We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus and Juniper QFX Series Switches based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Data Center Networking solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"This solution has given us the ability to use Cisco ISE for security."
"We have a much more stable network now using the Cisco Nexus."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it scales well. It supports a lot of servers. We don't have to come up with different designs for anything. That's the best part about it."
"This is a very stable solution."
"This solution has allowed us to better prepare our network for 10-gigabit."
"The most valuable features of this solution are scalability and reliability."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is its stability."
"It speeds up the network data transfer time."
"It's really easy to replicate rules. It's the one that I've used; it was CLI-based. You can implement a large set of rules with CLI. You can just copy a script and add additional changes to the source and destination on the part. And so it's easy to do large zone-based rules."
"Juniper QFX Series Switches provide a good platform for all of our hardware and are easy to use."
"It's a stable solution."
"The most valuable features are the VxLAN and the EVPN."
"EVPN-VXLAN feature offers the most benefits."
"The QFX series is a good choice for large data centers, particularly for Spine-Leaf architectures."
"Nothing is perfect."
"Cisco Nexus needs to add the SDN capability and lower the price."
"It would be great if they could make the interface a little more user-friendly, but not trade power off for simplicity."
"In the next release of this solution, I would like to see a focus on backplane deployment, so you can stack more."
"I feel that this solution should be more flexible and scalable."
"The initial setup was pretty complex, mostly because of our environment, having to do multi-context. That's where you have a lot of different logical routes that are in one physical device, and it can get kind of complex trying to think about how to set all that up. You really have to whiteboard it out a lot."
"The price could be better."
"There are limitations on some of the lower level 9K solutions where you can't do the same things that you would normally be able to do, like for instance the number of static maps that you can configure on it."
"I faced issues with the deployment and upgrade. In the QFX5110 series, features like ISSU and DSSQ should be improved. Upgrades should be smoother."
"Integrating QFX switches was the first point of challenge."
"The price could be cheaper."
"There have been some issues sometimes. When you upgrade the device, it doesn't come up. It gets stuck."
"There is room for improvement in the pricing model. It is too high."
Cisco Nexus is ranked 3rd in Data Center Networking with 101 reviews while Juniper QFX Series Switches is ranked 6th in Data Center Networking with 6 reviews. Cisco Nexus is rated 8.4, while Juniper QFX Series Switches is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Nexus writes " Offer high performance capabilities and enables efficient data transmission and processing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper QFX Series Switches writes "Offers high port density, including 1/25G/40G/100G and 400 options upto 2 RU and lower power consumption and leverages Broadcom chipsets for enhanced performance". Cisco Nexus is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Arista Networks Platform, Dell PowerConnect Switches, VMware NSX and Juniper QFabric, whereas Juniper QFX Series Switches is most compared with PTX Series Routers and Juniper MX Series Universal Routing Platforms. See our Cisco Nexus vs. Juniper QFX Series Switches report.
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