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DX Spectrum vs. TrueSight Operations Management (discontinued)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    DX Spectrum

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ADX Spectrum (formerly CA Spectrum) is network fault management software, from Broadcom company CA Technologies.N/A

    TrueSight Operations Management (discontinued)

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ATrueSight Operations Management was an IT infrastructure monitoring and management application. The product reached End of Life in July of 2023.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Broadcom
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    Discontinued Products
    Chose TrueSight Operations Management (discontinued)
    We have done extensive comparisons between the products and some where quickly eliminated for lacking functionality or support for key technologies. The features that really pushed TrueSight to the top over other full suites from CA, ScienceLogic, SolarWinds, HP, Foglight and …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Icinga
    Score9 out of 10
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    HPE OneView
    Score6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    DX SpectrumTrueSight Operations Management (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    DX SpectrumTrueSight Operations Management (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    If you have a large or complex environment then this tool can be the perfect fit. From many types of OS, database, applications and web sites supported out of the box and powerful customization ability, TrueSight can manage the most complex. If you have a simple or small IT shop then this tool suite may be over-kill and not worth the complexity to set up
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    Pros
    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.
    Incentivized
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    • Centralize all monitoring agents in one tool.
    • Big catalog of monitoring types (KMs).
    • Powerful event manager.
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    Cons
    Broadcom
    • NOC
    • Data Center/Telecom
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    Discontinued Products
    • The interface is functional and adaptable but I kind of wish it looked like its predecessor Patrol Monitor.
    • It is somewhat hard to understand the integrations into the UI.
    • Hoping for more metric choices.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    Datadog seems to have more freedom to build dashboards. They have more visualization types. However, Pulse seems to be better from a cost stand point. Pulse is able to accomplish everything we need, so no need to spend the extra cost.
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    Return on Investment
    Broadcom
    • Proactive monitoring for networking
    • To many times to plan an update
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    Discontinued Products
    • We have not figured ROI at this time.
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