Cisco Enterprise Routers Scalability

Hafiz Umar Farooq - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder & CEO at ITGAT

It's highly scalable, but there is some cost involved. If you need one gig throughput, you don't need to procure another offer. You just need to purchase the throughput license, and you can increase the throughput. These are very costly licenses. 

I would rate the scalability as eight out of ten. 

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Technical Consultant at KPN IT Solutions - Trusted Services

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

My company mostly deals with small-sized businesses that use the solution.

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Malith Chandrasekara - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Enterprise Business at VSIS

Scalability is limited for Cisco Routers. Interface scalability has additional slots to plug the card in and increased the required interfaces and required media, like fiber or copper band. The performance of the router is limited. Cisco Router is a hardware platform with IOS, which is limited for every hardware-based plan. However, whatever limitations there have been, we have not felt any bottlenecks.

The challenge is when the customer wants to have a complete technology change, for example, IP VPN to SD-WAN, they will need to also have a hardware refresh and replace all of the hardware.  

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RezaPradipta - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Network Managed Service Product Management at Hutchison 3 Indonesia

The solution can scale, however, it is complicated. there are so many different series to choose from. 

I'd rate the ability to scale nine out of ten.

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Mohamed Bayoumi - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Al-Futtaim Group

The solution isn't too scalable. It's not modular. You have to size everything correctly.

A lot of people are using the solution. We use it throughout the city. 

The company itself has about 1000 employees. However, we also have a compound that includes villas and apartments. We are delivering various services using Cisco infrastructure.

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Arif-Kundi - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at BazTech

Cisco Enterprise Routers are quite scalable.

We are leveraging IP everywhere. There is no issue. We can stock up on LAN cards.

Of course, we cannot upgrade the main engine; that requires a product upgrade, which we are considering beginning next quarter.

It's a fairly large company, with around 1,000 people directly benefiting from it. That's just the headquarters; when you factor in the regions and other offices, the total number of people is around 5,000.

It is widely used because it has become our backbone for all IT. We have centrally deployed all of our databases, mail servers, and other systems. It's essentially a continuous deployment architecture.

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MOHAMEDELSHERIF - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Technical Consultant at International Turnkey Systems - ITS

There are different sizes for the routers. You need to get the right sizing base don your needs. 

The solution is scalable. You can have one router per premises and multiple branches and it will work well in an enterprise any size.

They have data sheets online that are easy to access so that you can see the capacity of various routers. You just need to choose the right one for your business.

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John Bayangos - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Infrastructure Engineer at a educational organization with 1,001-5,000 employees

The scalability is good. I would rate it around eight out of ten. 

We have ten people who use it directly right now. 

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Mais Zahlout - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Manara University

The router I am using right now is enough for my needs. There are many features that I would like to use, and I am learning about them. The tool is sufficient for me at present.

The router is the main device in my company. So, everyone who wants to access the internet will go through it. However, I am the only one with access to the router and its features. Thus, all other people have to access the internet through the router as a user without access to its features, and they may not even be aware of the process. They only have access to the internet without the knowledge of how it works. Since I am in the IT section, I have access to all the necessary details.

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ArunSingh7 - PeerSpot reviewer
Computer Operator at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees

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

Around 110 people, consisting mostly of members of my company's IT team and network administrators, use the solution in my company.

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PF
Head of Planning at ZODSAT

The solution's scalability depends on the type of device.

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MohammedThousif Ansari - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Tata Communications Ltd

Cisco Routers are very scalable.

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AR
Senior Assistant Manager at Beximco

It is very scalable. We have two sites, our head office site and our factory site. We have a total of about 1600 users on the factory site. We only require four to five people for maintenance, and the maintenance has different levels, admin, physical and support maintenance. There are three people in admin maintenance and three to four in support and other maintenance.

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RG
Vice President at Vodafone Idea Ltd.

It's a scalable product. We have a total of 5,000 employees in our company that we use Cisco Enterprise Routers for.

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Sumanth Myneni - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at PepsiCo

The scalability of Cisco Enterprise Routers is good.

We have approximately 250,000 users using this solution in my organization. We have an additional 10,000-20,000 contractors and a couple of partners who use the solution.

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Suman Ghimire - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

There are no issues with scalability. I rate the scalability a nine out of ten. 

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GlennCamilien - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

Cisco Enterprise Routers are highly scalable. We can upgrade to a higher appliance depending on our needs and bandwidth. 

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JG
Field service manager at reduno.com

The solution is extremely scalable. It’s not a problem expanding it as necessary.

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PR
Information Technology Network Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees

We have the need to upgrade and plan to do so at the requisite time. 

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Kuldeep_Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
District Manager at RailTel Corporation of India Ltd

It's scalable.

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SM
Network Admin at Naivas Ltd

We have a team of ten with the main configuration.

I rate the solution’s scalability an eight out of ten.

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SW
Chief Information Officer at Dashen Bank SC

We have found this to be a scalable solution.

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TM
Solution System Engineer at a comms service provider with 1-10 employees

I only handled installations but the solution must be scalable because it was deployed across all government offices. 

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SJ
Senior Consultant at Circles Consulting

We are very limited in terms of scalability. We're a small firm, we hardly have 30 people. 

Our entire company uses it. We're all on the network. We have 152 users right now and we support about another 135 mobile devices. They're all financial institutions. 

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ADEOYEAFOLABI - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Network And Security at BLUEPRINT BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY

The product is easy to scale. We have enterprise customers for the product. 

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AR
IT network engineer at CONCEPSYS

The solution is scalable.

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Sadam Kherisat - PeerSpot reviewer
Technology Consultant- Networking Services at STS

The product is very scalable.

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Dhanushka Chaitanya - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager - Enterprise Networking Solutions at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

This solution is scalable as we can fulfill our requirements by adding modules.

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SameerBali - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Architect at Syriatel Mobile Telecom

Cisco Enterprise Routers is a scalable product.

We have more than 500 users in our company. We have a team of 50 IT technicians in our company and 5,000 employees that are distributed in approximately 70 locations in the country. Each location has Cisco Enterprise Routers on its premises.

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SM
Solutions Architect at Terrific Tech

The scalability of this solution is good.

These routers support a user base of about seven hundred and fifty people. We do not immediately plan on increasing our usage, although as the economy grows, we can see increasing our user base to perhaps one thousand users in two years. It will increase as we open more branch offices.

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WM
Infrastructure and Security Officer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

It is scalable. I'd rate the scalability eight out of ten. 

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ML
Cyber security specialist at Liquid Telecom

The solution is scalable. It's easy to expand. 

We have a variety of clients using the solution. 

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Handell Watson - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Watronix Information Technology Ltd

We have not had a problem with the stability of Cisco Enterprise Routers.

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AL
Executive at FFC

Cisco Enterprise Routers is scalable, but their legacy routers aren't that scalable. However, they have been serving us pretty well over the years. We have about 4,000 users at the moment.

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KS
Senior Network Security Engineer at Rackspace Technology

This is a scalable product.

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FO
Engineering Manager at Chalish Co.

The solution is very scalable. It's another feature that's great. You can add as many Cisco devices as you want to your project or your scenario if your initial design is correct. This can be done without any side effects and without any big changes.

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EK
Head of IT Department at Silver Springs Hotel

We haven't attempted to scale the solution, so I can't really speak to if it's easy or difficult.

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AA
Merci De Confirmer Senior Vice President at Winxo

We have approximately 400 users in our organization.

We have a team of 20 to maintain this solution.

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RA
Group Head of IT at a maritime company with 501-1,000 employees

It's a scalable product. We have 12 users in five locations.

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RT
CEO at Reynolds Global Solutions

It is scalable. If we are adding a network and then a branch, that is just with a press of a button but increasing internally isn't so easy. Physical scalability is easier. For example, I have a client who has funding from Nairobi then to Mombasa and they want a branch office.

In terms of the users, I have ten plants that are using this. 

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ER
Network Engineer at WEAVE

Cisco Enterprise Routers are scalable. It's good. We have an average number of users at our organization, about 100.

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KR
SW Engineer at a healthcare company with 51-200 employees

Cisco Routers are scalable enough for our needs. We only have a couple of networks we need to connect and 200 customers.

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Ahmed Hawana - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Engineer at IDSC

We have found Cisco Enterprise Routers to be scalable.

I have currently four customers using Cisco Enterprise Routers.

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AS
General Manager at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees

We have no issues with the scalability. We have approximately 500 users in our organization.

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GA
Deputy Director at a sports company with 201-500 employees

It's highly scalable. There should always be provision for scalability, as we procure many routers with modular capability. For example, we know that modular routers are capable of extension via WAN interfaces and other interfaces.

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AH
Network Infrastructure Program Manager at a non-profit with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is very scalable. In our company, we have about 10,000 users. We don't plan to increase usage right now.

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RK
ATM Systems Expert at a aerospace/defense firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

While scalability is available, this option costs money. 

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ER
Electronic Engineer at SkyNet Colombia

It is a scalable solution.

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NS
IT manager at IRPC PCL

It's a scalable solution. We have 3,000 users in our organization.

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GF
Security Engineer at SOCITECH S.A.

The scalability is very good. I have not had any issues with it.

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Anil Ergunsah - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner & Technical Consultant&Trainer(CCIE#29761, CCSI#31865) at IT Expert

I have found Cisco Enterprise Routers to be scalable.

We have approximately 300 clients using this solution.

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IP
Cyber Security Consultant at Ukroboronprom

This is a scalable product that makes up part of our infrastructure, which services approximately 200 people.

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Khairul  Bashar - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager at Beximco

Cisco Routers are scalable. We have approximately 1500 users in our company. Four are engineers that perform maintenance.

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Igor Bobrov - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Cisco Department at MUK

This solution is scalable but it does need some improvements.

There are no limitations to the number of users it can have, but it depends on the equipment and the network size. One local router could serve maybe five hundred to one thousand customers, whereas a larger network can accommodate more, so the number of users depends on the equipment and the technical parameters.

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StaffordSlater - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-founder and Consultant at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I rate the solution's scalability a nine out of ten.

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GS
Information Security and Compliance Manager at RSwitch

Cisco Enterprise Routers is highly scalable.

We are payment gateway company that tracks accepting transactions and all the traffic coming from our partners or people outside that want to do a transaction, such as online or ATM on POS, are using the Cisco Enterprise Router. Additionally, the internal staff of 50 are using it.

We do not have plans to increase usage at this time.

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DC
Network Administrator at OM Networks Pvt Ltd

In the current device, the scalability is not so good. There are no SD-WAN features in Enterprise Routers. In Nepal, there are normal VPN and normal routing protocols and not many features in SD-WAN.

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BT
System & Network Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I would rate the scalability as a three out of five.

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DM
Sr. Network Engineer at a tech vendor with 11-50 employees

Whether the solution scales well depends on the client and the model they've chosen to work with. Some customers have certain requirements and will need to work with certain models in order to get the scalability they desire.

We usually do some analysis and we only provide recommendations based on future goals or future requirements, instead of anything else. That way, we're prepared for an expansion.

We typically support small or medium companies. We don't typically deal with enterprise-level organizations. If we do deal with enterprises, it is only for support and not for implementation.

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AO
Projects Manager at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The scalability is okay.

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JD
Consultor en Redes y Seguridad at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Cisco Enterprise Routers' scalability is very good.

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MN
Owner at it logic

In India, 50% of the customers are using Cisco and the other 50% are using other products.

We plan to continue selling Cisco Routers, as it's a never-ending demand from our customers.

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JC
Specialkonsulent at a government with 201-500 employees

The scalability has been ok until now.

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TP
Graduate Trainee at HNE

The solution is very scalable.

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US
Senior Manager, Information Technology at a university with 201-500 employees

The solution is scalable.

We have approximately 700 people using this solution in my organization.

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PA
Lead Network Architect at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Scalability is ok.

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it_user180294 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Specialist at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

It dependent of the scenario and technical use and needs.

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AA
IT Support Team Leader at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Cisco routers are scalable.

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AK
RF Planning Manager at Sabafon

I have found it to be scalable with our three million users.

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KS
IT Consultant at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees

It's a scalable solution.

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GG
Network Consultant at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

The solution is scalable.

We have approximately 300 users using the Cisco Enterprise Routers.

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IL
Senior Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

This solution is scalable.

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WW
DevOps System Engineer at Monash University

The solution is scalable. 

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SC
ICT Manager at a aerospace/defense firm

No scalability issues.

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JH
Chief Information and Communication Technology at a government with 10,001+ employees

This is a scalable product and we have a couple of hundred users.

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it_user1185396 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Around 70 people are currently using the products. There are two administrative or technical employees dedicated to maintenance. The scalability seems limited by performance.

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RA
Senior Manager at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The scalability of this solution is good.

We have customers with between thirty and fifty users and we have other customers who have between one hundred and one hundred and fifty users.

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MR
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

Cisco Enterprise Routers are scalable, but it can be challenging to integrate with some other devices. 

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FH
Assistant PSSE Manager at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

These routers are scalable and you can have many of them included in the network. One of our customers has approximately 100 users.

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ME
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

This is a scalable product.

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CA
System Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The scalability is good. It is durable, and quite good.

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May 2024
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