Aruba Networks Wireless WAN Scalability

MichaelGrady - PeerSpot reviewer
Chairman at Gracon Services, Inc.

Aruba has a product lineup that scales depending on the density and bandwidth you need. They have different models that scale for different capacities. You can get a low-end, less-expensive model for small businesses, or you can scale to high density, like exam rooms, computer labs, plants, and manufacturing floors where there are lots of machines that require a strong Wi-Fi signal. Aruba has a deep product lineup. 

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Joseph Colly - PeerSpot reviewer
Vice President, Wireless Solutions at Strategic Mobility Group

The product is very scalable. When it comes to some schools, they start with the solution's proof of concept in certain sections. My company aims to improve the throughputs in the schools where the product is installed. If the rest of the School wants the product, it is easy to set up the solution.

My company uses Aruba Networks Wireless WAN for schools and warehouses but not in the retail sector.

The product offers reliability and uptime twenty-four hours and seven days a week. My company gets notified if the reliability offered by the product goes down. My company also gets notified if we are getting hacked.

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Tom Tackett - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Sales Engineer at a outsourcing company with 11-50 employees

The solution is quite scalable. I know of an installation that has 55,000 APs. It’s extremely stable, and they had no problem going to that size.

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Aruba Networks Wireless WAN
May 2024
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Jolito Rosina - PeerSpot reviewer
NOC-Voice Engineer at Gur Lavi Corp.

The solution is very scalable compared to Cisco. Scalability is rated a seven out of ten. 

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Sahil Duggal - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at A2G Safety and Security Services Pvt limited

As of now, I think my deployments are not too big, and it is a maximum of 50 to 60 to date. So, it seems to be okay. I rate the scalability not more than six to seven out of ten.

I mostly deal with medium-sized businesses.

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Aneesh K - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Solution Analyst II at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

Aruba Networks Wireless WAN has some scalability issues with the on-premises model. My team may have to explore its cloud model.

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US
Managing Director at SiT Global GmbH

It is scalable in its limits. It's scalable. The main purpose is for bigger organizations - for public, schools, universities, or bigger industries. You could scale it down also to household usage or to high-demand private usage. You can do a lot with it.

We have implemented it twice on a university campus and there we have maybe 2,000 to 3000 users. We have industry users. I would say it could be anything between 3,000 and 10,000 users.

If it is a midsize company, they don't have planning for scaling expenditure. With the bigger companies, they plan to expand, however, then you always bump into Cisco. It’s the biggest competitor and the most popular one.

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Rispugi Listanto - PeerSpot reviewer
General Manager at Accor hotels

It is a scalable solution. Presently, there are hundreds of users using the solution.

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Amos Chang - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at RIGHTINFO INTERNATIONAL INC.

It is a scalable solution. Most of our clients are small to medium-sized businesses, and all are satisfied its scalability if they need to upgrade.

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MB
Implementation Engineer at Banco do Brasil S.A.

The solution is very scalable. 

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AmrIssa - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Information officer at Mobica Advanced

The platform is easy to scale. The scalability process involves adding licenses, particularly for Xfinity. We can extend the connection to the last point without any errors.

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Vivek Makhijani - PeerSpot reviewer
Director at JEDI SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED

I'm not aware of its scalability, but I have seen that a big complex, maybe a 14 to 15-story or 20-story building, can be covered up. Many hotels are covering it up. Also, they have around 10,000 users. Aruba Wi-Fi is very good.

Though not all are my customers, I am aware that many of the big hotels, like Marriot, work using Aruba. Few of the five-star hotels in and around Bombay.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

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AC
Director de Negocio. Redes, Comunicaciones y Seguridad at Avanti21 Sistemas y telecomunicaciones, S.L.

Our customers are medium-sized and large businesses.

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MS
Consultant and technical support at joudeh center for computer and modern software

I rate Aruba's scalability an eight out of ten.

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Arun Jeevaraj - PeerSpot reviewer
Owner, Ctrl E at Ctrl E

I would rate the scalability a ten out of ten. It is very scalable. There are more than a thousand users in my client's organisation.

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DK
Network solutions architecture at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

The scalability of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is good. The only constraint is that the hardware comes with a fixed number of access point support, which becomes problematic if you have an on-premise deployment. Still, if you plan for the capacity in advance, then it's okay.

That could be a constraint from a large deployment when the access point only lasts two or three years. I don't want to put a high number or high capacity on the hardware on the first day, so scalability-wise, I rate Aruba Networks Wireless WAN as five out of ten.

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EL
Project Manager at a tech consulting company with 11-50 employees

It is absolutely scalable.

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OD
Security and Infrastructure Practice manager at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

It meets our needs. We find it to be scalable. 

We have maybe 20 to 30 people using the solution at this time. 

We do not have plans to increase usage as we don't have any other locations for anything.

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US
Sr. Network Engineer at a pharma/biotech company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The solution is scalable. We have a lot of users, most of whom are IT specialists. For example, we have four people required for maintenance in the IT department and two junior network engineers continuously controlling the solution.

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BS
Network and Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I have found Aruba Networks Wireless WAN to be scalable. If you use either the ClearPass or the AirWave, it's very easy to scale.

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KB
Network engineer at perfekt

It is quite scalable. How easy it is to expand depends on what scaling you are doing. For example, if you are adding more hardware or more access points. A small setup is quite easy to manage as you don't have so much hardware. However, a bigger setup might require additional WiFi expansion.

You can scale it to a great extent. 

We're a small company. We have less than 50 users. That said, we also have clients that use the solution. 

We do not have plans to increase usage. 

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TT
Assistant It Manager at Singa

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a five, six, or seven out of ten. It's not bad.

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Aditya Buditama - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer - Network at PT.Helios Informatika Nusantara

I don't really have an issue regarding the product's scalability. I rate the product's scalability a seven or eight out of ten.

Around 400 to 500 people in my company use the solution.

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DC
Network administrator at St. Paul Education

I would rate the tool's scalability a ten out of ten. We have 542 clients using the products. 

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AL
Software Developer at ITCheers

The solution can scale well. I'd rate the scalability eight or nine out of ten. It's easy to extend it.

We have two technical individuals that have Aruba certification that use it.

We do have plans to increase usage - if we increase users. 

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SC
Chief Enterprise Architect at Expanded Reality

It worked for the scale that we asked it to. That said, we installed it and we didn't grow it. The whole company, about 175 people, use the product.

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RN
System Administrator at K J Somaiya College of Arts & Commerce

I rate the solution's scalability as an eight or nine.

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Adil Ahmed Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Technical Consultant at SiliconST

The scalability is very good. I give the scalability a nine out of ten.

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PD
EDP MAnager at Professional Software s.r.l.

The scalability of Aruba Networks Wireless WAN is very good.

We have 11 controllers, 300 access points, and possibly 300, 350 clients.

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MF
Project Manager at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

Scalability is good. 

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KS
Executive Engineer with 11-50 employees

Aruba Wireless is scalable.

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GB
Information Technology Network Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Brilliant. Excellent. Very scalable and very easy to scale it as well, if you plan it accordingly.

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MO
Senior Solutions Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This is a scalable solution. We have customers of all sizes, ranging from small businesses to enterprise-level organizations.

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SA
Assistant Manager at a insurance company with 1,001-5,000 employees

This solution is scalable and we have approximately 500 users.

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EA
Network Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

This solution is scalable.

At the moment we have one hundred users, but our target is more than three thousand.

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ES
Managing Partner at ODEC Technology Solutions

The scalability of the solution is perfect. When you first start to use it, you have an increased amount of access points, and when you extend the network it's very easy. We have about 25-50 devices.

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SR
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Scalability is good with Aruba. You can control and support any feature, unlike in Cisco where we have found limitations. Specific controllers have got specific iOS features. The features can be scaled from smaller controllers to bigger controllers, so you can scale at anytime, no matter what cloud the controller is on. You can also start with the cloud or start with on-premises and go back to the controller base at any time.

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it_user648573 - PeerSpot reviewer
Networking Sales Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

Yeah, it's normal. The instant access points without a controller, scales to about 90 access points. If you want beyond that, then you can use the same access points, then add a controller.

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HW
Business Director at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

We have between 20 and 30 devices that are connected.

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MM
CEO at Alam Khwarizm

We can expand our control and management by adding more access points. We haven't done this yet but we are hoping that we can expand it easily.

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MO
Senior Solutions Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I am more than satisfied with the program's scalability. We've had no issues so far. We have over 500 users, and one person is more than enough for the maintenance.

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Buyer's Guide
Aruba Networks Wireless WAN
May 2024
Learn what your peers think about Aruba Networks Wireless WAN. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: May 2024.
770,292 professionals have used our research since 2012.