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Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches pros and cons

Vendor: Juniper
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches support a wide range of connectivity infrastructure, optimizing availability and performance for data centers.
The CLI consistency across Juniper devices, including routers and firewalls, adds significant value by simplifying management processes.
Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches offer high scalability, supporting expansion plans effortlessly.
The rollback feature allows changes to be reverted within a set timeframe, ensuring error correction without issues.
Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches provide advanced security features and are reliable, high-performance, and cost-effective compared to competitors.

CONS

Management tools are limited in abilities and suffer from upgrade issues.
Stability could be improved as software sometimes corrupts on reboot leading to downtime.
Technical support is difficult to access, especially in regions like Egypt, and needs improvement.
The initial setup is complex and could benefit from simplification.
Pricing is high and could be more competitive compared to other offerings.
 

Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches Pros review quotes

D6B8 - PeerSpot reviewer
District Technology at INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196
Mar 10, 2022
Junos OS is extremely flexible and easy to pick up.
reviewer984912 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 13, 2019
What I like most about this solution is that it is secure.
CC
Network and Service Development Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Oct 16, 2019
The most valuable feature is that the CLI is the same on all of the Juniper devices, including routers, switches, and firewalls.
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DK
Compliance, Security & Testing Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Oct 21, 2019
The ease of management through the command line interface is very good.
it_user1203708 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Advanced Technologies
Oct 22, 2019
Juniper is the best when it comes to the core layer.
reviewer1226619 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Architecture and Planning at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 21, 2019
The scalability is excellent. It's one of the aspects of the solution that is quite good.
VS
IT Administrator at RC Network Solutions Pvt Ltd
Jan 12, 2020
The GUI interface distinguishes it from other vendors and makes it easy to operate.
HR
Manager - IT at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 2, 2020
It has features that allow us to go back to previous configurations.
Mehdi Mamaghani - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Specialist at Pars Khodro Company
Feb 12, 2020
This is a lower cost product with better features than the competition.
reviewer1279530 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Infrastructure Network & Security at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 15, 2020
The most valuable feature is the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).
 

Juniper EX Series Ethernet Switches Cons review quotes

D6B8 - PeerSpot reviewer
District Technology at INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 196
Mar 10, 2022
The management tools are limited in their abilities, and suffer from upgrade problems.
reviewer984912 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Manager at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Oct 13, 2019
It was very difficult to get technical support, here in Egypt. There is no local support available.
CC
Network and Service Development Manager at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Oct 16, 2019
The protocols can be tunneled, but on a global basis, not on an interface, and this is a feature that should be added.
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DK
Compliance, Security & Testing Manager at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees
Oct 21, 2019
It would be nice to have a more available list of modules that you can get for this solution.
it_user1203708 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer at Advanced Technologies
Oct 22, 2019
The stability of this solution should be improved.
reviewer1226619 - PeerSpot reviewer
Data Center Architecture and Planning at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 21, 2019
We are undergoing a migration to software-defined networking. Different vendors have to integrate with each other and we are not seeing this type of capability within Juniper. We are getting left behind in this technology trend by staying with this solution. Juniper is also losing a bit of market share because of this.
VS
IT Administrator at RC Network Solutions Pvt Ltd
Jan 12, 2020
In the next release of this solution, I would like to see better integration with software-defined networking.
HR
Manager - IT at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 2, 2020
The initial setup of switches is not that simple.
Mehdi Mamaghani - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Specialist at Pars Khodro Company
Feb 12, 2020
The operating system, Junos OS, often has bugs which forces rollbacks or additional upgrades to resolve.
reviewer1279530 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Infrastructure Network & Security at a comms service provider with 501-1,000 employees
Jun 15, 2020
The configuration could be made simpler.