Centreon vs. DX Spectrum

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Centreon
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Centreon, from the French company of the same name, is an IT infrastructure monitoring platform.N/A
DX Spectrum
Score 7.0 out of 10
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DX Spectrum (formerly CA Spectrum) is network fault management software, from Broadcom company CA Technologies.N/A
Pricing
CentreonDX Spectrum
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CentreonDX Spectrum
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
CentreonDX Spectrum
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
CentreonDX Spectrum
Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
(1 ratings)
8.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
CentreonDX Spectrum
Likelihood to Recommend
Centreon
It is a good product that is robust. They have a free version that makes the value good. If it cost money then the install and plugins would need polishing. But overall it is a good product that does what it says it does. But definitely not for beginners you do need some knowledge to set it up and get it running
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Broadcom
As I said before, not only for Spectrum, but for any monitoring tool, you need to know what is critical in your environment and think about how exactly you should monitor and treat it. If you have done that, everything will work just fine.
  • Well Suited - Networking Monitoring
  • Less Appropriate - When you need to customize some monitoring and to update the version
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Pros
Centreon
  • Monitor
  • Install
  • Stability
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Broadcom
  • Polling and traps can be configured to take heartbeats at specified intervals and notify on an event in real-time, respectively.
  • Topology of devices gives a high-level overview of network architecture.
  • Discovery of devices is simple and secure with the use of community strings.
  • Details can be added per device or alarm type for actions to be taken to make troubleshooting easier.
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Cons
Centreon
  • The install
  • More plugins
  • The alerting
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Broadcom
  • NOC
  • Data Center/Telecom
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Alternatives Considered
Centreon
Centreon does a good job against these products. Of courseCentreon can be free and that is what we used. So it is not quite the same the other products are more polished and support is readily available. But Centreon is still good and if you have some knowledge can work just as well
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Broadcom
Other tools I have used are more server/application-centric. CA Spectrum seems to work effectively and efficiently for network devices. Notification delays can be set to grant grace periods in case of network blips or false positives, which occur ALL the time. Other monitoring tools send event notifications immediately and would clear instantly, which while on-call can wake a technician for no reason.
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Return on Investment
Centreon
  • It does monitoring very well
  • Details on issues is good
  • Customization is great.
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Broadcom
  • Proactive monitoring for networking
  • To many times to plan an update
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