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Juniper MX Series

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What is Juniper MX Series?

Juniper Networks describes their MX series as a robust portfolio of SDN-enabled routing platforms that provide system capacity, density, security, and performance with longevity. MX Series routers support digital transformation for service providers, cloud operators, and enterprises.

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Juniper MX is great for the data center but can be a chore to work with.

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Verified User
Technician in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use a few Juniper switches in our data centers to aggregate the connectivity to our other locations. We have them running 24/7, 365 for this and needed something very reliable.

Pros

  • The reliability of Juniper switches is great. They don't have nearly as many vulnerabilities or issues as other switch brands.
  • Juniper has a good config commit system.

Cons

  • Juniper has some unique commands that are different enough from other, more popular vendors, and that can be an issue at times.
  • Juniper cost seems to consistently be higher than other brands, even when discounted.

Return on Investment

  • We were able to run Juniper MX switches for much longer without updates than Cisco switches.
  • Less vulnerabilities mean more uptime and less upgrading, which is great for data center use cases.

Usability

Other Software Used

Cisco 5520 Wireless Controller, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series

Great routers for edge and backbone network connectivity

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Mark Tufts
Director of Network Services in Information Technology at Stonehill College (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have Juniper Enterprise Routers as the core of our star topology network. There are 35 building with Aruba switches collapsing into the Juniper QFX router. We also use Juniper internet routers for our 10Gig fiber connection. These MX 150 edge routers connect to a Cisco optical box connected to our ISP

Pros

  • Junos OS is great. Roll back feature is a life saver
  • Powerful, they handle all of our bandwidth needs with ease.
  • Dependable, they have not had any issue in the last 5 years.

Cons

  • Storm Control needs to have a way to see what going on in the CLI in a more straight forward fashion
  • They need a GUI interface much like the old Nortel Network equipment.
  • Not the routers fault but support costs have increased.

Return on Investment

  • Being dependable has allowed our network to stay running allowing for everyone to be productive.
  • Cost of the routers was very reasonable allowing us to keep our budget under control.
  • Support cost on our routers is not terribly high.
  • We link our routers to Cisco and Aruba with no issue. Interoperable give us flexibility of choice

Usability

Alternatives Considered

ArubaOS and Cisco 800 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 800)

Other Software Used

Aruba ClearPass, Cisco 550X Series Stackable Managed Switches, Avaya Aura

Juniper MX Routers provide solid, dependable performance.

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Collin LichtenbergerView profile
Lead Network Engineer in Information Technology at University of Alaska (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • It's a robust platform, very resilient. It handles large traffic flows well.
  • It's a flexible architecture, it can be configured with provider or enterprise options (or both!)
  • It has an excellent versioning system, simple commit/confirm/rollback procedures!

Cons

  • Sometimes I wish that documentation was more robust, complete, though this has been improved of late.
  • It would be nice if netflow was easier to configure.
  • It would be nice if the platform was cheaper.

Return on Investment

  • Its flexible architecture and configuration styles has saved our organization money by providing feature we would have otherwise needed to purchase from our ISPs.
  • It has a long and healthy lifecycle, with potential upgrades for more performance if needed. (This helps alleviate the downtime associated with chassis replacement.)
  • The only drawback is some of the highest throughput interfaces are expensive.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

Other Software Used

Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series, Orion, Palo Alto Panorama

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