DX Spectrum vs. Zipkin

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DX Spectrum
Score 6.5 out of 10
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DX Spectrum (formerly CA Spectrum) is network fault management software, from Broadcom company CA Technologies.N/A
Zipkin
Score 0.0 out of 10
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Zipkin is a distributed tracing system. It helps gather timing data needed to troubleshoot latency problems in service architectures. Features include both the collection and lookup of this data.N/A
Pricing
DX SpectrumZipkin
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Offerings
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DX SpectrumZipkin
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
DX SpectrumZipkin
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User Testimonials
DX SpectrumZipkin
Likelihood to Recommend
Well Suited:
  • To detect network anomalies, outages, packet loss, blocks, floods, disconnections, link statuses, power supply failures, UPS failures/low batteries, etc.
  • Basically anything that can and will go wrong with the network, Spectrum will give you the drop before user community is aware.
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Pros
  • 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.
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Cons
  • NOC
  • Data Center/Telecom
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Alternatives Considered
To be honest, Spectrum is one of the most stable and less problematic solutions that we work with. It’s easy to scale and to deploy. The only time we’ve had problems with it was with some upgrading processes. It is not so intuitive and you have to make sure everything is correct.
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Return on Investment
  • Proactive monitoring for networking
  • To many times to plan an update
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