"What I liked about the solution is the quick and easy way you can build a network data center fabric."
"It can help to write your rules, organize firewalls, your block, and also your protocols and IP address to come in or out of your network."
"I also have the ability to see an application's performance, to see what's going on, why a network is slow, why this program for this user is experiencing a delay or some network issue"
"This solution allows us to see exactly what is going on in the network and we can very quickly solve issues with users."
"It's able to capture packets and, after a long time, you can come and use that information; to check, to analyze - everything you would want to do. So it's very good and helpful if you want to protect your data. It is stored in a certain place where you can access it every time you want to analyze it."
"There are many valuable features, but understanding end-user response times stands out. It provides a score-based evaluation of user experience, helping customers quickly pinpoint whether issues originate from the network, server, client, or application. Additionally, it facilitates in-depth analysis of application dependencies."
"The ability to capture packets. It is not only for monitoring. That is very important for a company that wants to keep an eye on the packets, the transactions, the flows..."
"I think if I was to say something that could be improved, it would be a multi-data center nature of the implementation."
"I would like to have more than 4TB of storage available in the portable version of this solution."
"Maybe the graphical user interface could be simplified to allow people to use it more easily. It's already good, but they can work more on it to make it even easier."
"GigaStor feeds into Apex. So, the area where there could be improvement would be in artificial intelligence. For example, the incorporation of more advanced machine learning or AI capabilities could enhance its functionality."
"Graphics need improvement. Because a lot of the information there you have to input first in some case to have full potential. It could be more automated."
Big Switch Networks is ranked 4th in Network Packet Broker (NPB) with 1 review while Observer GigaStor is ranked 8th in Network Packet Broker (NPB) with 7 reviews. Big Switch Networks is rated 9.0, while Observer GigaStor is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Big Switch Networks writes "A flexible solution that can be integrated with third-party solutions whilst maintaining its automated nature". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Observer GigaStor writes "Aids significantly in the threat-hunting process and provides a score-based evaluation of user experience". Big Switch Networks is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, APCON, Cisco SD-WAN, Ixia Network Packet Brokers and Cumulus Networks, whereas Observer GigaStor is most compared with Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline, Wireshark, Kentik and Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker.
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