[j-nsp] Dell - Juniper

[Ryan Finnesey]

Hi Ben

Thank you this is helpful.  Right now I need to decide if we are going
to go with Dell or HP for new build outs we need to complete in Ireland
and Australia.  With that we need to decide what we want to do in the
way of in the rack switches.  In the States we have switched from cisco
to Juniper on a few small deployments and have been very happy.

Cheers
Ryan


-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Dale [mailto:bdale at comlinx.com.au] 
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 8:07 PM
To: Ryan Finnesey
Cc: juniper-nsp at puck.nether.net
Subject: Re: [j-nsp] Dell - Juniper

On 18/07/2011, at 9:37 AM, Ryan Finnesey wrote:

> Does anyone have any comments on the switches Dell OEMs from Juniper?
> Are they truly the same?  We meet with them last week regarding server

> and storage for a new DaaS build out.  They told us they can offer us 
> Dell networking hardware that they OEM from Juniper at a much lower 
> cost than Juniper direct.

DISCLAIMER: I work for a Juniper Partner, and this information was
provided by a customer of mine, so your mileage may vary:

- Same hardware, same software
- Support-wise you have Dell support in front of the JTAC (eg: another
layer)
- Pricing - when you buy the switches with Dell servers they can do all
sorts pricing magic to make the switches look cheap by absorbing the
price in the server margin.  If you do decide to travel this road, find
out if they will provide the "cheap" price when you just need to buy one
standalone switch in 6 months time.