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We performed a comparison between Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline and Observer GigaStor based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"The most valuable feature is NetFlow.""The solution is straightforward to set up.""It is a good product. It provides network visibility, which is important. Gigamon can bring some optimizations to my network. It is helpful for security inspection, and it makes my firewall work fast because my firewall doesn't have to do the inspection of the SSL connections, for example.""It has high stability.""It offers straightforward integration."

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"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.""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.""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..."

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Cons
"They should increase the solution's cluster capacity.""It only inspects a specific kind of traffic. There should be different kinds of use cases.""The security should be improved.""Its filtering feature needs improvement.""The graphical user interface could be improved."

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"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.""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.""I would like to have more than 4TB of storage available in the portable version of this solution."

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  • "The solution is highly-priced."
  • "The solution's price is reasonable."
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  • "It depends on the requirements you have. There are three types of license. There's the updates license, the work group license, and the workstation license."
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    Also Known As
    Gigamon, GigaSecure
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    Overview

    Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline is a comprehensive network visibility solution that provides real-time insights into network traffic. It offers SSL inspection and mobile network monitoring for traffic monitoring purposes. The solution optimizes networks, aids in security inspection, and improves firewall performance. It is praised for its performance, power, straightforward integration, stability, and ease of initial setup. 

    With Gigamon, organizations can gain complete visibility into their network traffic, identify potential threats, and take proactive measures to prevent them. The solution is ideal for organizations of all sizes, including enterprises, service providers, and government agencies.

    Observer GigaStor is a network analysis tool that comes in a variety of form factors, including rack mount, portable, and virtual. Capable of storing up to a petabyte of traffic for later analysis, GigaStor helps ensure optimal network and application performance.

    Sample Customers
    Amica Insurance, College of William & Mary, Gamma, IntercontinentalExchange, OppenheimerFunds
    Cisco Systems, Hawaiian Telecom, Renown Health, State of Nevada, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, Allstate Insurance, Jack Henry & Associates, United States Airforce, US Bank, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Chicago Board Options Exchange
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government8%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Manufacturing Company11%
    University11%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise73%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business63%
    Large Enterprise38%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business11%
    Midsize Enterprise8%
    Large Enterprise80%

    Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline is ranked 1st in Network Packet Broker (NPB) with 4 reviews while Observer GigaStor is ranked 8th in Network Packet Broker (NPB). Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline is rated 8.6, while Observer GigaStor is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline writes "Powerful with good performance and a straightforward setup". On the other hand, Gigamon Deep Observability Pipeline is most compared with Ixia Network Packet Brokers, Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker, Arista Data ANalyZer, NETSCOUT nGeniusONE and Ixia Hawkeye, whereas Observer GigaStor is most compared with Wireshark, Fortinet FortiSIEM, Kentik and Cisco Nexus Dashboard Data Broker.

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