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DX Spectrum pros and cons

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4.2 out of 5
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PROS

DX Spectrum allows for seamless monitoring and control of IT infrastructure components, supporting efficient business operations.
It offers robust stability and scalability, ensuring continuous network monitoring without major issues for over a decade.
The integration with SNMP for device monitoring and fault management is superior to other tools, enhancing network reliability.
Spectrum's automatic discovery and correlation of network alarms improve the speed and accuracy of alert notifications.
With its comprehensive alarms and scalable configuration management capabilities, DX Spectrum supports effective network and enterprise management.

CONS

DX Spectrum's integration between UIM and other products is lacking and complex.
Documentation for DX Spectrum needs improvement to aid those who did not participate in setup.
DX Spectrum should move to a SaaS-based model to align with other manufacturers.
DX Spectrum's scalability and ability to manage a variety of environments require enhancements.
Technical support for DX Spectrum is not satisfactory, with long wait times for level three issues.
 

DX Spectrum Pros review quotes

it_user558537 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT Operations at ICBC Argentina
May 5, 2017
Spectrum is very useful for us, because the product lets us monitor and control all the various components of our infrastructure that support our business from an IT perspective.
it_user394989 - PeerSpot reviewer
TEM Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 5, 2017
Discovery: Scheduled, on-demand, synchronized with eHealth.
DZ
Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Oct 1, 2017
Allows us to have a single console/notification point, with the alarms of all the tools that we use for monitoring.
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it_user778524 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director IT at CNO Financial Group, Inc.
Nov 26, 2017
The main thing is obviously notifications about alerts, getting ahead of the curve to make sure that we do not have system going down, or if it is down we get to know it earlier.
it_user778590 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Tools Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 26, 2017
We can plan changes and replacement of end-of-life products in our environment very well because it's very accurate.
it_user778638 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Of Monitoring Service Delivery at American International Group
Nov 26, 2017
The integration point.
it_user778728 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at GEICO
Nov 26, 2017
The quick notification of issues, quick alerting because timeliness is always valuable, it's very important for us.
it_user778746 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Enterprise Monitoring Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 26, 2017
​The stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch.​
it_user778845 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 26, 2017
It creates transparency and makes everything work by being more transparent.
SW
Senior NMS Architect at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 26, 2017
I can use it to detect whenever things go wrong on my network.
 

DX Spectrum Cons review quotes

it_user558537 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT Operations at ICBC Argentina
May 5, 2017
From the users perspective the looks and feel of dashboards of Spectrum would be easier to use and for understanding as APM will be in 10.5 version which we saw in CA World.
it_user394989 - PeerSpot reviewer
TEM Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Jun 5, 2017
The GIS map feature needs to be enhanced and synced with topology views of containers and global collections.
DZ
Developer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Oct 1, 2017
It doesn’t give you performance metrics: You need CA eHealth for this.
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it_user778524 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director IT at CNO Financial Group, Inc.
Nov 26, 2017
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.
it_user778590 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Tools Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 26, 2017
Our consultant was four months on-site doing Spectrum setup and working through issues.
it_user778638 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Of Monitoring Service Delivery at American International Group
Nov 26, 2017
The biggest issue is our integration right now between UIM and Spectrum is lacking.
it_user778728 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Systems Engineer at GEICO
Nov 26, 2017
It was somewhat complex to implement.
it_user778746 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Enterprise Monitoring Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Nov 26, 2017
Needs better integration with all the other products in the Agile suite of tools; anything they could do to make that less complex, would be great.
it_user778845 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 26, 2017
I would like to see CA move Spectrum, Performance Manager, and some of their other tools moved to a SaaS based model. You see a lot of other manufacturers which are moving toward SaaS based models.
SW
Senior NMS Architect at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 26, 2017
We have had one support issue that's been open for a couple of months, and it is currently open.