Juniper EX 4200 Switch Aces Network World Test

Extracts from Network World Article, 14/7/08; by David Newman



"Cisco take note: Juniper's new EX 4200 switch not only fills a hole in a leading competitor's product line, but also represents a credible alternative for enterprise access switching.

In Network World's exclusive Clear Choice test, we subjected the EX 4200-48T switch to the same rigorous battery of benchmarks we used to assess seven other vendors' 10G Ethernet access switches earlier this year.

The verdict: This is one fast box. The EX 4200 delivered line-rate throughput in every case, the only switch we've tested this year to do so. What's more, 10G Ethernet latency is the lowest we've ever measured. We also were impressed by the EX 4200's feature set and powerful JUNOS command-line interface (CLI).

Other highlights of the report include:

With Juniper's EX 4200, there's no need to say "nearly". Even under the heaviest loads our Spirent TestCenter traffic generator threw at it, the switch delivered line-rate throughput in every single unicast and multicast test, both in layer-2 and layer-3 configurations. No other switch did that.

Latency – often a more important metric than throughput, especially for time-sensitive voice and video traffic – was low and consistent across all tests. Measured at line rate, the Juniper switch delayed 64-byte frames across 10G Ethernet links for an average of 1.96 microsec and a maximum of 2.01 microsec.

Those are the lowest latencies we've ever recorded in an Ethernet switch. In fact, even the maximum latency of the EX 4200 is less than the lowest average result we measured in the previous round of tests."

You can find the full testing report on the Network World Website.

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July Product Releases

Just a quick post to update you on the new Juniper product releases for July.

IDP 800 £17,258 RRP (1 Gbps throughput, 500,000 sessions)

Infranet Controller 4500 £5,076 RRP
Infranet Controller 6500 £7,614 RRP

WXC 1800 with 512k licence £2,530 RRP!!
WXC 1800 with 2 Mb licence £5,418 RRP

Thanks,

Andy

New WXC Appliances

Just a quick update to keep you posted in line with the release of the new WXC appliances. The new appliances are:

WXC 2600 - Scales to 8mb (RRP £6,628 inc 2 Mb licence)
WXC 3400 - Scales to 45mb (RRP £13,366 inc 10 Mb licence)

These appliances should have a big impact on the cost of small to midsized WAN optimisation projects. Typically Juniper product evolution within ranges is to release new appliances which deliver more for less and these certainly follow that route. Historically to get a WXC 590 to 10Mb it would have cost £20,585, so basically Juniper have thrown in the cost of upgrading from 2mb>10Mb FOC with the base edition of the 3400.

I also personally like the WXC PIM which fits into the J series router, as it means that on an MPLS/Private network you have one device doing the routing and acceleration. The new releases in this area mean that you can get a 4Mb PIM for under £5k, which makes it great for links to your DR centre.

Thanks,

Andy

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