Juniper Networks Enables Mid-Sized Datacentres To Scale As Demands Increase

Juniper Networks, the industry network innovation provider, has announced the immediate availability of the Juniper Networks QFX3000-M QFabric System, a new model that extends the full benefits of Juniper’s first QFabric System, the QFX3000-G, to mid-sized datacentres.

The new QFX3000-M occupies up to 63 percent less space, uses up to 74 percent fewer cables and consumes up to 57 percent less power than competitive solutions. Juniper has also added enhancements to its EX8200 switches running Virtual Chassis technology, enabling customers for the first time to manage up to four datacentre cores as a single switch.

These new additions to the Juniper Networks portfolio simplify datacentre management and improve business agility for enterprises while eliminating the complexity inherent in multi-layered legacy networks. The QFX3000-M is designed for mid-tier datacentres, satellite datacentres and new 10GbE datacentre pods as well as space-constrained environments, delivering improvements in scale, simplicity and performance—the key network attributes needed to meet rising storage convergence, big data and virtualisation demands.

“Buildings built to last are constructed on the most solid foundations with the best materials. Datacentres are no different. Today Juniper is giving mid-size enterprise CXOs the foundation and building blocks to enable management simplicity, the ability to scale without adding complexity and high application performance in their datacentres,” said R.K. Anand, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Business Unit, Juniper Networks.