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Pica8 PicOS Review

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Revainrating 4.5 out of 5Β Β 
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4.4
IT Infrastructure, Operating Systems

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Description of Pica8 PicOS

PicOS is a network operating system software for white box switches.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

A good option for building next generation firewalls

I like that it's open source, so there are many people using it to develop new features compared with other proprietary OSes (like Cisco/Juniper). It has an active community of developers, which makes developing apps more likely than in closed-source systems. The documentation can be poor or outdated at times (but this applies also to most open source projects). It works well enough as long as you don't need performance-critical applications. If your application needs high reliability and…

Pros
  • Simplicity very easy way for beginners.
  • Documentation is not bad if user knows how search through manual pages properly(I personally think its better now even though they have had several updates)
  • Support by IBM product development teams when needed,
  • Easy configuration via CLI interface without GUI; )Easy scriptable interfaces
Cons
  • Almost never

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Very intuitive user interface; highly recommend

The best thing about picos 8, it's easy to use with all its features which make management of your switch easier than ever before! Nothing really that i dislike but would like more options in terms of configuration. We are using this product as an advanced switching platform used by our customers mainly to manage their voice traffic over IP (VoIP). It has been very effective thus far and we have had no issues since implementation. I like that it's very easy to use with minimal configuration…

Pros
  • I like the simple UI and the way it is easy to use and very quick to make a local network
Cons
  • It could have a more advanced UI and it would be great for our customers to have a more advanced UI

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Easy setup; great experience overall

The ease of use, simple to set up and configure with very little training needed! I have used other products that require more in-depth knowledge which makes it difficult when you need support quickly or if there are problems during implementation. This product has been easy from start to finish - no issues at all so far. Our switch was previously running Cisco ASA but we wanted something lighter weight as well as easier managed (and less expensive). We were able to get this working within our

Pros
  • Allows you to set up a very simple and easy to manage firewall to protect your network
Cons
  • The documentation is good but does not cover all aspects of configuration