Juniper SRX Series Firewall Reviews

• Form factor: It is small, very nimble, and can be deployed in very small environments which do not have wiring closets.
• Consolidation: It combines routing, switching, and firewall services in one device.
• Stable OS: There is a one Junos release training for all the Juniper products, thus minimizes the training needed and enhances interoperability.
• Open standards: The Juniper OS is based on the open standards and making it very interoperable in the mixed vendor environments.
• Superior performance: This can be achieved by true separation of control and data plane, hence data plane inefficiencies do not affect the control plane and vice versa.
• Cloud-enabled device: The SRX300 is cloud-ready and can be used to implement SDSN in micro-environments.

It has greatly reduced the network management functions by reducing the number of devices to manage (one vs three), and easy fault management using the new GUI.

Disaggregation (this is available in the box) should be improved to include software intelligence that is actionable.

I have used this solution for about four and a half years.

There were no stability issues. It is a very stable and reliable product. It can run for several years without a single glitch.

It is highly scalable for its target market.

The technical support team is very co-operative and gives quick responses for the logged cases. A hundred percent of the logged cases have been resolved within the SLA period.

We looked at MikroTik. However, more features such as the performance, scalability, and consolidation were available on the Juniper device.

The initial setup was simple and can be done 100% via the GUI.

The price per performance value is the best out there in the market. No licensing is needed for all the features apart from the security part, i.e., no licensing for extra services and VPN comes free in the base.

We evaluated the FortiGate 80 and 60 series and Cisco ASA 5500.

The Juniper SRX300 is a stable and very reliable product, packed with a lot of capabilities that are not available in the competing products of the same range. I would highly recommend this product to anyone interested in implementing it.

This box has it all and is more for the small-scale branch market. Packaged as an all-in-one routing, switching, and security solution, the SRX300 minimizes the need to deploy separate devices to perform these functions by leveraging on its consolidation, all coming with the carrier-grade capabilities.

One valuable feature is the reliability of the Junos OS. However, we did not make full use of the UTM functionality.

We have experienced more dependability.

Management: Junos Space Security Director is not great and there is no global database of objects.

We have been using the product for about six years.

We did not encounter any issues with stability.

The clustering of a maximum of two nodes limited some architectural options.

Support is what the end customer buys. Unfortunately, it's not always from Juniper.

We migrated from Juniper Screen OS to Junos. We are leaving Juniper now as their focus on security seems to have dropped.

The setup was no more difficult than switching to any other firewall implementation.

Be wary of Juniper's stake in the security realm. If they are ramping up again and are again competing with Check Point, Palo Alto, and FortiGate, then they are worthy of consideration. It is also worth your consideration if your network is Juniper based and you have a secondary firewall vendor.

As a firewall in general, it is good.

As we are a solution provider and not product oriented, we give the best solution for our customers, with a good price. We are the number one company in the region, BTC, and operate in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia.

I've used Juniper products for over 10 years. Alongside SRX I also use Netscreen, SSG, and WXC. As a UTM, Juniper is 5/10.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

For me, the customer satisfaction, and awareness, is the most important thing. I usually train all my clients on their chosen system.

10/10

As we are a service provider, we offer various other products to our customer:

• Astaro ASG
• Avaya/Netscreen
• Fortinet
• HP Switches & WiFi
• Juniper SSG
• Juniper SRX 210 & 240
• Juniper WXC
• Sophos next generation SG, including RED, SG, and WiFi
• Telindus Crocus E1

For me, the installation and setup is simple. I work hard to do the simulation for the customer, and discuss all the requirements before implementation with the client.

Give us 10 minutes of your time, and we will show you the differences. When I do presentations, I give potential clients demo access to the solution(s) I am presenting.

• Unified OS - free BSD UNIX
• IDP

We’ve connected this product on a GSM core network for a 3G deployment project.

The GUI.

I've used it for one year.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

It's good.

It's good.

Our customer decided to switch from Cisco to Juniper for their security deployment.

It was an in-house implementation.

• Traceoptions
• Commit check
• Route/IPSEC VPN

It provides us with easy options for troubleshooting.

• Switching
• Routing

I've used them for two years.

No issues encountered.

No issues encountered.

There were limited security zones with each model.

10/10.

9/10.

It's a straightforward setup for us as we have a configuration template.

It depends on our customers requirements.

Check the customer requirement first.

Fast packet mover, uptime.

Stability in a heavy Microsoft environment, RPC communication.

5 years.

Numerous deplyoment issues, very early product at the time.

Numerous deployment issues, very early product at the time.

No scalability issues at all, very good for scalability.

Very impressive, but you have to know the inner workings of JTAC.

Very impressive, but you have to know the inner workings of JTAC. Juniper has a very effective 24/7 Follow The Sun.

Juniper SSG, switched because of capacity and change of focus from Juniper.

Be aware if you need RPC. Out of 18 software versions only 2 has been without issues with RPC.