Arista 7000 series vs D-Link Ethernet Switches

Likelihood to Recommend

Core and data center applications are the strengths of Arista products. The distribution layer is also a good fit. For the access layer, it would be more of a niche product.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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The focus of the equipment is SoHo, that is, small businesses or companies and even domestic use. It meets these scenarios very well. Using for large scale, they can present difficulties to maintain throughput, that is, its use in large networks can be difficult to maintain.
Another issue to be taken into account is technical assistance, they are not as agile as the competition.

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Roni Peterson Alvarenga

Diretor de Tecnologia da Informação e Telecomunicação

Câmara Municipal de CampinasGovernment Administration, 501-1000 employees

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Pros

The 7304's along side our core network design has provided 100% uptime during the 5 years of deployment.
The multi-chassis LAG has provided near 100% connectivity to the distribution and access switches.
Very low maintenance attention is needed.

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Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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Easy to use GUI
Inexpensive
Available in a different number of ports.
Support for copper as well as fiber ports.
Available in gigabit ethernet and above speeds as well.

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Umair Ali Khan

Deputy Manager - IT Operations (Network Infrastructure)

Pak Suzuki Motor Company LimitedAutomotive, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

The 7304's lack a graceful non-intrusive upgrade method even though they are dual supervisor.
I would like to see more integration with Aruba's ClearPass and Airwave products.

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Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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Updates frequently
End of life cycle and end of support cycle.
As D-Link frequently changes its products and customer have to switch very often.

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Automotive Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

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D-Link Ethernet Switches 8.2

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D-Link Ethernet Switches are working fine and fulfill all of our organization's needs cost-wise and efficiency-wise. The rating that I gave would vary based on performance and durability. We used an open environment without an IP-rated network rack, but its working fine and we handle all weather issues carefully and manage the network smoothly. Takeaways: cost effective, handles complex networks, and very good performance.

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Irfan Ahmed

Deputy Manager

Pak Suzuki MotorsAutomotive, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

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D-Link Ethernet Switches 7.0

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I have given it 9 out of 10 just because of its low cost and additional features that have been an integral part of any product, otherwise, the load management part was far more inferior as compared to the Cisco switches, as those switches have a spanning tree protocol built-in.

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Employee in Information Technology

Automotive Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I have used the Catalyst 6500 series in the past. From my point of view, the Arista surpasses the Catalyst on just about every front. Originally we were planning on implementing the Nexus 7000/7700 series switches for our core. Though a little more feature rich, it did not provide features we needed that the Arista did. The Nexus also was a confusing and complex platform to work with. Also, the Nexus was a significantly more expensive solution. Although very happy with the Arista switches we may evaluate the Aruba HPE 8400 chassis-based switches along with Arista switches in the future.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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They stack up great. In performance, Price, Physical style. I have been around many networks with a business that has spent three times as much on a network solution and Dlink matches up toe to toe. Has of now they are moving over to Cisco language. So this will improve the availability of engineers and support.

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Landon Oliver

Technology Administrator/Director

Joaquin ISDEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

The Arista 7000 series met or exceed our data center switching and routing needs.
It provided a more cost effective alternative to other products we were considering.
Implementation was quick and easy due to the simple standards-based configuration.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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Reduction of oscillations in the network caused by repeater equipment (which was replaced by D-links).
Low cost of implementation and acquisition, making it possible to acquire a sufficient quantity to meet the entire park and demand.
Due to its low price, we have no losses with maintenance, and can simply purchase other equipment for replacement.

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Roni Peterson Alvarenga

Diretor de Tecnologia da Informação e Telecomunicação

Câmara Municipal de CampinasGovernment Administration, 501-1000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No