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We performed a comparison between Cisco FabricPath and Juniper QFabric based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two LAN Switching solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"We have found the solution to be stable.""We can also enhance our service line with disaster recovery.""It is a stable solution...It is a scalable soltuion.""The most valuable features are the security, web control, and traffic control.""The solution has excellent stability.""FabricPath's best features are routing, OSPS, ethernet, and performance.""It is stable and reliable.""It's a reliable product and you know that it will work in the enterprise environment."

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"It's user-friendly.""The most valuable features of this solution are the fabric backplane having upwards of 160 GB of communication. It is a top-of-the-rack solution where you have your directors sitting in the main area and then you have your nodes expanded out to your multiple cabinets. It has a very good design and could be your server backbone.""It is known for being agile, flexible, and cost-effective when working with various vendors.""QFabric supports redundancy and includes all of the enterprise and service provider features that customers would want in data center or service provider network.""The solution is easy to use and has good performance.""The 40 gig backbone InterConneX was valuable for our use case. It is even faster now. QFabric has spine-leaf technology or topology, which basically makes every single hop only one hop away in terms of connecting from one device to another. It is a pretty good and robust solution. It works pretty well in terms of scalability, and their technical support is amazing.""The vendor maintains the product well.""Juniper QFabric has various advantages including scalability, simplicity, performance, and flexibility."

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Cons
"I would like to see better interoperability with other IT solutions.""While Cisco products are excellent, the problem is the cost. Cisco products are product, Cisco products are very expensive. I rate Cisco FabricPath three out of 10 for affordability.""The documents could improve for Cisco FabricPath. There are times when the relevant information is not present in the different sections of the documents, such as deployment. The documents should be more detailed and enhanced.""If Cisco can include management for this protocol in Layer 3, that would be ideal.""The price is a little bit too high.""Layer 3 does not have higher availability.""The solution should offer better reporting.""In terms of the series, I find that the integration with other teleconferencing applications needs to be more seamless. I have suggested to Cisco that the endpoint device should allow joining calls from Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and other teleconferencing applications. Additionally, I appreciate the recent inclusion of breakout sessions in the Cisco Webex application, which enhances its relevance in the networking field."

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"Having support for all OpenFlow versions would be beneficial.""I do not use GUI's very much for switch stacks. I am always in the CLI. However, I do know that Juniper in the past has lacked on their GUI's, but they have been working on it.""The pricing structure could be more budget-friendly.""The disruptive upgrade was an issue for us.""It would be nice if Juniper provided the system integrator with training, similar to that of Cisco.""They are working on the virtualization of the actual fabric layer. They are moving away from the original spine-leaf design to a different infrastructure. Instead of having three tiers, which was the director of the interconnected nodes, they cut them back, and they still have that kind of structure.""The stability needs to be improved.""It works too much on rebooting and there is some memory leakage."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing for this product is good."
  • "The price of Cisco FabricPath could be reduced, it is expensive in the market here in Sri Lanka. The solution is subscriptions based, if the customer wants any future integrations, or if there are any future enhancements they will have to pay. There are different license options available, such as one or three years purchases."
  • "FabricPath is very reasonably priced."
  • "The solution falls under the pricier category, but it provides value for the price charged."
  • "It is very expensive."
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  • "In terms of price, the QFabric solution is going to be probably in the middle of the road for a fabric solution."
  • "The price for Juniper QFabric could improve. There are subscription, maintenance, and add-on feature fees."
  • "Juniper QFabric is a high-level solution but it could be less expensive."
  • "The pricing is high."
  • "The pricing is high and it is possible to find better pricing option solutions on the market, but the licensing model is quite flexible."
  • "The price is relatively high, but it offers an advantage over its competitors by providing better performance and functionality."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:As I mentioned earlier, the durability, flexibility, and security of Cisco devices are notable. Particularly with switches, the capability to implement multiple VLANs and easily aggregate the network… more »
    Top Answer:In terms of the series, I find that the integration with other teleconferencing applications needs to be more seamless. I have suggested to Cisco that the endpoint device should allow joining calls… more »
    Top Answer:The vendor maintains the product well.
    Top Answer:The price is relatively high, but it offers an advantage over its competitors by providing better performance and functionality. I would rate it three out of ten.
    Top Answer:The stability needs to be improved.
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    8th
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    8.3
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    Also Known As
    FabricPath
    QFabric
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    Overview
    Cisco FabricPath is a Cisco NX-OS software innovation combining the plug-and-play simplicity of Ethernet with the reliability and scalability of Layer 3 routing. Using FabricPath, you can build highly scalable Layer 2 multipath networks without the Spanning Tree Protocol. Such networks are particularly suitable for large virtualization deployments, private clouds, and high-performance computing (HPC) environments. The benefits of Cisco FabricPath include: Minimal commands per switch ease configuration and operation, Autodiscovery simplifies addition of new links and switches, Provision additional network bandwidth without impacting network, Supports one-, two-, or three-tier architectures, VLAN extensibility across the data center.
    Juniper QFabric System is composed of multiple components working together as a single switch to provide high-performance, any-to-any connectivity and management simplicity in the data center. The QFabric System flattens the entire data center network to a single tier where all access points are equal, eliminating the effects of network locality and making it the ideal network foundation for cloud-ready, virtualized data centers.The highly scalable QFabric System improves application performance with low latency and converged services in a nonblocking, lossless architecture that supports Layer 2, Layer 3, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) capabilities.
    Sample Customers
    Bellevue, Calligaris, Electricity Authority of Cyprus, Management Science Associates, Multi-Customer, Oediv, Roper St. Francis, SNAM
    MCB Bank
    Top Industries
    REVIEWERS
    Comms Service Provider30%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Integrator10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company30%
    Government13%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    University9%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    Comms Service Provider9%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business43%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business9%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise72%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business40%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise50%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise64%
    Buyer's Guide
    Cisco FabricPath vs. Juniper QFabric
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco FabricPath vs. Juniper QFabric and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Cisco FabricPath is ranked 8th in LAN Switching with 21 reviews while Juniper QFabric is ranked 10th in LAN Switching with 9 reviews. Cisco FabricPath is rated 8.4, while Juniper QFabric is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of Cisco FabricPath writes "On overall effective product with good performance and a simple setup ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper QFabric writes "Performs well, is easy to set up, and the vendor maintains the product well". Cisco FabricPath is most compared with Cisco Nexus and Arista Campus LAN Switches, whereas Juniper QFabric is most compared with Cisco Nexus. See our Cisco FabricPath vs. Juniper QFabric report.

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