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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco IOS

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/ACisco IOS, presently in its 15th edition, is a network operating system for service providers and enterprises alike.N/A

    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AThe SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is distribution of the Linux operating system originally developed in Germany.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco IOSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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    Cisco IOSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Cisco IOSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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    Cisco
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Best Alternatives
    Cisco IOSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Small Businesses
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    CentOS Linux
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    IBM AIX
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco NX-OS
    Score8 out of 10
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco IOSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (17 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.2
    (5 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    Cisco IOSSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    I've worked with several network device vendors in my 10+ years of being in the industry and my favorite continues to be Cisco IOS. Overall, Cisco IOS tends to be the most stable, the most intuitive, has the best TAC support, and has the best knowledge base articles and white papers.
    Incentivized
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    SUSE
    We use it for every linux service we need to have running. It really works great and is easily manageable with the SUSE Manager, which helps a lot with the updating process. Although it is not stressfull on the CMD itself, it really does simplify things. Besides that, we are really happy with working with SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • User friendly CLI.
    • Quick fixes for critical bugs.
    • Longer uptime.
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    SUSE
    • Consistently performs well across various CPU architectures.
    • It's very well supported both by the parent company, as well as SAP and other third-party companies.
    • It is upgradeable across versions. We've performed upgrades from version 10 to 11 and from 11 to 12 without any major issues.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • By this point, there are several "flavors" of the Cisco IOS such as XE, XR, and the standard Cisco IOS. While they are all fairly similar, there does exist syntax differences between them. It would be ideal if at some point in the future, Cisco is able to unify all of them into one standard operating system which would use the same syntax across all platforms.
    • While overall Cisco does a great job of QA'ing their IOS, no matter the release, there's always some minor bugs. I think it's important that Cisco continue to pour resources into their QA team to test their software.
    • While I'm very familiar with the graphical readouts of "show processes cpu history" I would love for Cisco to eventually find a more intuitive way to display this data. I can't begin to count how many times I've had to teach more entry level (and even mid level) engineers how this graph is interpreted.
    • I do wish that Cisco had something similar to Juniper's "commit check" or "commit confirmed". This helps validate the changes you're about to apply, and catch errors, so that you have a better idea of the impact of the change.
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    SUSE
    • The support window for service packs after a new SP is released is too short.
    • Community engagement is low.
    • There are times when supported packages fall too far behind and create compatibility issues with applications. The Open Build Service usually provides a way around this, though.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    IOS is pretty intuitive as you can use the question marks to check for all the options or parameters for a specific command. Also having the tab key to complete the words is nice as you don't need type the complete command. Using also abbreviated commands with 2 or 3 letters instead of the whole Word makes it a great OS.
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    SUSE
    We've been using this OS for about 8 years in a productive environment. During this time, we have never run into any problems that stopped or impacted our production environment. We have been able to solve any problem we ran into using either common sense, suse documentation or suse support.
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    SUSE
    Support personnel are helpful and fairly fast to bring resolution to non-emergency issues. Patches are created and posted in a timely fashion. We so far have not had any major problems that needed support
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    SUSE
    Third party training was fast but mostly unnecessary as we were already Unix trained and Linux familiar
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Cisco has a better presence on corporate business so it makes it easier to find engineers and technitians to support your network. Also a lot of Universities and schools use it as a reference and use it to teach and prepare students so it will be easier to recruit people with cisco preparation.
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    SUSE
    We went straight to SLES when we initially started migrating oracle to hana since at that time, HANA came on a pre-installed server that had to be purchased from an official vendor, and SLES was the only allowed OS. We stuck with SLES after we became certified to do our own installations because so far, SLES was a good fit for us.
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    SUSE
    We have successfully deployed on physical servers, VMs and in cloud all over the globe from templates of our own design
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Great uptimes on proven availability/reliability.
    • Longevity of these switches ensures great ROI.
    • Easy to learn for new users.
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    SUSE
    • Compared to others, use is more stable and scalable; easy to manage.
    • The administration tools are very useful in helping the staff performance.
    • SLES proved to be a very extendable product, supporting all of our infrastructure.
    • The major reason I chose to use the product was the extensive enterprise peripheral support.
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