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    Cisco NX-OS

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ACisco NX-OS is a network operating system presented as a solution to help network operations move at the speed of business, with comprehensive automation, extensive visibility, and flexible open architectures for data center networks. NX-OS is the network operating system for all fabric architectures, from traditional L2/L3 to overlay-based fabrics.Cisco NX-OS powers the modern data center.N/A

    VyOS

    N/AN/AThe VyOS Platform allows everyone to build their own network OS. VyOS is open-source, and comes with a toolchain that allows building custom images and an API that allows integrating new software into them as if they were always a part of VyOS — fully integrated into the CLI and the configuration. VyOS can be adapted to run in custom environments, on custom hardware, or to include new components into it, whether existing applications or in-house…N/A
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    Cisco NX-OSVyOS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.4
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    Usability
    8.2
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    Performance
    7.4
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    Support Rating
    7.9
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    Product Scalability
    7.3
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    User Testimonials
    Cisco NX-OSVyOS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    This easy solution can be a great help for the big companies on easy multiple data processing and effective networking solutions for the various departments and also generating the real-time data reports with Cisco NX-OS is excellent. For the new users, it takes no time to become a pro on full manipulation of the features and offer the best and quality management services.
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    VyOS Inc
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Cisco NX-OS does a great job of supporting high dense environments due to Cisco NX-OS based devices having some of the fastest packet switching performance
    • Cisco NX-OS supports high bandwidth environments really well due to the high throughput links that are typically found in Cisco NX-OS network appliances
    • Cisco NX-OS provides some of the best redundancy in the way of "Active-Active redundancy" via it's VPC technology. This is especially desirable in data center environments.
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    VyOS Inc
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • I think one thing we'd like to see a bit more in the Nexus space is probably the troubleshooting features. So one would be the I perf feature and being able to test network traffic across links. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of really good features in terms of troubleshooting, but one particular one that we like to see is where we can test network traffic. We can make sure that we have good latency, we got good bandwidth utilization as well. For us that's a big one. We've got to use third party tools to do that. So if the NXOS platform can do it, that's one of the thing we've got to do.
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    VyOS Inc
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    Usability
    Cisco
    NX-OS has many similarities with the traditional IOS which is quite beneficial when it comes to configuration and learning. As a native Linux system, there are a lot of tools and features that can be enabled for any use case.
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    VyOS Inc
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    Performance
    Cisco
    Our switches running NX-OS have provided solid consistent throughput. We haven't had any issues with it not being able to handle what we threw at it. The latency is extremely low. It also has multiple management options that we hope to pursue in the future.
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    VyOS Inc
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Cisco support never fails me. In terms of timely response, no one is on par with them. They really value the impact of having technical issues and potential business stoppage. Also, their support staff are well equipped with knowledge and skills and easily resolve the most common incidents. Most of the time, we can resolve an issue by just calling them once.
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    VyOS Inc
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    I am much more familiar with the commands in Cisco IOS as it has been around for many more years. I know why NX-OS is a different system and can see the benefits of the fibre channel integration, but I do not understand why the commands had to use a different syntax. With the Nexus switches you don't get a choice of operating system unfortunately.
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    VyOS Inc
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    Up to now, we haven't had a major ground-shaking attack on our networks but we take no chances by using NX-OS alongside a SIEM. All endpoints and workloads are secure so I would say we have plenty of trust in their security model.
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    VyOS Inc
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Cisco NX-OS has provided extremely high availability in our organization; especially when we've had to perform upgrades. We've been able to leverage their ISSU technology to perform system upgrades/downgrades with no downtime
    • Cisco NX-OS has allowed us to leverage high throughput packet forwarding for all of our application needs. I can't remember the last time anyone has complained about slow application speeds in my environment.
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    VyOS Inc
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