We performed a comparison between CA eHealth [EOL] and DX Spectrum based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, Fortinet, Broadcom and others in Network Management Applications."The most valuable feature of this solution is the fact that it sends me canned reports. It's easy to use and easy to update."
"It is easy to navigate."
"We can monitor MPLS network VPN, network configuration, and backups. It's highly scalable for network configuration management."
"Spectrum is great for root cause analysis. It has excellent correlation event management. Spectrum's stability and scalability are also amazing."
"Discovery: Scheduled, on-demand, synchronized with eHealth."
"The stability of the product is key. It never breaks, really. The stability and reliability of the Spectrum product have been top-notch."
"I can use it to detect whenever things go wrong on my network."
"The most valuable feature is the auto-discovery, which is nice because you don't have to do anything to add a new component."
"The solution's most valuable features are its integration with Broadcom tools and scalability."
"I would like to see improved index shifting."
"DX Spectrum needs better documentation on its complex features."
"I think the management or configuration of devices needs some improvement."
"It doesn't really allow for multi-tenancy. If you're an ISP or an MSP and you want to use this tool to provide these types of fault management services to your customers, you would need a separate SpectroSERVER for each customer..."
"The solution could improve by allowing the ability to monitor the network shortly after installing the software and adding an auto-discovery function."
"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."
"I would like to see better scalability, and maybe, a more intuitive user interface. "
"It was somewhat complex to implement."
"If the integration is simplified or improved, it will be a unique selling point in comparison to the competition on the market."
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CA eHealth [EOL] doesn't meet the minimum requirements to be ranked in Network Management Applications while DX Spectrum is ranked 4th in Network Management Applications with 115 reviews. CA eHealth [EOL] is rated 7.4, while DX Spectrum is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of CA eHealth [EOL] writes "It has a lot of data on a stable platform. It only has a few canned out-of-the-box reports". On the other hand, the top reviewer of DX Spectrum writes "Comprehensive alerts, beneficial overall network viability, and scalability not limited". CA eHealth [EOL] is most compared with NetMaster Network Intelligence, whereas DX Spectrum is most compared with DX NetOps, Zabbix, SolarWinds NPM, Cisco DNA Center and ThousandEyes.
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