Cisco UCS

Basher · 1 Sep 2010 at 16:43

Anyone used it/evaluated it? We're doing a lot of work around positioning a proposition with Cisco and am keen to understand from those that have used it (specifically froma technical perspective) just how good it is. Cisco paint a good picture on why UCS is differnt than a typical blade but I'm keen to understand just how real that is/how much is marketing spin.

Many Thanks,
Basher

Basher · 2 Sep 2010 at 11:43

Shaz]sigh[;17288743 said:
It's very good technically, very good indeed.

But it comes at a price with regards to initial capex, vendor lockin, very specific practices to enable full functionality.

What would you like to know exactly?

Thanks. I'm really interested in how it's really that different from the offerings of IBM, HP, Dell etc and do the differences justify the premium?

Basher · 23 Sep 2010 at 13:40

So how do they compare with HP, who can obviously do the server, storage, services, networking, app performance monitoring?

Basher · 23 Sep 2010 at 15:31

FirebarUK said:
When you say compare with HP, do you mean with BladeMatrix?

I mean everything, i.e. blades, networking, storage, management, services.

HP have the complete picture, Cisco have a fraction of it, but rely on partners to bring in capability.

Basher · 23 Sep 2010 at 15:52

FirebarUK said:
Personally I don't like UCS, not particularly on technical and tactical merits but on strategic ones.

Which is where I'm trying to understand the argument/messaging. At a strategic (and a more business focussed) level, what worries you about UCS versus HP specifically?