We performed a comparison between Aruba Switches and Broadcom StrataXGS based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Ubiquiti Networks and others in Ethernet Switches."These switches have a good performance, and they are also quickly configurable."
"The most valuable feature is the security that these switches provide."
"Aruba offers better options when it comes to the area of scalability compared to what Cisco offers. Aruba has a better graphical user interface that helps users with the configuration part."
"The most valuable feature is the Aruba Smart Rate Port."
"When it comes to basic L2 switching, we've found that Aruba switches are very user-friendly in terms of configuration and management. I haven't had the opportunity to utilize Aruba Central for managing the switches yet, so I can't speak to that aspect. However, overall, we've found the deployment process for Aruba switches to be very straightforward."
"The solution is easy to use and quick to deploy."
"The most valuable feature is the switches are reliable and replaced for free if anything goes wrong."
"The solution's stability is really great. We found it very solid."
"The most valuable feature of Broadcom StrataXGS is the multi-processes and software compatibility providing flexibility. There are plenty of options to choose from."
"The initial setup is relatively complex."
"It would be good if I could get a 24-port, 10 gig module."
"We had an issue with the hardware where one or two interfaces went down after one and a half years. This issue impacted only one or two interfaces, not the whole hardware."
"The element of security always can be improved. If the solution continues to improve its security functionality, it will continue to be a great product."
"We have needed to upgrade software to fix some challenges we experienced. After downloading the latest version of Aruba, these were fixed."
"If we compare Aruba and Cisco at the data center layer, Cisco has its Nexus switch. Aruba provides the new 10000 series, but it does not compare with the Nexus switch."
"There is an issue with Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), but it is escaping me. We aren't using this feature yet, but it is something we are considering."
"Technical support response time could be better."
"The support could improve."
Aruba Switches is ranked 2nd in Ethernet Switches with 70 reviews while Broadcom StrataXGS is ranked 19th in Ethernet Switches with 1 review. Aruba Switches is rated 8.4, while Broadcom StrataXGS is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Aruba Switches writes "As a managed service provider, it's important to have a solution that can manage everything from one console". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Broadcom StrataXGS writes "Useful multi-processes, software compatibility, and flexible". Aruba Switches is most compared with Cisco Ethernet Switches, Fortinet FortiSwitch - Secure Access, Meraki MS Switches, Ubiquiti UniFi Switches and Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches, whereas Broadcom StrataXGS is most compared with Broadcom StrataDNX and Mellanox Switches.
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