We performed a comparison between Dell PowerSwitch N-Series and ExtremeSwitching based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Dell Technologies and others in LAN Switching."For a customer, it is easy to configure and to add ports through the LAN the GUI."
"Port density and port speed performance are both suitable. It has some appealing intangibles."
"ExtremeSwitching is a good, stable platform."
"It is meeting our expectations in terms of performance as well as cost-effectiveness."
"The most valuable features of ExtremeSwitching are that they are robust and have plenty of features. There is a lot of functionality. They have a lot of other features ExtremeSwitching that you can get involved with but I haven't been using many of them."
"ExtremeSwitching switches are highly reliable."
"They are good. We have been using them for about two years, and we are satisfied with their performance. For our network environment, these switches are working fine."
"In the case of small businesses, the solution is budget-friendly and easy to configure."
"The stability has been largely pretty good."
"Our vendors are great and they offer very good support services."
"Instead of competing at the enterprise level with that product, they should probably scale it. With all of the ports, they should develop a good mid-level business to truly scale it and gain adoption before attempting to go after the enterprise."
"Customers do not prefer this to connect to multiple cities."
"The interface could be improved."
"Extreme Networks does not have any entry-level products. This is a problem for them because Aruba has an Instant On series, which is new and cost-effective. Cisco also has the 1000 series, and other brands offer entry-level products."
"I believe they should be more aggressive in terms of pricing."
"The solution as a whole has hardware quality issues."
"ExtremeSwitching has many features but having come from Cisco environments, there is a steep learning curve to learning all the functionality."
"ExtremeSwitching hardware lacks flexibility compared to some other options."
"Their support could definitely be better."
"There are latency issues that need to be addressed."
Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is ranked 12th in LAN Switching with 2 reviews while ExtremeSwitching is ranked 7th in LAN Switching with 17 reviews. Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is rated 6.6, while ExtremeSwitching is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of Dell PowerSwitch N-Series writes "Performs well, but the support and stability could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of ExtremeSwitching writes "Easy to configure, with a switching-level security feature". Dell PowerSwitch N-Series is most compared with Dell PowerConnect Switches, Cisco Nexus and Cisco Catalyst Switches, whereas ExtremeSwitching is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Cisco Nexus and NETGEAR Switches.
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