Access Point Scale Considerations

Juniper Mist Edge supports an elastically scalable cluster that has an unlimited number of nodes. The scalable cluster includes options for backup clusters. The Juniper Mist Edge cluster design for the tunneling microservice depends on the aggregate capacity considerations for several access points (APs) and clients, and on throughput expectations.

The Juniper Mist cloud solution can scale to manage, configure, and monitor thousands of APs without an on-premises controller-managed topology. You can choose the appropriate edge for your deployment by referring to the metrics mentioned in Table 1.

Note:

For medium and large campus deployments, we recommend the Mist Edge X6 device with 80 percent maximum AP capacity considering failover as well as growth.

Table 1: Juniper Mist Edge Models with Metrics

Key Metrics	Mist Edge – X1-M	Mist Edge – X5	Mist Edge – X5-M	Mist Edge – X10	Mist Edge-X6
Number of Access Points	500	5000	5000	10,000	5000
Number of Clients	5000	50,000	50,000	100,000	100,000
Maximum Throughput	4 Gbps	20 Gbps	40 Gbps	40 Gbps	100 Gbps