Juniper – CGN Battle Card

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Pitch Key Differentiators Performance Comparison

The A10 Thunder® CGN line of carrier-grade networking gateways
A10 Networks Thunder CGN Juniper SRX and MX Space for Comparable
provides high-performance, highly transparent address and Gbps
protocol translation that allows service providers to extend their • Higher industry performance • Lower performance and Throughput
IPv4 network connectivity while simultaneously making the and scale scale
960 Gbps, 16RU
transition to IPv6. Thunder CGN products are built upon the A10 - Physical 256 Gbps/RU - Physical 62 Gbps/RU
Networks Advanced Core Operating System (ACOS®) architecture - Container – 180 Gbps - Container 1.9 Gbps
that delivers high performance, scalability, and a wide range of - Concurrent sessions - Concurrent sessions: 70%
features for enhanced service availability, IPv4 preservation, IPv6 256M / RU 2.125M/RU Less Rack
transition and security and more robust multi-tenant capability. • High multi-tenant partition • Lower multi-tenant partition Space
Thunder CGN is also included with A10 Thunder CFW. density (1,023 ADP) density (500 tenant
• Comprehensive form factor systems)
The award-winning Thunder CGN product line—with an industry-
leading performance of up to 385 Gbps and 384 million concurrent options • Limited form factor options
sessions in a single appliance—offers over 4x times the performance - Physical - Physical – (MX and SRX) 1155 Gbps, 4.5 RU
of comparable Juniper equipment with 70% lower data center - Virtual - Virtual (SRX only)
footprint for comparable throughput. - Bare metal - Bare metal – not available
- Container - Container – (SRX only)
Recent Comparison • Simplified operations • Complex operations
IT Central Station – Review by IT professionals - Consistent functionality - Inconsistent CGNAT
A10 Thunder 7650 Juniper SRX 5800
www.itcentralstation.com/categories/carrier-grade- across form factors features support across
network-address-translation - Simple configuration, line cards with limited
deployment and upgrade form factors
- Complex compatability CPS Space for Comparable
- No trade off between
service cards and matrix - complex Concurrent Sessions
network interfaces configuration, 338M, 16RU
deployment and upgrade
• Key feature differentiators • Key feature limitations
- All-inclusive license - No true scale-out
90%
- Superior scale-out - More limited feature set -
Less Rack
clustering ability no IPv6 migration
Space
- Comprehensive feature
set, with IPv6 migration
Juniper Juniper MX A10 Thunder
SRX 5800 (MX-SPC3) CGN A10 Networks Scale-out Juniper
Cluster • Complex set up
NAT Basic Limited Full
• True scale-out solution - • Not a true scale out 384M, 1.5RU
Advanced CGNAT upon device failure
• MX Virtual Chassis
- Dynamically adds/
- Interconnects two MX
Lw4o6 3 removes a device
routers into a logical A10 Thunder 7650 Juniper SRX 5800
- Traffic rebalanced
MAP-T 3 system
Not automatically
Supported - Managed as one
MAP-E 3 - No service interruption
Not • SRX Chassis Cluster
• Eight devices act as one
DNS64 Supported 3 - Two devices act as one
• Add as you grow
- Prevents single device
6rd 3 3 • Simple, automatic set-up
failure
EIM/EIF 3 3 - Loss of connectivity
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What Objections May Be Raised Gbps per RU Concurrent Connections per RU

• Objection: I have Juniper SRX/MX equipment now. I can easily change out or add a card to get
CGN capabilities. Millions of Concurrent Connections
Up to per RU More
Response: Adding a card for CGNAT usually requires a major reconfiguration or replacement 256 4X 256 than 12X
of existing Juniper equipment. It simply was not designed for CGNAT. SRX/MX can support More Higher
CGNAT, but doesn’t do it very efficiently or easily. Many advanced capabilities for CGN are simply
unavailable or at high cost with Juniper SRX/MX. CGNAT is a critical function that can quickly
impact the subscriber or user experience. It warrants an investment in hardened, fully functional
CGN solutions from A10.
• Objection: Juniper sales are dismissing A10 as a credible company, and says A10 can’t support
carrier-class deployments.
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Response: A10 has live Thunder CGN deployments with industry-leading, tier-one service 21
providers globally. Our solutions are providing the highest performance, as well as operational
and cost efficiency. A10 developed its CGN solution ahead of the most current competitors and is A10 Thunder 7650 Juniper SRX5800 A10 Thunder 7650 Juniper SRX5800

considered the industry leader in performance, scale and functionality. We are happy to schedule
a PoC so you can see for yourself.
Lower Lifecycle Cost (CAPEX + OPEX) 4 Year OPEX per Gbps
What questions should be asked Total Lifecycle Cost (CAPEX + OPEX)
(4 Years / 1500 Gbps)
OPEX per Gbps

• Which Juniper products are you currently using? For how long? $3,861,669 $112
• What is your timeline for evolving physical network to NFV, cloud and cloud-native? 40%
4X More
Lower
• Are you looking for IPv6 migration or IPv4 preservation in the next 12 months? OPEX
Cost
• How are you currently protecting your IP address pools against DDoS attacks? Efficient
• How will your existing CGNAT solution scale up and out if traffic demand, subscribers, and $2,259,039
applications unexpectedly grow past existing capacity?
• Are you concerned about escalating license costs?
• Can you share capacity and licensing costs across different remote sites, networks nodes, or $27
regions?

Recent Customer Quote A10 Thunder 7650 Juniper SRX5800 A10 Thunder 7650 Juniper SRX5800

“We have a strategic goal to virtualize 75 percent of our infrastructure by 2020. This
will be a rapid transition as we prepare to deliver the exciting new use cases for 5G.
A10 Networks is an important partner in this mission. We deployed the Thunder CGN
virtual because it provides rich CGN and security features and hyperscale that we
Additional Resources
require for today’s and tomorrow’s demands, particularly for 5G.”

Özgür Genç | Core & Transport Network director of Turkcell

Case Studies Other Resources
Asomnet Solution Brief: Combating DDoS Attacks in a
CableTV Co., Ltd CGNAT Environment

Recent Award MIddle East Telecom Giant Solution Brief: Transition From Ipv4 To All-
IPv6 Networks Transparently And With The
“The prize was in recognition of the quick achievement of operational flexibility Questions? Lowest TCO
required by 5G, which includes the sophistication of containerizing ADC and CGN Email: A10partners@a10networks.com
Phone: +1 888 A10-6363 (North America Data Sheet: Thunder CGN
solutions that are already in wide use, and the ability to offer CGN/IPv6 solutions
in container environments.” Sales)

Judging Committee awarding Grand Prize in the NFV/SDI category

A10-SCE70164-EN-02 JULY 2020