also compared to today's SSD systems! It has a much more affordable price than the devices of the same class. In addition to these, we had a lot of hesitation when we decided to give up the competitor brand and buy a product that works reliably and smoothly, but we researched and learned very well. We made the right choice.
Read full review Return on Investment 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 Read full review Searching of information is effective and faster. Different data type storage. Analytics provided are valuable. Reporting is easy. Read full review ScreenShots