Juniper vs Cisco (37 posts)

What are peoples thoughts about Juniper's EX switches vs Cisco Catalysts switches

Well the Juniper switches are much cheaper, that's for sure. I don't understand this Cisco-only mentality that's out there - why would I pay 3 or 4 times as much for a switch with less features?

I work with both Cisco and Juniper. Juniper's Virtual Chassis feature is a great feature - you can basically stack stacks with this feature. I also has a nice redundant trunk group feature. And of course, it runs JUNOS. The same JUNOS that runs Juniper routers and router/firewalls. I prefer almost all Juniper products versus Cisco.

I have not used the Juniper

I have not used the Juniper switches yet but having used both Juniper and Cisco routers/firewalls i much prefer the Junipers - why?

the lower end cisco devices required extra licensing for more than 2 ports etc etc. they cannot route to a 2nd network via a single VPN - requiring a 2nd VPN to that other network...

The SSG M series are upgradable from ScreenOs to Junos and you have a complete homogenious OS environment...

We wrote and article from a Partners Perspective that covers this. www.ciosolutions.com/articles/12-juniper-vs-cisco

Both are good products but Juniper is better to partner with and appear to have equal if not greater technology. Personally i perfer JUNOS of IOS.

Just to play devils advocate here - isn't it easier to go with Cisco because the stack is bigger? Especially now they are bringing in UCS?

i've worked with both, but i still reackon the Brocade BigIron switches are better than anything on the market

the juniper EX range is benchmarking as faster and is priced over 30% cheaper for the equivalent cisco model. not to mention that junos releases make sense compared to IOS, and that junos modularity is really what should be the benchmark for high end network equipment. why on earth should the entire firmware need changing and a complete reboot of the device just to add a few extra features?

We bought the Blade Network Technologies Rack Switches. Juniper OEM them, but they are even cheaper buying them from BNT. And the suppport is great too.

I've tried neither... online

I've tried neither...

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