We performed a comparison between Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker and Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Network Packet Broker (NPB) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The most valuable features are the single dashboard for viewing the entire network and that centralized-based configurations are much easier than the manual option."
"The solution has helped us improve the Time to Resolution."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker is data routing and management. The solution integrates well."
"Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker is stable and scalable, and has a FCoE (Fiber Channel over Ethernet) feature. Cisco also provides helpful technical support for the solution."
"The solution allows me to look at the configuration change, change the configuration, and get statistics."
"The tool's most valuable feature is the encryption feature. From a security perspective, the solution hasn't significantly strengthened our security posture. However, it has greatly improved performance by streamlining encryption processes and avoiding encryption at multiple layers. This has also simplified troubleshooting, as we can whitelist certain processes."
"The solution is straightforward to set up."
"It has high stability."
"The most valuable feature is NetFlow."
"The most valuable feature for improving network visibility with Gigamon is the packet filtering capability."
"It is a good product. It provides network visibility, which is important. Gigamon can bring some optimizations to my network. It is helpful for security inspection, and it makes my firewall work fast because my firewall doesn't have to do the inspection of the SSL connections, for example."
"It offers straightforward integration."
"There's a lack of good product-specific documentation for this solution, so it can be harder to work through this platform."
"The solution could improve the performance."
"The solution's GUI should be made more user-friendly."
"The solution needs to make it easier to work with on-prem tool."
"Another area for improvement is with the setup of the solution, as it's complicated. I'd like Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker to have an easier setup in its next release."
"They should increase the solution's cluster capacity."
"The security should be improved."
"In terms of improvement, while the initial setup is not overly complicated, we did encounter a few issues."
"Its filtering feature needs improvement."
"It only inspects a specific kind of traffic. There should be different kinds of use cases."
"The Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline should have a feature showing the traffic flow within its platform. Currently, customers have to use separate tools for monitoring, which is inconvenient. If it had its visibility feature, it would make monitoring easier and more complete without needing extra tools."
"The graphical user interface could be improved."
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Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker is ranked 2nd in Network Packet Broker (NPB) with 6 reviews while Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline is ranked 1st in Network Packet Broker (NPB) with 7 reviews. Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker is rated 8.6, while Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker writes "Quick initial setup, helpful support, and useful data routing". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline writes "Stable solution with good technical support service". Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker is most compared with Ixia Network Packet Brokers, Arista Data ANalyZer, Big Switch Networks and Observer GigaStor, whereas Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline is most compared with Ixia Network Packet Brokers, Arista Data ANalyZer, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE, Cisco Secure Network Analytics and Big Switch Networks. See our Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker vs. Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline report.
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