Huawei vs Cisco vs Juniper - Part 1: The Core Router Analysis has worked on a lot of deals where Huawei is one of the bidding vendors and the client asks us for a comparison: Huawei vs Cisco vs Juniper. Router Analysis has done enough testing with all three vendors to give a comprehensive answer. Here is an overview of the Huawei products and the comparable Cisco and Juniper … [Read more...]
Cisco 3750 vs 3560 What is the difference between the Cisco 3750 and 3560? What about the 3750E vs 3750X? These question comes from clients time and time again. Here are the answers you need. The main difference is that the 3750 supports Cisco StackWise, i.e. creating one large virtual switch out of multiple chassis. The 3560 has a "cluster" feature which while it soun … [Read more...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Santa Clara, California (July 16th, 2012) - Router Analysis, a leader in on-site and lab based router testing is pleased to announce the release of its free report entitled "Enterprise Edge Router Upgrade Guide". The report looks at the options for upgrading from a Cisco 7200VXR Series router (and other software based forwarding routers) to a hardware b … [Read more...]
Router Analysis to offer Cisco Training As Router Analysis grows we are expanding our focus to include Cisco Training and Consulting Services. The training will be done one-on-one or one-to-many either on site or online. Flexible schedules will be available. For Cisco Training we will focus on the specific needs of the client rather than certificates ( … [Read more...]
In this report I cover the Cisco WS-3650-X-48 vs the Huawei S5700-52C-EI. Both are capable and well matched 48 port GE switches with 10GE uplinks, but which one is the best? This report is no longer being distributed as we are preparing to do a new report with more vendors, more testing and a wider focus. Google+ … [Read more...]
Summary - Racks that used to hold 6 machines now hold hundreds of virtual machines, instability is exploding and there is a need for routed interfaces. Putting a Cloud Virtual Router in the chassis with the virtual machines is one solution to this issue. In the past few years we have seen the words cloud and computing pop up more and more. Most recently we started seeing t … [Read more...]
The top of the rack has long be the location of important networking devices in the datacenter. Generally held for a small switch or console server, it has recently become it's own space in the market, with leaders like Cisco, Juniper and Huawei vying for it. Huawei: Recently Huawei released the CloudEngine 6800 Series giving 48 10GE and 4 40GE ports in 1U. Thats a very … [Read more...]
Remote and On-Site Router Testing Router Analysis provides on-site testing, consulting and training. With over 40 years of combined experience, the team at Router Analysis are able to offer your company comprehensive information and assistance when looking at multiple vendor solutions. Router Analysis uses the latest in testing equipment from IXIA, custom applications and … [Read more...]
Are you evaluating a new router or switch purchase? Are you looking for extra insight into the inner workings of the latest routing and switching product? … [Read more...]