Brocade VDX (discontinued) vs. Ciena 5400 Family

Brocade VDX (discontinued)

10 Reviews and Ratings

Ciena 5400 Family

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Brocade VDX (discontinued)	Score9.6 out of 10	N/A	The Extreme VDX series of switches (formerly Brocade VDX) was acquired by Extreme Networks in 2017 during the Broadcom acquisition of Brocade and the selling off of some of the company's assets. The products, including the latest ExtremeSwitching VDX 6740, are now discontinued.	N/A
Ciena 5400 Family	N/A	N/A	The Ciena 5400 Family is optimized for cost-effective, next-generation bandwidth management, enabling aggregation, grooming, and forwarding of multiple traffic types. Both the 5410 and 5430 systems employ Ciena’s intelligent control plane—shared with the 6500 Family—to automate labor-intensive operations including planning, provisioning, and topology and inventory management. The 5400 Family enables high availability networks for mission-critical services.	N/A

Pricing

Brocade VDX (discontinued)

Ciena 5400 Family

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Pricing Offerings
Brocade VDX (discontinued)	Ciena 5400 Family
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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User Ratings
	Brocade VDX (discontinued)	Ciena 5400 Family
Likelihood to Recommend	9.7 (3 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Brocade VDX (discontinued)	Ciena 5400 Family
Likelihood to Recommend	Discontinued Products My experience since I started working with Extreme VDX has been great and everything has been working effectively. I give it 10/10 in performance since it has never failed us during our normal operations. Networking across our company and WAN has been covered by powerful fabric technologies that enhance secure and transparent business operations. It supports both wired and wireless connections with switches that network them through our applications. Incentivized Courtney Plaizier Software Engineer Read full review	Ciena No answers on this topic
Pros	Discontinued Products The VDX is very simple to configure. Documentation on the product is amazing. The VDX will interface with any data center hardware; there is interoperability with all the BIG vendors: Dell, EMC, NetApp. I have a pair of VDXs running at my DR site that has been up for over 8 years without any issues! Incentivized Jennifer Aguilar Senior Network Administrator Read full review	Ciena No answers on this topic
Cons	Discontinued Products I once had a problem with a USB drive and had a lot of trouble fixing it. We can use more documents and a better way to recover the drive. I understand the problems that every vendor faces with proprietary software. If you are a customer, this should not be a problem. It has limited commands. Verified User Read full review	Ciena No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Discontinued Products I have not had an opportunity to use a similar featured platform in my networking journey. All I have learned is that Extreme VDX has great potential for controlling and managing networking operations in our company. The data analytics insights that we receive from data analysis have developed great planning and decision-making infrastructure. The speed of operation is always stable with high data transfer rate. Incentivized Courtney Plaizier Software Engineer Read full review	Ciena No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Discontinued Products We definitely have a great ROI on the VDX cluster at my DR site; 8 years without issue! It takes so very little of my time because it has been so reliable, which allows me to be productive in other areas of the network. After the transition from Brocade to Extreme VDX, it was a little rocky with the code at first but things have improved with R & D. Incentivized Jennifer Aguilar Senior Network Administrator Read full review	Ciena No answers on this topic
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