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We performed a comparison between HPE ProCurve 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.
To learn more, read our detailed HPE ProCurve vs. Juniper QFabric Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"HPE ProCurve's most valuable feature is that it is user-friendly.""The most valuable feature of HPE ProCurve is its ease of use and implementation.""This is a very reliable solution.""The web page interface is very convenient and easy to use for setting up your feedback loops.""HPE ProCurve is used to connect servers and storage in the data center.""One of the biggest things in HPE ProCurve that I like, though not necessarily a feature, is the HPE warranty because it's probably better than any of the other vendors that we deal with, as it has a lifetime replacement. Feature-wise, the web interface of HPE ProCurve is typically pretty good and I like that as well.""HPE ProCurve is very complex for junior engineers and beginners. You need a lot of experience in managing switches in order to use this switch.""The network management solutions that they have is great."

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"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.""QFabric supports redundancy and includes all of the enterprise and service provider features that customers would want in data center or service provider network.""It is known for being agile, flexible, and cost-effective when working with various vendors.""It's user-friendly.""The vendor maintains the product well.""The solution is easy to use and has good performance.""Juniper QFabric has various advantages including scalability, simplicity, performance, and flexibility.""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."

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Cons
"It might be best if it offers better scalability.""The pricing model could be improved in HPE ProCurve.""The dashboards could be improved to be more interesting.""These switches can be made more stable and robust.""The only things that might need improvement would be the administrative tools and the graphical interface. The GUI could be improved on the administrative interface, for example.""Procurve would work better if it had more options like the web environment.""We do occasionally have issues with the solution and need to change out the switches sometimes. This can be due to the fan, but, in most cases, it's because the power supply was broken.""The solution's pricing could be made cheaper."

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"The disruptive upgrade was an issue for us.""The stability needs to be improved.""It would be nice if Juniper provided the system integrator with training, similar to that of Cisco.""It works too much on rebooting and there is some memory leakage.""The pricing structure could be more budget-friendly.""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.""Having support for all OpenFlow versions would be beneficial.""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."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "You buy the switch and that's it."
  • "The cost of HPE ProCurve is good."
  • "The purchasing cost a few years ago for two units was approx €5,000."
  • "This is an expensive switch."
  • "The price of this product is cheap."
  • "HPE ProCurve products are reasonably priced."
  • "The price could be more competitive."
  • "We are a public company, so we are obliged to take the best offer from the vendors. They gave us the best price for the needs we had. It was considerably less than Cisco. It had maybe 40% lower cost."
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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:HPE ProCurve is used to connect servers and storage in the data center.
    Top Answer:The solution's pricing could be made cheaper.
    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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    Also Known As
    ProCurve, HP ProCurve
    QFabric
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    Overview
    HP Networking (HP ProCurve) products enable a cost-effective network that's agile, flexible, and fully interoperable. Boost availability, performance, monitoring, and productivity with HP network software, services, and support.
    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
    Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Cardinal Newman Catholic Secondary School, DY 4 Systems, EdgeWing, Edmonton Public Schools District, Halton Catholic District School Board, Hartwick College, Hatch Associates, Huntingdon College, Roseville Joint Union High School District, Saddleback Valley Unified School District, One Superior Place
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    Top Industries
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    Government20%
    Retailer15%
    Wholesaler/Distributor10%
    Healthcare Company10%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company14%
    Comms Service Provider12%
    Educational Organization9%
    Government8%
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    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm11%
    University9%
    Comms Service Provider8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise29%
    Large Enterprise26%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise17%
    Large Enterprise54%
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    Small Business44%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise44%
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    Small Business23%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise66%
    Buyer's Guide
    HPE ProCurve vs. Juniper QFabric
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about HPE ProCurve vs. Juniper QFabric and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    HPE ProCurve is ranked 2nd in LAN Switching with 35 reviews while Juniper QFabric is ranked 10th in LAN Switching with 9 reviews. HPE ProCurve is rated 8.6, while Juniper QFabric is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of HPE ProCurve writes "Warranty is better as it comes with lifetime replacement, and its web interface is good". 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". HPE ProCurve is most compared with Cisco Catalyst Switches, Aruba Instant On Switches, NETGEAR Switches, Dell PowerConnect Switches and Cisco Nexus, whereas Juniper QFabric is most compared with Cisco Nexus and Cisco FabricPath. See our HPE ProCurve vs. Juniper QFabric report.

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