Comparison

Market Position & Popularity

Cisco dominates the enterprise networking market due to its long-standing presence, brand recognition, and a broad portfolio across switching, routing, wireless, and security. Juniper, though smaller in market share, offers a strong product lineup, particularly in routing and software-defined networking (SDN), and has a reputation for performance and innovation.

The Arista DCS-7050SX and DCS-7050QX series are both high-performance, low-latency networking switches designed for use in data centers. While both series offer similar features and capabilities, there are some key differences that make one better suited for certain applications and environments.

CFP2 vs. QSFP28: Which Transceiver Should You Choose on Your Path to 100G?

So you want to add more 100G capabilities to your network, right? If you answered yes, (and we’re betting you did,) you’re not alone--according to a recent IHS Infonetics report, 100G will account for more than 50% of the data center fiber transceiver market by 2019. 

Current Cost Per Port Analysis for Secondary Market Juniper and Arista 10G based switching

In a dynamic, price changing market, this is not exactly an apples to apples comparison, however, here’s a market snapshot of cost per port on our historically best-selling 10G switching options from Arista and Juniper. Keep in mind that an Arista DCS-7050S-52-R may run at 800 nanoseconds (ns) to 1.2μs (microseconds) latency, while a DCS-7150S-24-R has a latency greater than 350 nanoseconds.