HPE ProCurve vs Juniper QFabric comparison

HPE ProCurve
Read 37 HPE ProCurve reviews
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97% willing to recommend
Juniper QFabric
Read 10 Juniper QFabric reviews
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  • 483 Comparison Views
100% willing to recommend
 

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Executive Summary
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.

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Categories and Ranking

HPE ProCurve
Ranking in LAN Switching
2nd
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
37
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Juniper QFabric
Ranking in LAN Switching
9th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
10
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the LAN Switching category, the market share of HPE ProCurve is 11.9% and it decreased by 20.6% compared to the previous year. The market share of Juniper QFabric is 1.3% and it decreased by 32.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

KO
Nov 12, 2021
Good support, good price, and stable
It is stable, and it fulfills our needs. We have all the functions we need, so we're totally satisfied There should be faster interfaces on the switch, such as 25 gigabits. I have been using this solution for five years. It is stable. It is scalable. I would rate them a 10 out of 10.…
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Suresh Pathipatti - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 27, 2024
Performs well, is easy to set up, and the vendor maintains the product well
QFabric is the core switch. We also have two Brocade switches for the Fibre level The product works fine. It is an excellent product. There are different element systems and different options for each generation of the tool. We maintain the data center and analyze issues. I have no negative…
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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"HPE ProCurve offers a very good value proposition compared to that of other switches and is very energy-efficient."
"It has a lifetime warranty, that includes lifetime updates."
"HPE ProCurve has plenty of features."
"We have found the solution to be entirely stable."
"The web page interface is very convenient and easy to use for setting up your feedback loops."
"The product is robust."
"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."
"It is stable, and it fulfills our needs. We have all the functions we need, so we're totally satisfied."
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"The most valuable feature of QFabric for network performance is its stability."
"The vendor maintains the product well."
"It's user-friendly."
"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."
"It is known for being agile, flexible, and cost-effective when working with various vendors."
"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."
"The solution is easy to use and has good performance."
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Cons

"The solution doesn't have web-based management, which is why we've moved to a different solution."
"If you make a change and you disconnect yourself from the switch, you will create an issue."
"The pricing model could be improved in HPE ProCurve."
"There is one proprietary function they lack, and I can't remember what it was called, but it monitors the ports, and then every 10 seconds if the port is down, it can divert the traffic somewhere else."
"I would like to see some kind of packet tracer where people can study how the switch is operating."
"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."
"A few areas included in the network performance managers can be integrated into the solution's dashboard since it is the only area with a few concerns."
"If we're aiming for an improvement, focus on enhancing security features in HPE ProCurve, particularly in terms of filtering."
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"It works too much on rebooting and there is some memory leakage."
"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."
"Improvements could be made to QFabric's life cycle management, particularly in maintaining stable versions and extending product support."
"The pricing structure could be more budget-friendly."
"The stability needs to be improved."
"It would be nice if Juniper provided the system integrator with training, similar to that of Cisco."
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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The cost of HPE ProCurve is good."
"The product is reasonably priced."
"There is a license required to use HPE ProCurve."
"ProCurve's pricing is its strongest point. The value proposition is quite good, and we have seen a return on investment."
"It provides quite good value for money."
"The purchasing cost a few years ago for two units was approx €5,000."
"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."
"HPE ProCurve price could improve. We have a three-year warranty."
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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 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 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 price is relatively high, but it offers an advantage over its competitors by providing better performance and functionality."
"The pricing is high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
14%
Comms Service Provider
12%
Educational Organization
9%
Government
8%
Computer Software Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about HPE ProCurve?
It is easy to deploy.
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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for HPE ProCurve?
Compared to other competitors, the pricing is very good. I would rate the pricing a six out of ten, with one being very cheap and ten being very expensive.
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What needs improvement with HPE ProCurve?
The user interface (UI) could be better. Sometimes navigating through the switch interface to find specific features wasn't very intuitive. As an administrator, the layout could make it difficult t...
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What do you like most about Juniper QFabric?
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?
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?
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 comp...
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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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