[c-nsp] Brocade VS Cisco

[harbor235]

The foundry gear has gotten better, however, there are still persistent
software issues and if
it's support and documentation you want, forget it. I have dealt with them
alot in enterprise, datacenter, etc. I have not used them for MPLS
functionality but I would imagine it's much of the same.

Also, Foundry comes up short as well in feature comparison to Cisco and
Juniper. You get what you pay for,
is it cheaper if you have to work twice as hard to
manage infrastructure? Foundry is also bad with investment
protection, too much churn in their product lines.

my two cents,

mike

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Chris Evans <chrisccnpspam2 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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