Dell PowerConnect Switches [EOL] vs Juniper QFabric comparison

"PowerConnect Switches' stability is satisfactory."

"We have these switches installed in an environment with hardware from many other vendors, and so far, so good."

"The technology is good and the interface is simple. We haven't had any bugs, disconnections or delays."

"Dell PowerConnect Switches are very easy to configure with the GUI. Dell supports the solution even though it has been discontinued."

"Their support has been excellent, and it has been quite stable and easy to set up."

"Dell PowerConnect Switches have a VTL feature similar to Cisco's VSS. With VTL, using this technology, you can cluster two switches together to increase redundancy in the environment."

"The most valuable feature is its ability to multitask."

"The product is reliable."

"The most valuable feature of QFabric for network performance is its stability."

"It is known for being agile, flexible, and cost-effective when working with various vendors."

"It's user-friendly."

"The solution is stable."

"The vendor maintains the product well."

"QFabric supports redundancy and includes all of the enterprise and service provider features that customers would want in data center or service provider network."

"The solution is easy to use and has good performance."

"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."

"Not a ten because I have to do a lot of testing on it. The correlation is okay."

"More stable firmware releases would be an improvement because we have had them randomly power on and off."

"A user can take care of the product's installation part, but it may not seem to be an easy process."

"You have to build the stackable interface by yourself in Dell PowerConnect Switches [EOL], making it an area that can be considered for improvement."

"Dell is sometimes slow to provide updates to firmware."

"The pricing could always be a bit lower."

"The solution could provide more integration to focus on targeting the network as a whole rather than a unified environment. It is meant for a built environment, so integration with other third-party vendors will likely be necessary."

"The solution's ROI for generic networking is not extraordinary."

"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."

"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."

"Having support for all OpenFlow versions would be beneficial."

"The disruptive upgrade was an issue for us."

"If you want to purchase a new Dell PowerConnect Switch, you will pay up to $1,600, but I bought them used. I bought the four Dell PowerConnect Switches that I used for $1,000."

"If one is the cheapest price and ten is the most expensive, I rate the product price as an eight or nine. The tool is not cheap."

"Its price is okay. Sometimes, it is lower than a Cisco solution."

"The solution is less expensive and more cost-efficient."

"Pricing for Dell PowerConnect Switches is quite competitive compared to Cisco and HP pricing. Dell has cheaper pricing and the company is trying to push for sales for its switching infrastructure because right now, the current market is dominated by Cisco. In the US market, there's Cisco, HP, Juniper, and Arista which you can buy for data center switching meant for different kinds of enterprises and ISPs. Dell PowerConnect Switches, on the other hand, is a product for people who need smaller setups or individual switches, especially those looking for a cheaper product and basic switching, though you can also buy a complete suite packaged with the switches."

"The initial cost was high but since they have lasted for over ten or twenty years they are worth it."

"In my opinion, it is a product that is priced somewhere in the middle, making it a well-priced solution in the middle. It is not a very cheap product."

"The product has a low price for the features it provides."

"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 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."

"In terms of price, the QFabric solution is going to be probably in the middle of the road for a fabric solution."