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Revainrating 5 out of 5  
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5.0
IT Infrastructure, Data Center Networking

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Description of Cumulus

NVIDIA is the leader in open networking, end-to-end at all layers of software and hardware. NVIDIA combines the benefits of NVIDIA Mellanox Spectrum based switches, providing the industry's leading performing ASIC, with the latest network operating system advances including NVIDIA Cumulus Linux, Sonic and NVIDIA Mellanox Onyx, offering choice and flexibility while removing restrictions. NVIDIA Cumulus Linux is a powerful open network operating system that allows you to automate, customize and scale using web-scale principles like the world's largest data centers. Cumulus Linux was built for automation, scalability and flexibility, allowing you to build a data center network that ideally suits your business needs.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Easy and convenient way increase security & control

I like how easy it was to set up my VPN connection as well as having multiple WAN connections for different projects/applications that are running off site or remotely located from me. As someone who works outside their normal office hours, being able to use an application such as this allows you access your files without needing to physically be present where they're stored (at least during business hrs). It would have been nice if there were more options available when accessing these…

Pros
  • no major challenges experienced thus far other tha tof course
Cons
  • None

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Highly Customized Powerful Operating System

We use Cumulus Linux in our network. It is a very powerful OS - highly customizable, and provides excellent performance. Easy to deploy, easy to use. It has a simple GUI, and good documentation online. I have not been able to find the documentation for Cumulus-OS that is as complete as the linux OS, but most of the linux documentation can be found in the webpages. It is difficult to find specific information about Cumulus in the available documentation. We use it in our network, and it…

Pros
  • Very reliable os when using vmware esxi servers.Easy deployment through templates & preconfigured images provided within cisco's NX Gateway software repository(https://myaccount.t
Cons
  • Some little things

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great software with constant improvement

I have been working for cumulus since it was started as an internal project to help our customers manage their networks more efficiently. The product has grown tremendously over years - from being used internally by one team to now supporting multiple teams across many different customer sites. It’s not perfect but we are constantly improving things so that everyone can benefit from this great tool! We use cumulus for monitoring both physical infrastructure (i.e., power) and virtualized…

Pros
  • Great cross platform capabilities which allows us remote users who may be using Mac OS X systems at home easily access everything they need in order without having any special tools installed locally.
Cons
  • Good but not great