We are using the same products. We implement CloudVision, but have not implemented the security portion of that.
Clients experience effective network management and comprehensive monitoring
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
A single point of management and monitoring, as well as upgradation and update is valuable. The advantage is a single plane of glass management where we can manage, modify, upgrade, and update the entire product portfolio in terms of supplied switch products.
It is also effective because it goes hand in hand with the AI solution. Without telemetry data, it would be impossible to use the AI solutions.
It is affordable. Nowadays, Arista is very aggressive in terms of pricing, and they go to great lengths to procure orders.
Definitely, in the market, those related to networking solutions know they are the most powerful switches in terms of latency, with millisecond and nanosecond capabilities.
What needs improvement?
Arista currently provides their solution for their own Arista products only. A problem occurs because customers do not have only Arista products. Sometimes they have different kinds of products available in their network. For monitoring that network, they have to either procure more solutions from third parties or they have to procure the provider OEM to manage their switches. If Arista can integrate third-party switches for monitoring purposes, it will be beneficial for the customers.
Arista and other competitors such as Cisco or HPE Aruba have their own benefits. Cisco and Aruba face the challenge of having multiple OS for networking their products, whereas Arista has a single OS across their products. This is very beneficial for customers as they only have to manage a single OS.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using the solution for almost three years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
We have not experienced any problems.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is very stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It is a very scalable architecture.
How are customer service and support?
For Indian customers, the service is very good because they have their headquarters in Bangalore, and they provide really good support to the customers.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
As a system integrator, we supply and implement these kinds of products to the end customers.
How was the initial setup?
It is very easy because of CloudVision. They are also coming up with zero-touch provisioning solutions. If all your prerequisites are ready, you can deploy the entire network without any touch.
What other advice do I have?
It depends upon the nature of the business of the customers. If a customer is in the finance sector and they require very fast reply time, then they have a larger benefit compared to normal manufacturer customers. It also varies upon the nature of the business of the customers. On a scale of 1-10, this solution rates an 8.5.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Other
