We performed a comparison between Arista Networks Platform and HPE A-Series based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Arista, Dell Technologies and others in Data Center Networking."The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"The best part is the single operating system that they have. Regardless of your model, it's the same operating system functioning across the board, which means you don't have to worry about backward compatibilities between your older switches and the new ones that you deploy."
"The solution has good load latency. They're the market leader in this aspect right now."
"It's an extremely reliable platform for the network switches we use."
"Arista Networks Platform has a feature that helps with monitoring and management."
"Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"The user-friendly policy manager lets us apply different controls for various user groups easily."
"The configuration capabilities were good."
"The solution is very stable."
"The solution is a bit pricey."
"The CVP management platform needs to be improved."
"The stability of this solution needs to be improved as part of the next upgrade."
"The intent-based networking management, together with the provider of these solutions that are already free, would be beneficial."
"They need to enhance their code and their EOS. They need to improve some security features, and there are quite a number of bugs in their system. So, they need to work on that piece. In the next release, we need to have a modular feature. Instead of providing an integrated solution, they should go for something modular. They need to come up with modular highly scalable models. Even at the chassis layer, I want to see some improvement."
"The solution needs to accommodate new features."
"My company does face issues in terms of interoperability when it comes to the product, making it an area that needs to be fixed."
"An area for improvement in Arista Networks Platform is its integration, e.g. it needs to have more integration with its new products. Incorporating more security and cloud is also another area for improvement in the platform."
"Some follow up from our user-partners would be useful. Letting users know what is up and coming or providing better documentation would be helpful. Overall, the solution could offer its users better support."
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Arista Networks Platform is ranked 2nd in Data Center Networking with 21 reviews while HPE A-Series is ranked 9th in Data Center Networking. Arista Networks Platform is rated 8.6, while HPE A-Series is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Arista Networks Platform writes "Affordable for enterprise-sized companies". On the other hand, the top reviewer of HPE A-Series writes "Stable and scalable with a good user interface". Arista Networks Platform is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches and Cisco Ethernet Switches, whereas HPE A-Series is most compared with Cisco Nexus.
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