The age of technology has greatly impacted our lives and is also making significant changes in our IT sector. Networks used in the IT industries are becoming increasingly data-centric and more refined. There are now many data centre networking equipment in the market to control and manage the networks. Mentioned below is the list of top data centre networking types of equipment.
Cisco Nexus
Cisco systems have been at the top of the market for the past couple of decades due to the high-performance data centre equipment. All the apparatuses in the cisco nexus series have built-in port network switches for the data centres. All the switches run on the NX-OS operating system.
Juniper Networks
Founded in 1996, the company develops several kinds of networking products and also network security products. The QFX series of Juniper Networks has been designed for high performance and can be used for both data centres and telecommunication industries.
Arista Networks
Arista is a network operating system that offers a variety of switches from a scale of 10 GB to 100 GB. The Arista 7250QX series has been designed on Spline architecture. The Spline networks were introduced in 2013 and then in 2015 Arista Networks went on to introduce the series 7050X, 7250X, and 7300x.
Extreme BlackDiamond
The Extreme BlackDiamond networking equipment delivers quality performance along with being highly cost-effective. The 8000 series has high-density Gigabit Ethernet Switches. They are also known to provide a comprehensive and an in-depth security system that can detect threats and react accordingly.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Like other networking systems, Hewlett Packard Enterprise also provides a great variety of data centre equipment ranging from 1-1000 Gb. In 2015, it also purchased Aruba networks and since has been offering Aruba 8400 campus core and aggregation switches which are compatible with cloud, mobile, and loT environments.
Extreme Networks
Extreme Network switches offer various switches from 1 GB to 100 GB which gives organisations plenty of flexible chances to connect them to their services. Parallelly, Extreme Networks has been known to supply switches for production outside the firewall, which is where the majority of data-sensitive activities take place nowadays.
Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch
Alcatel Lucent OmniSwitch has been doing very well in the market with its fixed configuration GigE stackable LAN switches. These switches are easy to manage and very appropriate for small businesses. The OmniSwitch 6350 is also known to protect advanced protection.
RackSwitch
The Lenovo RackSwitches have been known to deliver unmatched performance at a very affordable price. The most popular has been the RackSwitch G8052 which is a 1-10 Gb Ethernet Switch with many benefits like server matched airflow, low power consumption, etc.
INAP Performance IP
INAP switches and other networking devices are very reliable as they are built on an end-to-end design which provides great output and convenience. The performance IP is compatible with both IPv4 and IPv6 along with access to multiple networks like leased lines, data centres, metropolitan access networks, etc.
HPE FlexFabric
Out of the many switches and devices which they provide, the HPE FlexFabric 5700 switch series is the most popular as it does a wide variety of functions. The series is capable to expand the network of your enterprise by increasing the switching capacity. They are also known to be highly reliable and user-friendly.