[c-nsp] Brocade VS Cisco

[Chris Evans]

Depends on what you mean by brocade. I bet you are looking at the foundry
gear. The Foundry hardware is actually really nice. The real brocade
switches based on fos I would throw in the trash can (at least based on the
brocade 8k) from years ago.. I'd say that the foundry gear is on par with
cisco and juniper. It configures much like ios. It really comes down to what
you feel suits your company as you have to support it.

Hope this helps
On Aug 11, 2011 10:14 AM, "Bradley Williamson" <bwilliamson at eatel.com>
wrote:
> Does anyone have any horror stories or gotcha's concerning Brocade? What
about success stories?
>
> We are looking at Brocade, Cisco, and Juniper for a couple of upcoming
projects and I am familiar with both Cisco and Juniper, but not so much with
Brocade. We have a few of their small switches in our network, but that’s
about the extent of my experience.
>
> We want to build an MPLS core capable of delivering triple-play services
and as part of that, we will be building our a MetroE network to provide
ethernet backhaul for mobile providers and also deliver L2VPN and L3VPN
services to our business customers.
>
> I am a little skeptical of Brocade. I just do not understand how they can
provide the performance they claim at half the price of the other guys.
>
> Any insight/advice would be appreciated.
>
> Brad
>
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