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Huawei Ethernet Switches vs. NVIDIA Spectrum Switches

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Huawei Ethernet Switches

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AGlobal company Huawei IT, headquartered in Guangdong, China, offers Ethernet switches.N/A

    NVIDIA Spectrum Switches

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ANVIDIA® Spectrum®-3 based SN4000 is an open ethernet switch that combines cloud features with performance to support modern scale-out distributed data center applications. With support for all speeds 1GbE through 400GbE, SN4000 is ideal for building large layer-2, layer-3, and virtualized network fabrics for both green field and brown field environments.N/A
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    Huawei Ethernet SwitchesNVIDIA Spectrum Switches
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    Huawei Ethernet SwitchesNVIDIA Spectrum Switches
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—NVIDIA Spectrum switches range in price depending on the specific model and features.
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    Medium-sized Companies
    RUCKUS Ethernet Switches
    Score1 out of 10
    RUCKUS Ethernet Switches
    Score1 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Ethernet Switches
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Cisco Ethernet Switches
    Score9.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Huawei Ethernet SwitchesNVIDIA Spectrum Switches
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Huawei Ethernet SwitchesNVIDIA Spectrum Switches
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Huawei Technologies
    Huawei switches are ideal for cases where performance is not essential, for low traffic solutions and for equipment management. It is not recommended for situations of high performance and stress, immediate availability and high scalability. It is also not advisable to use them in solutions that involve hardware from other brands, the integration of Huawei with Cisco, for example, is very traumatic and the results were not optimal in my case.
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    NVIDIA
    Works well if you use core networking functionality Does not work well in a multi-vendor setup.
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    Pros
    Huawei Technologies
    • Scalability
    • High throughput links
    • Redundancy of links with resilient protocols
    • Fast switching in the event of a redundant link failure.
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    NVIDIA
    • open platform for use with e.g. Cumulus OS
    • cost effective
    • excellent support
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    Cons
    Huawei Technologies
    • One of our switches encounted a hardware defect after 6 months of use (but was replaced within warranty)
    • The switches appear to get hotter than what I would expect under normal use
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    NVIDIA
    • Interoperability with other vendors
    • Bugs
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    Usability
    Huawei Technologies
    The switches perform very well in our core backbone and also in metro Ethernet networks. We are able to provide high service availability and greater resilience for our customers. The switches also provide high performance in several data centers where we have a presence focused on IX exchange. They are also very useful as CPEs.
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    NVIDIA
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    Alternatives Considered
    Huawei Technologies
    The performance of Huawei is lower than Cisco, but initially the costs inclined the decision towards Huawei, but unfortunately, it was not, the licenses and the manager fired the investment to make it very similar to cisco. Therefore it is preferable to go to the Cisco switches for reliability and robustness.
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    NVIDIA
    Mellanox have more competitive pricing. Mellanox is an open System which Supports Cumulus OS
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    Return on Investment
    Huawei Technologies
    • Revenue Increase
    • Greater satisfaction for our customers.
    • Greater compliance with SLAs
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    NVIDIA
    • Overall seamless integration into the datacenter
    • Better cost per port so higher ROI
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