It's probably new since the last time you looked, but Aruba definitely has all virtual controller options now:
http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/ds/DS_MobilityMaster.pdf http://www.arubanetworks.com/assets/ds/DS_VMC.pdf Frank Sweetser Director of Network Operations Worcester Polytechnic Institute "For every problem, there is a solution that is simple, elegant, and wrong." - HL Mencken ________________________________ From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> on behalf of Barros, Jacob <jkbar...@grace.edu> Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2018 9:32 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: [SPF:Probably_Forged] Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Ruckus? We are relatively new Ruckus customers, currently split with Meru/Fortinet. When Fortinet started releasing firmware for the Meru APs, we started seeing major connectivity issues. We are doing one building at a time and don't appear to be having any major conflicts. Currently around 120 Ruckus APs are deployed on a single virtual controller. If our budget comes through we'll get all of the Fortinet ap's out by summer 19. I demo'd Cloudpath and it didn't work the way we expected cross-platform. Ruckus pricing was comparable Meraki (up front, not considering the 5 year model), and slightly less than Aerohive. We didn't really consider Aruba or Cisco. I am still in disbelief that Aruba doesn't have a virtual controller option. We didn't consider Cisco as, maybe it's my imagination, but I feel like every week there's a post on this list about issues with LWAPP or some bug in code versions. Jake Jacob Barros Associate Director of IT, Network and Operations Email: jkbar...@grace.edu<mailto:jkbar...@grace.edu> Phone: 574.372.5100 ext. 6178 [https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/UL13vM331_cldE--6pe0tmF8xi10XejwQWh_iIo3_WnKqa3GNTj7qfC8zMm-AathAnMQoUG1LNv5GzD35OyxQ_x_V2RG30D4r5ucKFdYJkE1-Z-d98UW1NPWapbWxgOAi68e0c7q] On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 8:54 AM, Harry Rauch <rauc...@eckerd.edu<mailto:rauc...@eckerd.edu>> wrote: That's a good observation. We have had little need for support but when we did Ruckus was very persistent in solving the issue. Some may say they bugged us a lot to make sure everything was in order. They have a cloud based solution that we have just started to look at. Having just one campus makes it a difficult solution to go to. The philosophy of "if it works fine don't fix it" usually works best unless their is a major upgrade or EOL for APs. Even so, we move the older APs to low volume areas and have the one controller for the older stuff that can't be upgraded. We try and push ROI to the max since we are a private college. On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 7:48 AM, Osborne, Bruce W (Network Operations) <bosbo...@liberty.edu<mailto:bosbo...@liberty.edu>> wrote: One major point to consider is vendor support. We are not a Ruckus Wireless customer but we just moved away from one of their prodicts to a different third party product. We just moved away from Cloudpath (we tried Wizard & ES) due to poor support experiences and lack of timely updates for new OS challenges. For us support is almost as large a challenge as product performance. I personally would settle for a little less than ideal performance if there is a good support structure backing it up. Bruce Osborne Senior Network Engineer Network Operations - Wireless (434) 592-4229<tel:(434)%20592-4229> LIBERTY UNIVERSITY Training Champions for Christ since 1971 From: Wesley Troy Scott [mailto:tsc...@uwyo.edu<mailto:tsc...@uwyo.edu>] Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 5:01 PM Subject: Ruckus? Hello, I'm curious about how you are using Ruckus Wireless products on campus. Specifically: 1. What's the size of your deployment (waps, controllers, users, etc) 2. Are you completely Ruckus or do you have a mix of WLAN vendors 3. Did you transition to Ruckus from another vendor or was it a greenfield deployment 4. How does the cost compare to other vendors 5. Any concerns about specific use cases 6. Anything folks should know when talking about Ruckus Thanks to anyone that can throw some light on Ruckus and is willing to share their experience with me. I'll take responses off list too if that's better for you. 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