We performed a comparison between Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches and Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Ethernet Switches solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."This is a dependable switch which will help you sleep at night."
"OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches' best features are it's easy to deploy, manage, and maintain, with services coming through one vendor."
"We are able to customize this solution based on the customer's requirements."
"It's easy to extend the stack, We don't use the smaller switches, but it's going well for the rest."
"The fibre ports that are 10 Gb capacity helped with the travel of a lot of regular as well as video data. Fibre can handle a lot more virtual data than copper twisted-pair, so we got a lot more data and a lot more traffic signals back through the fibre ports, faster, than with copper."
"The new web graphical interface is much better than before. We now have easy access to the command lines. They're all functional."
"Enables direct access to clusters."
"The solution has a very good web interface. It makes it easy to manage everything."
"The interface is very straightforward."
"Based on my use cases, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center was a great product that was easy to manage and work with while being a powerful tool."
"Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center's scalability is good."
"The most valuable feature is the port analytics."
"SD-WAN and the security fabric are essential features of the product."
"An affordable and stable solution for small-medium companies."
"What I like about the solution is that it can be accessed anywhere."
"I have found the solution to be scalable."
"The product would be better if it were completely compatible with other switching products."
"There needs to be better integration with the interface."
"The network connection should be improved."
"In future versions, I would like to see improvements in networking speed."
"I could see them possibly creating a more intuitive software. It's very user-friendly, but there are some things that aren't very intuitive when programming the switches."
"OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches would be improved if cloud-based technology was provided in the Gulf region."
"I find the CLI hard to use. I wish we could do more in the GUI interface."
"technical support response time is sometimes very slow."
"The solution could always benefit from more security. It's of critical importance to organizations right now."
"They could improve availability and security by detecting and preventing switch attacks."
"Does not have as many features as other solutions, such as segmentation and analytics engines."
"The product must improve the latency in the management center."
"Managing the VLANs is an area where the solution lacks and needs to improve."
"The tool is not easy to use."
"There could be more porting software options for easy deployment in the product."
"The UI of the firewall and reporting could be improved."
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Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is ranked 22nd in Ethernet Switches with 9 reviews while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is ranked 17th in Ethernet Switches with 19 reviews. Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is rated 8.6, while Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches writes "It's easy to extend the stack, but I wish we could do more in the GUI". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center writes " Handles network connectivity between data centers and supports internet applications". Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Aruba Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Nokia Ethernet Service Switch and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, whereas Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center is most compared with Aruba Switches, Cisco Ethernet Switches, Huawei Ethernet Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Meraki MS Switches. See our Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch Ethernet Switches vs. Fortinet FortiSwitch - Data Center report.
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