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Performs well, is easy to set up, and the vendor maintains the product well
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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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    What do you like most about Juniper QFabric?
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of QFabric for network performance is its stability.
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    What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Juniper QFabric?
    Top Answer:Juniper QFabric is not overly expensive. Licensing is required for certain features like vRRP, but setting up a virtual chassis does not necessitate a separate license.
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    What needs improvement with Juniper QFabric?
    Top Answer:Improvements could be made to QFabric's lifecycle management, particularly in maintaining stable versions and extending product support. The rapid release cycle and short life span compared to… more »
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    15th
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    9th
    out of 16 in LAN Switching
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    667
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    550
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    3
    Average Words per Review
    240
    Rating
    9.0
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    Also Known As
    BNT
    QFabric
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    Overview
    IBM BNT RackSwitch G8264R Model 64C Browser-Based Interface, has forty-eight 10 Gb SFP+ ports and four 40 Gb QSFP+ ports, four 40 Gb QSFP+ ports that can each be converted to four 10 Gb SFP+ ports with optional breakout cable. redundant hot-swappable power supplies and fans. rack front-to-rear airflow, and latency of less than 850 nanoseconds. The BLADEOS Browser-Based Interface (BBI) software is included with the RackSwitch G8264 (G8264). The BBI software lets you use your Web browser to access switch information and statistics, and to perform switch configuration via the Internet.
    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.
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    Comms Service Provider8%
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    Small Business40%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise65%
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    IBM BNT is ranked 15th in LAN Switching while Juniper QFabric is ranked 9th in LAN Switching with 10 reviews. IBM BNT is rated 0.0, while Juniper QFabric is rated 8.6. 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". IBM BNT is most compared with , whereas Juniper QFabric is most compared with Cisco Nexus and Cisco FabricPath.

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