DX Spectrum vs Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

DX Spectrum
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
116
Ranking in other categories
Network Management Applications (4th), Network Monitoring Software (10th), IT Infrastructure Monitoring (14th), Network Troubleshooting (6th), DX NetOps (1st)
Gigamon Deep Observability ...
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Event Monitoring (11th), Network Packet Broker (NPB) (1st)
 

Featured Reviews

UW
Nov 7, 2022
Helps in pinpointing a problem quickly, scales very well, and handles SNMP monitoring better than others
It's a bit too complex right now. From the point of DX Spectrum, you have to implement a lot of server components. It should be easier because a lot of automation is possible today in the market. If everything is already prepared, you just need one day to deploy it. It doesn't take so much time. The implementation strategy depends on the customer or data center environment and the processes. With preparation, it takes about one month. In terms of the staff required, you need just one person for the Spectrum piece, but of course, you need a few people for preparing the network, firewall rules, and things like that. In terms of maintenance, the maintenance is that you have to keep it up to date. Other than that, there is not so much to do.
LeonardoAlves - PeerSpot reviewer
May 17, 2023
Stable solution with good technical support service
I use the solution for copying the data centers They should increase the solution's cluster capacity. I have been using the solution for seven years. The solution is stable. The solution's software is easy to scale. The solution's technical support is good. Positive The solution is…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It is very stable. We have not had any major issues in over 10 years."
"It is easy to navigate."
"I have found the cross analysis feature to be the most valuable."
"The presentation layer is pretty simple and straightforward."
"We use Spectrum for network analysis, failure detection, and sending information to our service management tool."
"The integration point."
"Spectrum is great for root cause analysis. It has excellent correlation event management. Spectrum's stability and scalability are also amazing."
"The most valuable features have been the interface and the ability to do equipment management."
"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 most valuable feature is NetFlow."
"The solution is straightforward to set up."
"The most valuable feature for improving network visibility with Gigamon is the packet filtering capability."
"It has high stability."
"It offers straightforward integration."
"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."
 

Cons

"DX Spectrum could be improved by them getting rid of the Java console. It would also be better with Turkish language support."
"The platform is complicated to use."
"I would recommend AI capability built-in so it becomes more predictable and we jump ahead of the curve. This is the one really important feature I would really like to see in any product that provides alarms."
"Integration with some other tools, and integration with some Network Packet Broker, need some improvement."
"It doesn't really allow for multi-tenancy. If you're an ISP or an MSP and you want to use this tool to provide these types of fault management services to your customers, you would need a separate SpectroSERVER for each customer..."
"OS monitoring needs to be better developed, as well as their services, e.g., cluster monitoring, URLs, etc."
"The Spectrum OneClick is a Java-based client, and that's aging. Really, before any new feature integration, I'd love to see a comprehensive rebuild of the UI."
"The interface is not nice and needs to be improved."
"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."
"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."
"It only inspects a specific kind of traffic. There should be different kinds of use cases."
"The graphical user interface could be improved."
"Its filtering feature needs improvement."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Currently, a perpetual license but some services are moving to a subscription"
"The product, support, and maintenance are all expensive, which is another reason that we are switching to another solution."
"The cost of some of these products are a little cost prohibitive, which is unfortunate. We have to find lower cost solutions for some of the things that we have to pull in. For the most part, CA has capabilities in pretty much everything that you would need. You just have to figure out where are you going to spend the most money for what you have to actually get done. You can do all these things but, which ones do you have to do? And that's hard to choose sometimes because you want to do them all."
"In general, the license cost will be about 30% of the total TCO for this tool (hardware/support team, OS costs, and OS management)."
"The price of the solution is reasonable."
"The price is very high."
"It’s a great tool, but an expensive one. Learn how to use it properly."
"It is very pricey. With the current trend of enterprises moving towards cheaper and more modern looking solutions like ManageEngine, SevOne, ServicePilot, and Paesller."
"The solution's price is reasonable."
"The solution is highly-priced."
"I would rate the solution as expensive, around an eight or nine out of ten. There are other competitive solutions available."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
19%
Manufacturing Company
15%
Computer Software Company
14%
Government
7%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
17%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Government
7%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about DX Spectrum?
The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for DX Spectrum?
We are a customer of Broadcom, we use a group license that covers various CA products, including DX Spectrum. The company purchases the licenses they need from this group license, and we do not hav...
What needs improvement with DX Spectrum?
Support from Broadcom could be better. Sometimes we wait a very long time for a solution to level three problems. Challenges and Limitations The only other challenge is the price, which is the main...
What do you like most about Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline?
The most valuable feature for improving network visibility with Gigamon is the packet filtering capability.
What needs improvement with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline?
In terms of improvement, while the initial setup is not overly complicated, we did encounter a few issues.
What is your primary use case for Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline?
We mostly use it for network visibility, security monitoring, and performance monitoring.
 

Also Known As

CA Spectrum
Gigamon, GigaSecure
 

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Sample Customers

National Informatics Centre India, Banese, Olympus, AlphaServe Technologies, Sicredi
Amica Insurance, College of William & Mary, Gamma, IntercontinentalExchange, OppenheimerFunds