I get asked a lot why Cisco doesn’t have feature X, or support hardware Y in their UCS product line. A recent discussion with a coworker reminded me that lots of those questions are out there, so I might as well give my opinion on them. Disclaimer : I don’t work for Cisco, I don’t [...]
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Great UCS write-up by Joe Onisick
If you’re not currently following Joe’s blog over at definethecloud.wordpress.com, you should start. He just posted another great article on why UCS is his server platform of choice. Before you write him off as just another Cisco fan-boy, definitely take a look at his logic. Even if you have another vendor preference, he presents some [...]
READ MORE »Tolly Report
A lot of people have been asking me what I think of the recently released Tolly report comparing the bandwidth of the HP and Cisco blade solutions. The short answer is, I don’t think much of it. It’s technically sound, and the the conclusions it reaches are perfectly reasonable – for the conditions of [...]
READ MORE »Cisco Kicks HP to the Curb
Well, it’s official. HP is not going to be a Cisco gold partner any longer. Given HP and Cisco’s very public competition, I can’t say this is any surprise. While HP certainly has contributed significant sales to Cisco in the past in the form of routing and switching equipment, HP has aggressively moved to position [...]
READ MORE »Good hands-on summary of UCS and comparisons with HP and IBM
Aaron Delp posted a great writeup on comparing UCS with HP and IBM solutions, specifically focusing on where the brains of each solution lives… Definitely want to watch the comments on this one!
READ MORE »Excellent discussion and comparison of UCS and HP blade offerings
Over at By the Bell, there’s a great post and commentary on differences between HP’s offerings and Cisco UCS. As many of the comments point out, the post itself is a bit biased towards UCS, but the comments are an excellent set of discussions about the various pros and cons of the solutions. As good [...]
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