Aruba Networks

Pros

• With the access points… aruba is business grade, so your chance of it handling VLANs correctly is better.
• Cisco, Fortinet and Aruba switches will all support QoS in some form.
• Juniper, Cisco, Aruba all have multi-gig switch options that are reasonably priced for what they are.
• Buy an Aruba or other switch with some 10Gbps uplink ports and use the uplinks for the internet line and those few systems.
• If nothing else, you could get some quotes elsewhere for non-Cisco alternatives, and then talk to your VAR again - you may find their prices suddenly becoming more competitive. HPE's Aruba line, for example.

Cons

• Public APs on board were Arubas, didn’t spot any other Unifi gear.
• Larger clients end up with sonicwalls, fortigates, and for switches it can be their pick of cisco, fortinet, aruba, etc.
• The price of better non-chinese-brand network stack is too high. Fortinet, Aruba, Cisco, ….
• Aruba, Curaçao, and Martinique are very comfortable places, but without big cities, and not good on a budget.