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Cisco Coherent Pluggable Optics vs. Huawei CloudEngine Data Center Switches

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    Cisco Coherent Pluggable Optics

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco® portfolio of QSFP-DD coherent pluggable optics supercharges and simplifies transport networks for an array of use cases across data center interconnect, metro-area access and aggregation, and long-haul networks and is a key component of the Cisco Routed Optical Networking solution.N/A

    Huawei CloudEngine Data Center Switches

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe Huawei NetEngine series of DC switches is, the vendor states, a diversified product portfolio that supports flexible networking ranging from 500 to over 50,000 servers, with a unified open architecture that supports seamless evolution from the traditional data center network to the SDN and multi-cloud era.N/A
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
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    Usability
    8.2
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    Core links, high distance p2p peering
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    Huawei Technologies
    The focus of the solution is datacenter, so it is a waste of resources to use them as SOHO or as access switches. All your robustness needs to be used correctly, so that there is no wasted investment. I also note that, as good practices, it is necessary to ensure redundancy and availability of assets and connections, so the investment is high, even more so if you need to mix fiber and twisted pair solutions.
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    Pros
    Cisco
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    Huawei Technologies
    • connection stability
    • Simplified port-channel configuration
    • Interoperability with various solutions
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    Cons
    Cisco
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    Huawei Technologies
    • Documentation, like every huawei product, needs improvement
    • The official training of this solution is extremely boring and theoretical. It is necessary to make something more practical and useful in everyday life.
    • As it is a line for datacenters, I believe that the product needs a better development in its chassis. It seems very fragile to me.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    I gave Cisco Coherent Pluggable Optics this usability rating because, in my experience, Cisco Coherent Pluggable Optics provides the required functionality.
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    Huawei Technologies
    The Huawei CloudEngine Data Center Switches solution, as the name implies, is aimed at Datacenters and ToR applications. The development of such equipment was all designed to meet high processing loads and connections of servers, storages and other high-performance assets. The other solutions evaluated (and some we even have in our park) are for other purposes, such as access and edge.
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    Return on Investment
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    Huawei Technologies
    • The investment ensured a better response, at the network level, of the applications
    • Support for 60 months guarantees better predictability when evaluating new investments of this type.
    • Product redundancy ensures greater availability of the entire infrastructure and applications, thus reducing downtime.
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