Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches Other Advice

Bona Chhith - PeerSpot reviewer
Principal Network Architect at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees

I would rate Juniper as six out of ten.

It's not a bad product, but there are a lot of bad features, code, and hardware. Juniper does ethernet switching, but they also do campus switching and access switching. Those are very basic setups. They also do next generation data centers. You're supporting these compute nodes, storage, and DNS. The next generation data center fabric is horrible. I built a leaf and spine design in Juniper, but we can't get the MC-LAG to work properly, so we have to use ESI-LAG.

We can't use type five EVPN. We have to use type two EVPN. When you're dealing with internal routing like IBGP, it's very hard to troubleshoot. You can't use features like ASPAP, local preference, and other things like route maps and prefixes. You can't really do any of that because it's all internal.

I wouldn't recommend Juniper. If you want to implement it, then evaluate what you're trying to do. If you're doing a lot of campus switches and access switches, then it's fine. If you're doing a lot of policy-based, zero trust, and micro segmentation, and all these parameters are being driven by security, my advice is not to use it.

Many companies, especially trading companies, stock market companies, hedge funds, and banking companies all use Arista for their lower EC platforms, high speed, and high throughput. I build a lot of major corporations, so I see a lot of companies that do that.

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KyeJewell - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IT Support Engineer at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees

Overall, I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. 

It is very reliable, scalable and easy to configure.

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MN
Network Admin at a government with 11-50 employees

It has more features than I'm currently using. Their support is fine, and their prices are also competitive. It is cheaper than Cisco, so I would definitely recommend it over Cisco because of the price. 

Juniper provides training for free on their website. You can do all their courses for free through their website. I would highly recommend doing these courses. They are free, which is awesome. You're not going to get free Cisco courses.

I would rate this solution an eight out of 10. The only reason for not giving it a 10 is its high learning curve. In terms of capabilities and feature set, it is right up there.

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MuhammadBilal2 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Networks at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

I'm an end-user.

We're currently using the latest version of the solution. It's around version 20.

We're looking to replace this solution due to performance issues and we are in coordination with other principals, like H3C and other switching manufacturers. We'll soon see what they can offer us.

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Thorsten Hansl - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at Düsen-Schlick GmbH

In our company, we have developed Juniper EX Series Series Ethernet Switches in our network topology for access.

There is no feature in the product that we use apart from the authentication feature, which is something every switch offers and is beneficial to our company's network performance and management.

Not even one full-time person is required to take care of the maintenance phase of the product.

Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches have not improved my company's security posture, but the tool has improved the network.

I rate the overall tool a seven to eight out of ten.

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FabioCavalcante - PeerSpot reviewer
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Rodoljub Katic - PeerSpot reviewer
Wireless Network Design Engineer at Hyperoptic

We're a partner and end-user.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. We are happy with its capabilities overall, and it has allowed us to rely less on Chinese-manufactured technology.

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TarunKumar1 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. IT Service Manager at Birdeye Inc.

I would rate this solution as nine out of ten. 

For those who are using and investing too much in Cisco, my advice is that you can use Juniper for half of the cost and almost get the same result.

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Pawel Jenner - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps and System Engineer at Netyard

At one point, I was a Juniper partner. I just use the solution right now. 

I'd advise potential new users to start with Junos. That's the name of the operating system for Juniper stuff. If you are familiar with this, you can do everything. However, if you are not familiar, it could be very, very difficult for you to start with Juniper.

I'd rate the solution an eight out of ten. 

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PinchasAlbalya - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at Ben Gurion University

I would rate the tool a seven out of ten. 

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it_user1259004 - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at Enterprise Design Group

Whether you are on the lower end of the business scale with a smaller portfolio, or whether you are a Fortune 500 or 1000 company, you can not go wrong with Juniper's back-end products. It is a cost-effective solution in comparison to the competition. I do not like to have to touch switches or routers or anything of that nature unless I am doing a new configuration or a firmware upgrade. The Juniper product helps me with that by having impeccable reliability.  

Saying that this solution is impeccable could be the entirety of my review.  

I have been a network architect for a long time. At one time in my career, I thought Nortel and Juniper were on par. They were the two best-engineered equipment supplier manufacturers out there from both a cost and performance standpoint. I had never been a big Cisco fan. The number one reason behind that is the per-port cost for Cisco is 30% higher than everybody else. Number two, they have too many proprietary protocols that are not friendly with what other technicians know. That is particularly true on their routers. I found that in practice, we had to reboot the Cisco products in enterprise and Fortune 500 company levels too many times. When you had 400 and 500 sites out there and you had to rebuild the routing tables, you were screwed. We did not ever have that same problem with Nortel or Juniper.  

So I got a bad taste in my mouth from Cisco many years ago. I spend a lot of time in cybersecurity and I find the Cisco IOS is one of the most vulnerable and most often patched by comparison to other high-end vendors, like Juniper. I have very few problems with Juniper products and they are easy to configure. They do a good job and they just continue doing it for a long time.  

On a scale from one to ten (where one is the worst and ten is the best), I would rate this product as a ten overall for where they are in technology, their solid engineering, and the product. That includes the software and the hardware.  

Even the lack of a few features is not a point to knock them down to a nine because we are on a road where we are taking a trip. I do not care what the literature says, SD-WAN is still new. We are still pushing the envelope on how we want to use it and how we want to design our systems to work with it. I can not mark Juniper down for being on the cutting edge of innovation.  

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DK
Compliance, Security & Testing Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

If you're looking at this solution from an ethernet switching point of view, we don't use any of the in-depth features. We selected this solution for its reliability and ease of management on the command line.

My advice to anybody who is implementing this solution is to plan it out in advance. Other than that, they're relatively straightforward. There are no major issues or items that I could call out as a problem. It's just a case of making sure that you plan our your deployment before you start.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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MohammedThousif Ansari - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at Tata Communications Ltd

I would give Juniper Switches a score of eight out of ten.

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MH
Fraud Risk Analyst at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees

Juniper products are very stable. I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.

I would rate Juniper Ethernet Switches a nine out of ten.

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JV
Team Leader Solution Specialists at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would recommend Juniper Ethernet Switches to others who want a well-integrated, stable, and easy-to-use solution.

I rate Juniper Ethernet Switches a nine out of ten.

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SM
CTO at ITBiz Solutions

I would recommend everyone to use Juniper at the organisations. I would rate it 7 out of 10. 

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AH
Managing Consultant at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I would recommend this switch over any other switch on the market today.

I rate the Juniper EX Series a nine out of ten.

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SR
Senior Technical Director at National Informatics Center

The new Juniper Ethernet Switches have improved.

I rate Juniper Ethernet Switches an eight out of ten.

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Mehdi Mamaghani - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Specialist at Pars Khodro Company

My advice to people who are considering using Juniper switches is to try them out because the Juniper brand is very good. I myself really like the Juniper devices because, in comparison to other products in this category, they are a very good value and are worth much more than the cost. These switches are much more stable and you have better performance than the other guys, so long as you are aware of the potential issues with the OS. I think I can say this in one sentence: you can have better performance at a lower price if you choose Juniper.  

The biggest lesson I have learned from using Juniper Ethernet switches — besides the fact that the most popular name is not always the best product or the best solution — is that using the commit confirmed feature instead of just committing is very valuable. It can help you to be sure your commit is successful. If it is not for whatever reason, the product deals with the issue. After a certain amount of time, the product can roll back automatically if something did not commit successfully. Not all products have anything like this feature.  

On a scale from one to ten where one is the worst and ten is the best, I would rate Juniper Ethernet Switches as a nine overall. It is a nine and not a ten because there should always be room for product improvement.  

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UY
Senior network engineer at GoTech

The solution is easy to use. I recommend it to others and rate it as a nine.

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Md. Al Imran Chowdhury - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Analyst at Link3 Technologies

The product's reliability and performance are good areas.

My company's customers face some configuration-related issues with the product. I didn't frequently ask my customers if Juniper was better than Cisco or other tools. I have to check the aforementioned details with my customers. I need to check the aforementioned details with my customers. The last two customers of my company who have been using the product have not complained about it.

Based on my knowledge, Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches is a good product. I recommend Cisco to those who can afford it. I would also recommend Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches to others since it is a good product.

I rate the tool a seven to eight out of ten.

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HR
Manager - IT at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

My advice is regarding switches. If someone is deploying switches in a critical environment, they should go for Juniper switches.

I would rate this product a nine out of 10. 

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GH
IT Support Engineer at Gotech

The physical maintenance of the solution is low. After you install the solution and have done the fine-tuning they run well by themself. The only time there is maintenance involved is if there is a critical security vulnerability we then upgrade the switch with the patch which we use one engineer.

My advice to others is many are afraid to tackle the Juniper Ethernet Switches EX switches because of the command line interface. It's can be a lot different from the other manufacturers. However,  once you get to know it, it's a lot faster to configure and set up.

I rate Juniper Ethernet Switches an eight out of ten.

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FR
Network Engineer at Media Telekomunikasi Mandiri

We're a Juniper partner. 

We are using the latest version of the solution. We're working with the 9200 series. 

I'd recommend the solution to others.

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. The operating system does have some bugs that need to be worked out.

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Ahmed Hawana - PeerSpot reviewer
Network and Security Engineer at IDSC

In our environment, we are using a different vendor approach as we don't want to depend on a single vendor.

I'd advise other companies, especially if they are an enterprise, to not deal with a single vendor.

I would rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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D6B8 - PeerSpot reviewer
District Technology at INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196

It works with third-party SFPs.

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PJ
Owner at Shree Atharva Sales Corporation

I'd advise anyone implementing Juniper Ethernet Switches to go with Mist cloud so they can manage multiple locations from a single cloud account. I would give Juniper Ethernet Switches a rating of ten out of ten.

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MP
Vice President Digital Network & Security Delivery Group at Microland Limited

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Juniper Ethernet Switches a seven out of ten.

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TL
Network Engineer at a non-tech company with 51-200 employees

I started using Juniper two and a half years ago with zero experience, and it was a steep learning curve, but I've become a fan of this product. I would advise others to consider vendors other than Cisco, including Juniper. I'd give this solution a score of nine out of ten.

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VS
IT Administrator at RC Network Solutions Pvt Ltd

In general, I cannot find anything that is bad about this product.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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MB
Federal Field Systems Engineer at a government with 51-200 employees

You can have Junos as your operating system but if you wanted to write a script to automatically update all of the versions of your software, you can do that automatically.

If you wanted to gather information, you can write a script using JSON, or Python. This is already available on the Junos operating system.

Cisco is the most popular, but if you have seasoned or experienced people like DevOps that write code and they are engineers, then Juniper would be the better choice because they have the flexibility to do that. Cisco is starting to catch up now, where you can automate Cisco's switches using the same methods. To this point, Junos has been way ahead of Cisco in that aspect.

Because of our relationship, customers can better pricing with us. Cisco tends to be a little higher.

Before getting started you have to know your network, know the current state of your network, and know what are the pain points of your network are. Do you see bottlenecks in your network? Is your equipment responsive? Is your data backing up, because you don't have enough bandwidth? There are many factors to consider and it depends on the network and where the switches are going.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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CC
Network and Service Development Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees

There are many different types of switches in different categories. It is best to look, right from the beginning, at what features are needed. You do not want to pay for Enterprise licenses if you don't need those features.

Be sure to look at the right family in order to protect your investment in the future. For example, if you want to go from 1G to 10G to 25G, then they will need to buy a new product. Going from 10G to 25G can be done on the same machine if it is from the right family. The planning makes it easier to upgrade bandwidth in the future, protecting your investment.

This is a good product, but it is not extraordinary. It does the job.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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Ahmed Mondher - PeerSpot reviewer
Network And Security Engineer at TechProTn

I rate Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches a ten out of ten. 

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Olajide Olusegun - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Team Lead at Atlas Security

If you are not implementing ACI or a similarly complex deployment, it may not be necessary to use this solution for LAN access. Similarly, if you require frequent upgrades, it may be more appropriate to consider alternatives such as Juniper solutions

This is an excellent solution to consider due to its stability, scalability, and user-friendly interfaces, with even more features than a Cisco solution. It is highly reliable and does not require significant troubleshooting efforts.

I rate the Juniper EX Series a seven out of ten.

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Emmanuel Bakare - PeerSpot reviewer
Product Design / Operations Engineer at Zoracom

I rate this solution an eight out of ten. They are my number one recommendation for anybody, but the security features could be improved. Startup companies may not have the funding for a new purchase of devices and needed support. However, if your company needs it and can afford it, I would recommend it.

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SH
Network Engineer at Houston Technologies

I'd rate the product nine out of ten.

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Anoop-Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Video conferencing Admin at Akshara Enterprises India Pvt Ltd

If you look at the market shares, Cisco is more than Juniper. 

I would definitely recommend this solution to others, but not Huawei. I would not recommend Huawei, there is no chance for Huawei in the market.

I would rate Juniper Ethernet Switches a six out of ten.

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Joe Renaldy - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Hypernet Indonesia

The product has good performance. Its AI features help us with configurations.

I rate it an eight out of ten.

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SW
Senior Presales Consultant at Thakral One (Pvt) Ltd

Technically, I do not see any drawbacks in the tool compared to its competitors. I would recommend the solution to others. Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.

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SaurabhMishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Infrastructure Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

I rate this solution eight out of 10.

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EM
Senior Systems Engineer at a manufacturing company with 501-1,000 employees

We will be doing an upgrade internally, so we are a bit undecided on whether or not we will continue using this product, or a new solution altogether. 

We are evaluating the price and system functionality.

It's not for the average user, you have to be more technical in order to use it. There are other solutions that are better, with a GUI and easier to use.

If you are comfortable with a pure command line or if you are looking for something simpler where the entire thing could look up the monitoring, support, and cost, I think there are other brands with more features.

I would rate Juniper Ethernet Switches a seven out of ten.

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AS
Network Administrator at Virtual University

I rate Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches eight out of 10. 

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SherifShahen - PeerSpot reviewer
It Infrastructure Manager at Erada Micro Finance

I built the full project for one of our biggest logistics companies in Cairo. I think there were about 28 switches for the warehouses. I recommend the product for large technical projects. I rate it seven out of ten. 

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FR
Head of Infrastructure Network & Security at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees

Overall, this is a good product and I recommend it. It has been working fine, for us.

I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.

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SB
System Engineer at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

I would recommend these switches, but what I would also highly recommend along with this new trend or new experience is to at least get training for Juniper configuration, at least the basics.

Training will help you be more familiar with it. You will at least have the basics in case of maintenance or troubleshooting.

Juniper has good documentation for its ethernet switches.

I would rate Juniper switches a seven out of ten.

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FF
Vice President, Network Engineering at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

I rate Juniper Ethernet Switches Seven out of 10.

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JEGAN N - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder at SYSTA NETWORKS

I would only recommend Juniper Ethernet Switches for those customers who don't have the budget for Cisco or HP. I would give Juniper Ethernet Switches a rating of seven out of ten.

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SC
Managing Director at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I rate Juniper Ethernet Switches a ten out of ten.

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MK
Managing Director at Spans Partner Gmbh

I would highly recommend this solution because people are used to the common model. They don't need to try other available models.

I would rate Juniper Ethernet Switches a seven out of ten.

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it_user1203708 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Advanced Technologies

The stability of this solution should be improved. We have a customer that is using Cisco switches, and they don't need to reconfigure it as often. It is less complicated to update or reconfigure, and we have had problems with needing to do so more than once.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

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SJ
Senior Network Engineer at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

It's a good product. 

It's user-friendly and has good security also.

I would recommend it to others.

I would rate Juniper Ethernet Switches an eight out of ten.

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WW
DevOps System Engineer at Monash University

We have over 1,000 customers making use of the solution, mainly in Taiwan. 

I would recommend the solution to others. 

I rate Juniper Ethernet Switches as a nine out of ten. 

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IR
Manager at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

I would recommend this product to anyone who is interested in using it.

We plan to continue using these switches in the future. It still works and it's quite stable.

I would rate Juniper Ethernet Switches a nine out of ten.

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DA
Data Center Architecture and Planning at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use the on-premises deployment model.

I'd rate the solution no more than seven out of ten.

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RJ
Firewall Engineer at a marketing services firm with 1-10 employees

I would recommend this solution to others.

I rate Juniper Ethernet Switches a nine out of ten.

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NV
Owner at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

I would totally recommend Juniper Ethernet Switches to others who are interested in using them.

I would rate Juniper Ethernet Switches a ten out of ten.

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DM
IT at a construction company with 201-500 employees

On a scale from one to ten, I would give Juniper Ethernet Switches a six.

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Buyer's Guide
Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
769,789 professionals have used our research since 2012.