Item: SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
Rating: 10
Author: Brett Stone

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Our corporation uses SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor to monitor all of our networks/endpoints for outages that may affect connectivity. With the use of NPM, we can easily view uptime graphs, receive alerts, and even SNMP traps or Syslogs. In addition to SolarWinds NPM, we also complement it with SolarWinds NTA and NCM where we can view all network traffic and download nightly backups to our configurations.

Pros and Cons

Monitor uptime and create alerts for nodes which are down.
Collecting Syslogs and Traps

NPM is very slow at drawing charts and historical data from the SQL database.

Return on Investment

NPM has been invaluable to our organization to monitor ISP outages and alert us with SMS or email alerts.

Alternatives Considered

Wireshark and Datadog

SolarWinds NPM stacks up very well to the competition and is superior in many ways as it has the ability to monitor more information than the competition.

Key Insights

Do you think SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)'s feature set?

Yes

Did SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Wireshark, Datadog

Likelihood to Recommend

SolarWinds NPM is well suited for any Information Technology professional who needs to monitor their networks, nodes, or endpoints for outages. NPM can easily create rules for alerting and is invaluable to our organization to maintain high uptime.

An honest review of SolarWinds NPM from a Network Operations Manager at a major US Airline

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)