Dell PowerConnect Switches [EOL] vs Juniper QFabric comparison

"This is a very reliable solution."

"Dell PowerConnect Switches are easy to configure."

"The most valuable feature of this solution is simplicity."

"When the price is competitive the customers tend to choose the cheaper brand and then look at the features. So having a competitive price is a plus."

"The features I've found most valuable are that the product is very easy to configure and inexpensive."

"The tool is reliable, and it stands up well. The solution works fine and lasts a long time."

"The product is reliable."

"The functionality is very good."

"The solution is stable."

"The most valuable feature of QFabric for network performance is its stability."

"The solution is easy to use and has good performance."

"Juniper QFabric has various advantages including scalability, simplicity, performance, and flexibility."

"It's user-friendly."

"It is known for being agile, flexible, and cost-effective when working with various vendors."

"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."

"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 network features are not good."

"I expect it to be a zero-touch or a plug-and-play device. To some extent, it is, but we need to know the architecture, and we need to know what exactly we are doing. It is not so easy to implement. It depends on what exactly we are doing and it is still not a plug-and-play or zero-touch device. In the upcoming version, they can make it zero-touch, where we can just power it on and start using it. They can have some templates for different scenarios, such as when you are using it for the data center or adding it to your existing infrastructure."

"Scalability, especially with the power connect series is something that you have to take into account before starting the project because any changes to an ongoing project can be difficult."

"Because of the stackings you lose some boards and switches."

"Dell is sometimes slow to provide updates to firmware."

"Not a ten because I have to do a lot of testing on it. The correlation is okay."

"The one issue you face in the industry there is always some planned obsolescence in these switches."

"I can't think of what we would want in the next release."

"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."

"Having support for all OpenFlow versions would be beneficial."

"The stability needs to be improved."

"It works too much on rebooting and there is some memory leakage."

"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."

"Improvements could be made to QFabric's life cycle management, particularly in maintaining stable versions and extending product support."

"PowerConnect Switches are priced well."

"The initial cost was high but since they have lasted for over ten or twenty years they are worth it."

"Pricing for Dell PowerConnect Switches is quite competitive compared to Cisco and HP pricing. Dell has cheaper pricing and the company is trying to push for sales for its switching infrastructure because right now, the current market is dominated by Cisco. In the US market, there's Cisco, HP, Juniper, and Arista which you can buy for data center switching meant for different kinds of enterprises and ISPs. Dell PowerConnect Switches, on the other hand, is a product for people who need smaller setups or individual switches, especially those looking for a cheaper product and basic switching, though you can also buy a complete suite packaged with the switches."

"Its price is okay. Sometimes, it is lower than a Cisco solution."

"Inexpensive"

"The product is cheaper than Cisco and licensing is yearly. We have to pay additional costs for support."

"The price of these switches is okay."

"This solution is much cheaper than comparable products by Cisco."

"The pricing is high."

"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."

"The price is relatively high, but it offers an advantage over its competitors by providing better performance and functionality."

"Juniper QFabric is a high-level solution but it could be less expensive."

"The pricing is high and it is possible to find better pricing option solutions on the market, but the licensing model is quite flexible."