Enterasys Ethernet Switches [EOL] vs Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches comparison

Extreme Networks and Juniper are both solutions in the Ethernet Switches category. Additionally, 100% of Extreme Networks users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Juniper users who would recommend it.

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Enterasys Ethernet Switches...

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7.0

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8.2

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6.5

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reviewer1567812

Senior Manager, Information Technology at a university with 201-500 employees

Stable solution that requires an improved user interface

We have 100 users of Enterasys Ethernet Switches Enterasys could provide better support, needs an improved user interface and improved performance. I have been using this solution for five years. Enterasys Ethernet Switches are stable. Installation of this solution is straightforward, it only…

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Patrick Anaku

Senior Network Engineer at Roke Telkom

Has provided reliable performance with useful features such as virtual chassis and high port density

The important thing for our use case of Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches has been reliability, and there are features such as the Virtual Chassis feature, which is one of the things we use. In our case, we use them as core switches in a network that is not very large, and their reliability and the Virtual Chassis feature work well for us. It was one of the reasons we chose it, along with the port density; we are using the 32 port and the 48 port, which work for our needs. Regarding its security features such as MACsec encryption, they are standard and cover what we want; we do not do a lot as they are just Layer 2 switches, but it has standard security features.

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Pros

"Enterasys Ethernet Switches are stable."

"This is a big telco switch with six slots."

"We have multiple cases of the customers trying to upgrade their network from Cisco, Aruba and Huawei to Juniper. They do this basically because they want to modernise their network and have an increased capacity. This shift improves their functionality because the Juniper Ethernet switches are more advanced. We provide them with assistance to configure switches, access points and Wi-Fi."

"Juniper is the best when it comes to the core layer."

"The most valuable feature is that Juniper is multiple kernels, so there's isolation, which means you won't get a process that runs away, creating problems across the whole platform."

"The campus switches and access switches are the most valuable and simple to deploy for Virtual Chassis."

"High-performance and reliable, easy to manage and configure, advanced security features, scalable and flexible and rock-solid uptime and availability."

"Both Juniper and Cisco switches are interoperable."

"The most valuable features of Juniper Ethernet Switches are the simple configuration and ruggedness."

"As far as technology and WAN assurance are concerned, I rate Juniper switch ten out of ten."

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Cons

"Enterasys could provide better support, needs an improved user interface and improved performance."

"The initial setup could be made simpler."

"Juniper's support could be much better and faster."

"It was very difficult to get technical support, here in Egypt. There is no local support available."

"The initial setup for Juniper switches is complex. Juniper has a new program that solves that problem a little bit, but it is expensive, so I don't use it. It is Juniper Mesh, Juniper Wire, or something like that where you plug in a switch, and it goes out to their cloud, finds a config, and brings it down. So, you can do everything cloud-based, but there is a fee for that. It is expensive, so I've never used it. If we were starting, we would try to do something like that. It is more for a large enterprise for managing hundreds of switches versus what we're doing. They should make its price more cost-effective or include it for new or smaller companies."

"Improvements can be made in the web user interface and web management."

"Their web GUI interface needs to be a lot better, especially when compared to HP. The command line is good, but you have to know how to get around it. The GUI is clunky and very slow."

"I have found the scalability could be improved in the version I was using."

"Steep learning curve for newcomers."

"Juniper Ethernet Switches' operating systems get corrupted when the power fails. They have to improve this issue. I may have to use a newer version."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"These switches are very expensive compared to those from other vendors."

"Support prices and licensing scheme need to be improved to allow some features to be purchased at lower costs, for example, RPM."

"The maintenance cost is approximately €2,000 ($2,200 USD) per year, including support, for our entire fleet."

"The product's pricing is less and almost half of Cisco's."

"For the QFX5000 Juniper switches, the price is about $10,000, but they would probably sell it for $1,000. Nobody can beat Juniper's pricing when it comes to switches. Juniper out-prices everybody, but they get you on the back end, maintenance, service port, and service contract."

"They offer a more competitive pricing structure compared to one of the competitors."

"The pricing for the support is very high."

"The initial cost of the solution can be expensive."

"It's was $100,000 per year."

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it_user82779

Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Jan 29, 2014

Benefits of Juniper vs Cisco

Both are decent products. I prefer Juniper for the following reasons: 1) Cleaner separation of data plane from control plane. Higher end Cisco devices are better at this but most of the lower end products still seem to be more integrated than I like. 2) The Hierarchical config design means I can…

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Overview

Enterasys Ethernet Switches S-Series delivers a powerful combination of Terabit-class performance along with granular visibility and control over users, services, and applications, voice and video, virtualization, and cloud computing. Enterasys S-Series, through a combination of management automation, a robust and highly resilient distributed architecture, built-in security, and flexible power configurations specifically designed. Enterasys S-Series delivers both the comprehensive functionality and configuration flexibility to be deployed as a premium high-density network edge access device, high performance distribution layer switch, resilient enterprise class multi-Terabit core router, high-end storage switch and as a data center virtualization solution.

Extreme Networks

Juniper Ethernet Switches are made up of the EX Series product line. These EX Series Ethernet Switches provide branch, campus and data center networks with access, aggregation and core layer switching solutions. The end result is secure, fast and efficient application and data delivery.

Today's enterprise networks increasingly demand mobile access, optimal availability, virtualization, and unified communications. The Juniper Ethernet Switches EX Series caters for all of these requirements, ensuring business continuity, network flexibility and maximum productivity.

Juniper EX Series switches are AI-driven, operated and managed using the Mist AI cloud from Juniper. This gives EX customers simplified operations with insights, anomaly detection and automated troubleshooting, empowering IT teams to deliver the best user experience across the wired network.

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BlackLotus, Staminus, Community Bank, BAS Group, Cloud Dynamics, Privalia, Fluidata, and Tesla Motors.

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