Arista Networks is my go-to for network security at work. It is excellent for controlling access, blocking malware sites, and managing web filtering to keep users focused.
Arista CloudEOS Router (PAYG)
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Excellent for controlling access, blocking malware sites, and managing web filtering to keep users focused
What is our primary use case?
What is most valuable?
The user-friendly policy manager lets us apply different controls for various user groups easily. Plus, deployment is a breeze, and if issues arise, restoring a backup takes just 30 minutes. Arista has become a reliable and efficient solution for our network security requirements.
What needs improvement?
In my view, Arista could enhance the Wide Area Network balancer and failover. While the failover is swift, less than five seconds, it tends to be overly sensitive, triggering unnecessary alarms and emails. A smoother transition between ISPs during failover would improve the user experience by reducing unnecessary notifications and interruptions.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with Arista Networks Platform for ten years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The stability has been outstanding. There is no lagging or crashing, and downtime is minimal, usually only required for significant updates. The system maintains a detailed uptime record, and despite hearing about potential issues, I have never personally experienced any.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Arista Networks is highly scalable, especially when it comes to VRP routing. Handling VRP routing requires some expertise, but for general use, configuration, and maintenance, the platform is surprisingly user-friendly. The GUI is one of the most intuitive interfaces I have encountered, making everyday tasks straightforward to manage.
How are customer service and support?
Arista's tech support is impressive. They typically respond in less than two hours with effective solutions. The only consideration is the fee for support, which might be an issue for some, especially if not factored into the initial purchase. However, their support offerings are transparent, with clear options available during the checkout process. Overall, I would rate the support as a nine out of ten.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
Deploying Arista Networks is a one-person task, and it is straightforward. Deploying it from scratch, including downloading the main ISO for the AVO file, typically takes around 35 minutes. Before diving in, ensuring compatibility with OEM layers like Bitdefender is key. The platform is backed by 85 million sensors globally, offering robust internet security, including malware solutions. Arista's user-friendly interface makes it easy to implement comprehensive security policies across different layers.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I find Arista's pricing to be good. While it is not the cheapest, it's more affordable than Cisco or Palo Alto, offering a comprehensive solution that includes everything I need. There are no false alarms or unexpected fees, making it a cost-effective choice for the features and reliability it delivers.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I considered Meraki, CentOS, ClearOps, and SonicWall, before choosing Arista. Arista stood out for its flexible security suite with automatic alerts, unlike other options that felt manual and less comprehensive. My past experiences with Arista and as an MSP recommending solutions to clients confirmed its reliability and effectiveness.
What other advice do I have?
Overall, I would rate Arista Networks Platform as an eight out of ten.
A flexible, scalable and easy-to-manage solution with effective technical support
What is most valuable?
Arista Networks Platform has a feature that helps with monitoring and management.
What needs improvement?
I want the solution to include a unified controller.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been working with the solution for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is very stable. It has a high stability point.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Arista Networks Platform is scalable.
How are customer service and support?
Arista Networks Platform's technical support is very effective.
How was the initial setup?
The tool's setup is easy. We rely on two people for deployment.
What other advice do I have?
Arista Networks Platform is a flexible, scalable and easy-to-manage solution. I rate the tool a nine out of ten.
Arista- for clients to cloud networking
What do you like best about the product?
Arista gives uper hand as compared to other vendors out in the market in terms of programmabilty and scripting via advance event management and event monitor.
What do you dislike about the product?
Complexity in handling device via there CLI
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Mutilayer switching, spline network, high performance network box which support upto 100 Gbe. Option
Amazing network stability and performance
What do you like best about the product?
Flexibility and feature set was amazing!
What do you dislike about the product?
Cost of the product could have been more competitive
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Replaced Cisco Nexus and provides great next level stability and performance.
Efficient and reliable
What do you like best about the product?
The good thing i experienced while working on arista platform is the ease of use and clear display of different components of its GUI / Cloud portal displaying all of its services in one place
What do you dislike about the product?
The product provides services along with major market competitors although Arista is new in the market i feel there is much room for improvement in terms of its global reach
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Arista platform seems pretty simple and robust, compared to its market competitors that rely on heavy operating systems followed by complex and routine maintenance
Arista Networks cloud based tool
What do you like best about the product?
eaee to use, automation and combination of artificial intelligence makes arista open ended programmable switching possible with less human interaction
What do you dislike about the product?
more commercial tool used for big data centers and campus but not available for small to medium sized campus
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
less overhead of doing manual configuration and automation makes it best choice for cloud based technologies
Top Notch Enterprise Software
What do you like best about the product?
Quality is king. I think the software stability and quality is the main thing that highlights the Arista software. The hardware systems are being commoditized so the software must remain stable to ensure success.
What do you dislike about the product?
The cloud management of the Arista systems is behind. In general, the management at these network equipment systems are generally lacking and Arista is no different. The emergence of the campus portfolio is promising where this matters more
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Deep tie in between enterprise network between the datacenter. The cloud management is rather weak but the support and software quality is absolutely top notch.
Arista Review
What do you like best about the product?
Arista is famous for there switches, as most of the industry uses the arista switches. Now Arista is also moving towards the cloud and also introducing lots of products like 7800 series switches, 7500 series, and all
What do you dislike about the product?
Dislike is only one thing that I have noticed: most of the industry is moving towards the cloud, so switches use is down, but yes, it will increase for private and public cloud.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Mainly it resolves the switch issues in Data Centre because, without the switch, networking cant is possible.
Arista Networks Product reviews
What do you like best about the product?
We are using Arista Network Switches and Wireless Solution. The best thing about these I products is they have zero-touch deployment, easy to manage and very effective capabilities. Also Arista support is comparitively good.
What do you dislike about the product?
One of the negative thing that I found is its costing. The solution is quite expensive. Also they need to work on few enhancements like cloud based soultion and API based services.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our prime goal was to have stable network, easy management and security requirements. So with Arista solution, we are able to achieve our requirements and overall, I am pretty happy with the product functionalities as well as its capabilities.
New DC Network Solutions
What do you like best about the product?
I like the way the DC solution is being implemented in the Arista Networks
What do you dislike about the product?
Implementation Complexity, command line interface.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
In growing technology industry, managing the DC networks is highly challenging one, Arista is providing greater solution to make that easier for the Network Adminsitrator
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