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    Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000) is a high-density, small-form-factor MPLS aggregation router for metro aggregation and MPLS-enabled data center networks. The Network Convergence System 5000 Series is designed to economically scale large enterprise, over-the-top (OTT), and service provider data center networking architectures.N/A

    HPE Enterprise Routers

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AHewlett-Packard offers enterprise routers.N/A
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Cisco Routers
    Score9 out of 10
    Cisco Routers
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9 out of 10
    Cisco Routers
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)HPE Enterprise Routers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
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    User Testimonials
    Cisco 5000 Series Network Convergence System (NCS 5000)HPE Enterprise Routers
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    The best scenario for us was to use the NCS 5000 for video conferencing. With several remote branches, we required reliable bandwidth for remotely connecting with employees. The NCS 5000 delivered the bandwidth we needed and provided the quality even with some low bandwidth sites.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    HPE routers are best suited for the mid-sized enterprises, they have proven ability to cope up the LAN traffic, as well as traffic runs between two different sites, by using the MPLS or VPLS circuits. In our environment, we are keeping the HPE routers at the edge of the network connected with the firewall on the backend which segregates the inside and outside traffic. We are running the BGP protocol to load balance the inbound and outbound traffic coming from different admin routers.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Higher port density allows for both higher bandwidth ports to the customer network as well as sufficient uplink capacity to the core.
    • Small rack space, smarter design, smaller footprint allows for more hardware the fit in the same amount of rack space.
    • Lower power consumption, less heat output results in savings within the data center environment.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Routing
    • Establishing the MPLS connectivity
    • VPN
    • BGP
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Bugs
    • Transport components stability
    • Tac response time in some xases
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • HPE routers can start building the Service Provider Grade routers.
    • HPE routers can have better support experience.
    • HPE routers can lower the prices.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    CAPEX and OPEX are less for NCS routers.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    HPE routers performs upto the mark, it basically provides the connectivity to external and internal networks, however sometime the crashes happen in the routers make them look bad. Overall, I am satisfied with the product they use most open-source stuff which makes them easily interoperable with other router vendors as well.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Communication among remote employees and branches has increased.
    • Quality of service from cloud and video applications.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • HPE routers help route the traffic from our enterprise to external routers.
    • HPE routers help with making sure the availability of network to enterprise.
    • HPE routers has been supporting enterprise network traffic routing from years.
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    Screenshot of Product Description: MPLS aggregation router for metro aggregation, MPLS Enabled TOR/Leaf Architectures
Target Deployments: Enterprise, Over-The-Top (OTT), and Service Provider data center networking architectures