Item: Juniper MX Series
Rating: 10
Author: Mark Tufts

Overall Satisfaction with Juniper Enterprise Routers

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have Juniper Enterprise Routers as the core of our star topology network. There are 35 building with Aruba switches collapsing into the Juniper QFX router. We also use Juniper internet routers for our 10Gig fiber connection. These MX 150 edge routers connect to a Cisco optical box connected to our ISP

Pros and Cons

Pros

Junos OS is great. Roll back feature is a life saver
Powerful, they handle all of our bandwidth needs with ease.
Dependable, they have not had any issue in the last 5 years.

Cons

Storm Control needs to have a way to see what going on in the CLI in a more straight forward fashion
They need a GUI interface much like the old Nortel Network equipment.
Not the routers fault but support costs have increased.

Return on Investment

Being dependable has allowed our network to stay running allowing for everyone to be productive.
Cost of the routers was very reasonable allowing us to keep our budget under control.
Support cost on our routers is not terribly high.
We link our routers to Cisco and Aruba with no issue. Interoperable give us flexibility of choice

Usability

Juniper (Junos) and interoperability. Junos is so powerful as a troubleshooting tool and also as a configuration tool. We had test and roll back configurations which is very helpful. Being able to link to over vendors equipment and extend features is very nice to have.

Alternatives Considered

ArubaOS and Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 800)

Juniper Enterprise Routers are know to be the backbone router of choice for the internet. They are also very well known for Junos OS which make they easy to manage, confiture and troubleshoot.

Key Insights

Do you think Juniper MX Series delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Juniper MX Series's feature set?

Yes

Did Juniper MX Series live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Juniper MX Series go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Juniper MX Series again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Aruba ClearPass, Cisco 550X Series Stackable Managed Switches, Avaya Aura

Likelihood to Recommend

Juniper Enterprise Routers have been very dependable. In the past 5 years we have had no hardware failures. The Junos operating system is very powerful, allowing us test configurations and troubleshoot with ease. Our five year old routers are still able to handle all of our bandwidth demands with ease. They are also interoperable with a wide range of vendors.

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