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OptiView XG [EOL] pros and cons

Vendor: NETSCOUT

4.3 out of 5

38 reviews
89% willing to recommend

OptiView XG [EOL] Pros review quotes

MW

President at Bitwise Micro

Apr 5, 2021

It is a very valuable tool. It goes out and does a discovery, which is a great process of it. You could have something like a rogue DHCP server, and it will identify it, and then you can see to which switch port it is connected. It is quite an impressive tool. I really liked it because you didn't have to install an agent on anything. It would just go out and do its discovery. For me, that's great.

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Information Technology Manager

Aug 2, 2017

Gives us the ability to see our network.

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AA

Senior Network Admin at a government with 10,001+ employees

Jan 31, 2017

If we are in the field and we have OptiView, it is our first line of defense.

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Network Analyst at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 5, 2017

It's a good tool and is pretty simple to use.

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Network Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 21, 2017

The packet capture feature is valuable when there's a troubleshooting issue, and since this is a data center, there are thousands of servers and users.

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IT Manager/Director at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jan 31, 2017

It's the one product that we go to when we have a problem or need to get information, because it can do so much.

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Network Engineer at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees

Jan 1, 2017

The pre-site survey and the AirMagnet site survey help my company in pre-sales and post-sales.

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Network Engineer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Dec 14, 2016

We were able to find out that there was actually double acknowledgments coming from one of the devices, and we were able to share that with the coders and ultimately get it fixed.

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Network Architect at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 13, 2016

OptiView just made it a little bit easier; it was a neat package that made it easier to utilize.

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Network Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

Oct 10, 2016

The 10 GigE connectivity and ClearSight are the most valuable features for us.

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OptiView XG [EOL] Cons review quotes

MW

President at Bitwise Micro

Apr 5, 2021

Its price can be improved. Their support can also be improved a little bit. In terms of features, it did everything I wanted it to do. With more features, I would have to start installing network agents or something else, and I don't want to have to install anything. This was the value for me about this device.

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Information Technology Manager

Aug 2, 2017

I would like a built-in tap feature which doesn't interfere with the network, and it allows you to see what is happening there.

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AA

Senior Network Admin at a government with 10,001+ employees

Jan 31, 2017

I think everything is OK, except that they integrated AirMagnet already. It's also very heavy, like a brick.

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Network Analyst at a transportation company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 5, 2017

I had some problems generating reports.

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Network Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

Feb 21, 2017

The licensing cost needs to improve since it is very expensive, especially the licensing and maintenance costs.

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IT Manager/Director at a hospitality company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Jan 31, 2017

That would probably be something I'd want to add on.

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Network Engineer at a tech consulting company with 10,001+ employees

Jan 1, 2017

It can’t scale to even one user because it crashes when you're using the AirMagnet survey tool, or even running reports.

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Network Engineer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Dec 14, 2016

We found that when we used the wireless section of the AirMagnet, we used to have a laptop dedicated to AirMagnet and it actually ran smoother on the laptop.

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Network Architect at a wholesaler/distributor with 1,001-5,000 employees

Oct 13, 2016

Ease of updating, automated updating. Basically, based on the unit right now, maybe get it to be a little bit smaller, lighter.

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Network Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

Oct 10, 2016

It's bulky; it's a big tablet. The physical dimensions need to change a little bit; it needs to be more portable.

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