I've written a number of blogs on the economic value of Cisco UCS and how it is changing the economics of the datacenter. Now, for the first time we performed a TCO comparison of our new VersaStack solution and how it stacks up versus the competition. The VersaStack solution combines the innovation of Cisco UCS Integrated Infrastructure which includes: Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS), ACI-ready Cisco 9000 Nexus switches, Cisco MDS switches, and Cisco UCS Director- with the efficiency of the IBM Storwize storage system.

Referencing theVersaStack for Data Center Design Guide, each vendor analyzed their parts of the solution and then combined the results into an overall TCO study. What were the results?

When compared against an all HP solution, VersaStack has59% lower acquisition costand a62% lower TCOover five years.

The complete TCO document is on SlideShare and shown below.

For more information on the VersaStack solution:

• www.cisco.com/go/verastack
• www.ibm.com/solutions/cisco/us/en/versastack.html
• Satinder Sethi's blog: VersaStack Solution: A Foundation for Innovation
• John Growdon's partner blog: VersaStack Solution: Five Things Channel Partners Need to Know