We performed a comparison between Cisco Catalyst Switches and Juniper QFabric based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most important features are that Cisco is one of the most robust switches, it is easy to configure, and the documentation is pretty good."
"The operating system is great."
"The PoE capability of Catalyst Switches is great for using WAPs and other PoE equipment, such as security cameras."
"Mostly the LAN switching is the most valuable aspect of the solution."
"Configuring the solution is very easy. It's quite a straightforward process, and it's not difficult at all."
"We haven't needed to contact technical support because we haven't had any issues so far."
"The solution is stable."
"Cisco Switches are more stable in terms of hardware and firmware, rather than Juniper Switches."
"The most valuable feature of QFabric for network performance is its stability."
"The solution is stable."
"The 40 gig backbone InterConneX was valuable for our use case. It is even faster now. QFabric has spine-leaf technology or topology, which basically makes every single hop only one hop away in terms of connecting from one device to another. It is a pretty good and robust solution. It works pretty well in terms of scalability, and their technical support is amazing."
"It is known for being agile, flexible, and cost-effective when working with various vendors."
"The most valuable features of this solution are the fabric backplane having upwards of 160 GB of communication. It is a top-of-the-rack solution where you have your directors sitting in the main area and then you have your nodes expanded out to your multiple cabinets. It has a very good design and could be your server backbone."
"The solution is easy to use and has good performance."
"It's user-friendly."
"QFabric supports redundancy and includes all of the enterprise and service provider features that customers would want in data center or service provider network."
"The vendor must provide mid-level switches."
"The technical support, in some cases, should be faster and could improve."
"Cisco applies restrictions in relation to renewals on a yearly basis. Many other brands don't have restrictions. If Cisco lifted them, they wouldn't lose so many clients to competitors."
"The stability must be improved."
"All other modules have comparatively many more functions or power than regular Catalyst switches."
"Cisco Catalyst Switches' pricing can be cheaper."
"They should also have a graphic interface for the switches too without the command line."
"The prices are high. It's more expensive than other similar options."
"I do not use GUI's very much for switch stacks. I am always in the CLI. However, I do know that Juniper in the past has lacked on their GUI's, but they have been working on it."
"Improvements could be made to QFabric's life cycle management, particularly in maintaining stable versions and extending product support."
"The pricing structure could be more budget-friendly."
"The disruptive upgrade was an issue for us."
"They are working on the virtualization of the actual fabric layer. They are moving away from the original spine-leaf design to a different infrastructure. Instead of having three tiers, which was the director of the interconnected nodes, they cut them back, and they still have that kind of structure."
"It would be nice if Juniper provided the system integrator with training, similar to that of Cisco."
"It works too much on rebooting and there is some memory leakage."
"Having support for all OpenFlow versions would be beneficial."
Cisco Catalyst Switches is ranked 1st in LAN Switching with 171 reviews while Juniper QFabric is ranked 9th in LAN Switching with 10 reviews. Cisco Catalyst Switches is rated 8.6, while Juniper QFabric is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Catalyst Switches writes "Reliable and stable catalyst switch; can be easily installed". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper QFabric writes "Performs well, is easy to set up, and the vendor maintains the product well". Cisco Catalyst Switches is most compared with Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus, HPE ProCurve and ExtremeSwitching, whereas Juniper QFabric is most compared with Cisco Nexus and Cisco FabricPath. See our Cisco Catalyst Switches vs. Juniper QFabric report.
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