We performed a comparison between DX Spectrum and IDERA SQL Safe Backup based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Broadcom and others in DX NetOps."The most valuable features have been the interface and the ability to do equipment management."
"This product provides good visibility into applications at the backend."
"It is easy to navigate."
"Spectrum does such a great job of discovering our network that we have a high confidence in what our inventory is."
"It helps our NetOps group actually handle alarms in a way that lets them see the bigger picture of those alarms, and how they might affect our services. It helps us communicate information about the network state better to services that might be impacted by a specific network condition."
"We were able to standardize the internal processes across all internal departments, resulting in almost an elimination of non-standard process flows through our organization."
"The most valuable features of DX Spectrum are the comprehensive alerts."
"The stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch."
"The compression, because it drastically reduces the disk space."
"It has reduced our backup time and simplified our backup processes across all the servers."
"The biggest issue is our integration right now between UIM and Spectrum is lacking."
"The solution's stability needs improvement."
"It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this."
"DX Spectrum needs to incorporate faster support."
"If they could interact with the MIBs of vendors better, and have a lot more pre-loaded ones, that would be amazing for us right now."
"Make it easier to certify devices."
"It was somewhat complex to implement."
"The upgrade process could be smoother. More of the steps around upgrading could be automated."
"I would like to see the pieces that they have put in the web only to be put into the thick client sitting on the desktop client."
"Make sure you check your backups on a regular basis. Backups do get missed with this tool, for whatever reason."
"The way the filtering goes, if you filter on your view, there is no indication that you have made a selection."
Earn 20 points
DX Spectrum is ranked 1st in DX NetOps with 115 reviews while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is ranked 76th in Backup and Recovery. DX Spectrum is rated 8.4, while IDERA SQL Safe Backup is rated 5.0. The top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IDERA SQL Safe Backup writes "You can't see any metrics about how long it took you to backup the entire server. We've had a huge reduction in the nightly backup footprint size". DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes, whereas IDERA SQL Safe Backup is most compared with Rubrik and IBM Tivoli NetCool Impact.
We monitor all DX NetOps reviews to prevent fraudulent reviews and keep review quality high. We do not post reviews by company employees or direct competitors. We validate each review for authenticity via cross-reference with LinkedIn, and personal follow-up with the reviewer when necessary.