OpenText ArcSight Logger Pros and Cons

The speed, the DB, the UI the overall performance. neatly getting the job done without hampering operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes lags a bit but still trusted and recommended Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Using ArcSight logger is very helpful when integrated with your ESM; in terms of log collection, it comes very handy and is easy to use. It depends upon the requirement whether to go with the appliance or the virtual one, but the performance of the appliance version is excellent, which also comes with 10 GB internal storage. It is easy to implement and integrate with different log sources. The peering function is always useful when we have multiple loggers in place. Easy to create queries and reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the search query takes too long to search the logs if the duration applied is more than 24 hours and if the search is applied on multiple loggers. Sometimes you could face issues while adding new destinations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Logging, use cases creation is easy and good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Costing is. Little bit high, and some product integration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We could fetch huge volume of logs upto 6 months back by applying trend and query on its console. Interface is also userfriendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is sluggish and gets down very easily if we work on multiple reports and fetching logs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the Out of the box tailoring for environment. Tailoring identifies specific IOCs an analyst needs to look at , reducing false positive alarms . It is highly configurable with builtin filters and connectors to quickly tailor to the environment Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

With multiple enhancements such as smart reports supporting multiple queries and creating smart dashboard reports , new report chart types such as suburst,funnel, pyramid, treemaps, counter ,gauged and packed circles - the dislikes are none Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Good as log management solution, optimal service for dashboard and report Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

a little archaic, not so much focused on security features Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.