Cisco SD-WAN Stability
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Eliot Robinson
Executive Vice President Operations and IT at Sterling National Bank
The system worked extremely well from the beginning and there have been no issues with stability. In fact, stability is the reason why the solution was put in place.
View full review »The solution is stable. Other solutions provide better stability, such as Silver Peak SD-WAN.
I rate the stability of Cisco SD-WAN an eight out of ten.
View full review »The solution is very stable.
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April 2024
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The solution is stable.
View full review »My first impression of the solution's stability was that it was quirky. We had some dropped sessions where the VPN session would just drop if we had a carrier drop and some sessions where the solution would drop the VPN session. It wasn't a virtual device; it was a piece of hardware in the data center. I saw it and had that drawing. The solution would drop the VPN sessions whenever they got too loaded because we had a priority on the session screen devices and they had an issue there. My initial thought was, "Why didn't we use something else?" After Cisco made changes to their FlexVPN appliance in iOS, it became really stable. We had a workaround for it, which was to tear down the session every few hours and round-robin the remote devices to set up the sessions. This would help to load balance the solution into the data center. After Cisco fixed their software, we no longer had to do that and we didn't have any issues because it would automatically shift the remote to set the load across all the appliances.
Sometimes there are issues on the routing layers. Most of the time, the protocols don't meet the compliance standards. If one site is Cisco and another site is Juniper, then there is a mismatch in the protocols, so there is latency. If all the sites are Cisco, then it's stable.
I would rate the stability as six out of ten.
View full review »Cisco SD-WAN is stable.
View full review »Cisco SD-WAN is a stable solution.
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Ljubomir Djuric
Head of Network Service, Information's Communications Technologies and Development at a transportation company with 1,001-5,000 employees
We've had absolutely no issues with the stability of the solution. It doesn't crash or freeze. There are no bugs or glitches. It's been quite good overall.
View full review »It is a stable solution, and I rate the stability a nine out of ten.
View full review »I find the solution to be stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.
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reviewer1741488
Consulting & Solution Integration at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The stability and performance of Cisco SD-WAN are really good. It's a reliable solution.
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Sammy Njoroge
Sr Manager Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
The product is stable. We don't have any downside so far.
Cisco is very stable, whether a branch network or the branches. We don't have any issues with them.
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SyedImran
Tech Specialist, Client Network DeliveryTech at AT&T
Cisco SD-WAN is very stable. It's a decent product.
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Umar Hanafi
Pre-sales Manager at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
I found the stability of Cisco SD-WAN good enough.
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Solomon Okafor
Information and Communication Manager at Heineken
The product is stable.
View full review »We found the solution to be quite stable and reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.
We haven't seen major issues.
View full review »SD-WAN is 100 percent stable. If you use the suggested operating system, all the Cisco solutions are stable. According to the Gartner Magic Quadrant rating, I believe Cisco was No. 1 three years ago. Now it is No. 2 or 3, so I believe that they could improve more.
And many customers have used DMVPN or VPN solutions for many years, so those solutions are also extremely stable.
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Hock Lye
Solutions Architect at Comstor Brasil
The stability of the system is quite robust. Initially, there might be some minor challenges, particularly in the first couple of months, regarding certificate issues.
View full review »The stability is good.
View full review »The solution is stable. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze. It's reliable.
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Praneeth Hanumansetty
Cloud Network Engineer at Pearl Technologies Ltd
I rate the product's stability an eight out of ten.
View full review »I rate the platform's stability an eight out of ten.
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Harish Nair
Principal Solution Architect at Criterion Networks
I rate the stability an eight out of ten. So, it's very stable.
View full review »Cisco SD-WAN is stable.
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Andre Van Dalen
Network and Security Engineer at FrieslandCampina
The stability is really great. It's definitely reduced downtime. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.
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Arturo Sierra
Senior Engineer at Totalplay
The solution is very, very reliable. It's quite stable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. It's been good overall.
View full review »Its stability is fine if you stay within certain releases. From the stability point of view of the releases, it is fine.
View full review »The stability of the solution is good as of now.
View full review »I can't say that Cisco SD-WAN is incredibly stable, especially since Cisco has acquired Viptela and they are now busy with trying to improve Viptela's features and tools. So in some situations, it has been my experience that Cisco's SD-WAN is solid but it does succumb to stability issues at times.
So far we have completed only one project with Cisco, while other one is still ongoing. With that experience, I can say some stability improvements are needed, but I don't know about the other partners who have completed ten or more projects, for example.
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Asif-Qureshi
Senior Manager at Systems Limited
The solution is stable, and you need good connectivity.
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fdiazm
Senior Product Consultant at Entel Chile
Releases and updates/upgrades for the software in each component are not simple to configure.
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reviewer1281732
Solution Director at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
The solution is stable. This is the reason why we ultimately chose it as a product. Cisco's experience regarding the complex configuration of networks is perhaps the more mature in the market.
They have made some improvements to the solution, and I think these advancements make it one of the most stable in the industry. It's not great for large configurations, so it may not be as stable in those cases. However, Cisco remains the most stable on the market.
View full review »Cisco SD-WAN is stable.
View full review »The solution is stable.
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Thuy Truong
Administrator at SOURTHERN WAVES Solution
Cisco SD-WAN is stable.
View full review »It is pretty good. We have been reasonably happy with it.
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reviewer1581828
Technical Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
For standard use, it's pretty stable. If you want to use this solution to manage traffic, then it depends on the release. Cisco has several patches for a variety of problems. Still, they can't guarantee that there won't' be any bugs.
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Sammy Njoroge
Sr Manager Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
SD-WAN is very stable - once it's deployed, you can just forget about it, it runs by itself.
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reviewer1470471
Senior Global Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Since Cisco acquired Viptela, the stability of this solution has given problems since it is quite new.
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Saman Kumara Dissanayake
Director at Globe Internet Limited
Cisco SD-WAN is a stable solution. I have not seen any issues with stability. If you do the preventive management exercises, ensure that you have the right temperature, regularly perform inspections, and monitor the solution properly, then everything will work perfectly.
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reviewer1657632
Vice President Of Services at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
The solution could be more stable. There are issues that they've had to deal with.
View full review »I have faced issues with one or two boxes. We replaced those boxes.
View full review »Sometimes it's a little buggy, so there needs to be some updates to make the solution more stable.
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reviewer1576422
Chief Digital Officer at a consultancy with 11-50 employees
The solution is stable. There is very minimal movement and very minimal packet loss. There is very minimal delay in the network. In terms of performance, it's absolutely best of breed, and world-class. There is no discussion about that. In terms of hardware, probably is the best provider.
Cisco SD-WAN's stability is good - I haven't found any issues at the operational level.
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Salvador Penalva
Telecom and Collaboration Manager at a construction company with 501-1,000 employees
I would say neutral at this time because I am deploying this in an office this week. It seems okay in terms of stability. It hasn't crashed since it has been up.
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reviewer1520442
Founder at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
I have not heard any complaints about the stability. The problem with this solution is with the interface, not the equipment.
View full review »Cisco SD-WAN is a stable solution.
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reviewer1334937
Consultant Engineer at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
It is a stable solution.
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Jonathan Arteaga
Pre-Sale System Engineer SOLA & NOLA at Logicalis Latam
We had issues with the stability only one time when we integrated Viptella SD-WAN with Cisco Umbrella. After reading all of the documentation, we have not had any issues with the stability.
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reviewer1252953
Network Solutions Architect at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
Cisco's SD-WAN is a stable product.
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reviewer1156254
Network Operations Manager at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is good. There are some nice elements about it, but there are a few difficulties, and it is always an improvement process.
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Majid Yousuf
Sales Engineer at Logicom
The solution is extremely stable. It's not something that has a lot of bigs and glitches. It's reliable. It doesn't crash.
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Muhammad Zakaullah
Sr. Network Engineer Consulting Services at a consumer goods company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Cisco SD-WAN is stable. It's scalable and reliable, and robust.
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Dániel Halmai
Head of IT Network Division at Panorinformatika
The solution is stable.
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reviewer1420671
Pre-sales Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
This is definitely a stable product.
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AthumanJuma
Data Center Engineer at Emerging Communications Limited
Cisco SD-WAN is a stable network solution.
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JeroenDe Jonge
Architect IT-systemen at Cegeka
It is as stable as your lines are. We mostly have fiber connections, and it is really stable and performing well. I once had a problem with a power unit, but I have never experienced any downtime.
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reviewer1273860
Pre-sales consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
The stability of SD-WAN on iOS needs improving, they're in a transition phase. Cisco recently acquired Repeller. They are gradually migrating from their old SD-WAN to this new retail SD-LAN. It's been a challenge because the roadmaps they envisaged haven't quite worked out, it's not a smooth road. If you change from traditional WAN to SD-WAN from the retailers perspective, it can be a bit of a challenge. We also deploy Fortinet and that's easier. I don't know what's going to happen in the next couple of years, but for now, doing SD-WAN is a little bit of a challenge
When we have had power outages for a few hours we have had no issue with Cisco SD-WAN coming back online and functioning.
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reviewer1672659
Design Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Cisco SD-WAN is a stable product.
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Steve Roy
Senior Director, Network Engineering at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is extremely stable. You can set it and forget it, if that is your thing. There are a lot of improvements with each full version release. As with all things Cisco, if you have the chance to wait for a few months before deploying the latest release, do it. They can be buggy for the first few months.
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reviewer848847
Network Analyst at a real estate/law firm with 1-10 employees
The stability of the solution is one of the better features.
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reviewer1433835
Executive Director at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
As of now, the stability is fine.
View full review »We have not experienced any issues with stability over the past two months.
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reviewer1079229
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It's stable enough. They hardened it to their operating system. It's not an issue.
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reviewer1222212
Director at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
The solution is very stable.
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Pavan Kumar Mateti
Owner at SCO`Scope Consulting Private Limited
The solution is stable. There aren't bugs or glitches. The solution is reliable. It just works.
View full review »We do find that the solution can be a bit buggy. The more complex the setup is, the more bugs we seem to find. There seem to be many bugs in the software.
The web GUI is easy to deploy, however, when we deploy a whole network for a customer, we can see how they run inside the GUI. We've had to open cases with technical support to help us deal with issues that arise.
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UzairBaig
Solution Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Cisco SD-WAN is stable. There might be minor bugs in a few of the features, but overall, the product is stable and the customers are happy with it.
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reviewer848847
Network Analyst at a real estate/law firm with 1-10 employees
This is a stable solution. it does what it is supposed to do and is working fine.
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reviewer1804251
Executive - Coastal Operations at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Cisco SD-WAN is a highly stable solution.
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Dmitriy Ronkin
Network Engineer at Transportation
Stability (especially running in virtualized environment) is an issue SDN vendors do not talk about until customer learns the hard way. It has to be tested.
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reviewer1572669
Cisco Systems at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
It's very good and stable compared to the others.
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reviewer1461459
Team Lead Network Infrastructure at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Stability-wise, it is a good product and it works very well.
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reviewer1599519
Junior Solution Architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
I have found this solution stable.
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reviewer1113966
Director de Arquitecturas at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The solution could have better stability. It's not ideal right now. It could be quite a bit better.
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reviewer1289013
System Engineer at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
The solution is stable enough. We haven't faced crashes, bugs or glitches that would make us concerned that is wasn't reliable.
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reviewer731289
Head IT Operations at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
We have had no issues with stability.
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Cisco SD-WAN
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Cisco SD-WAN. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
767,847 professionals have used our research since 2012.