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    IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AIBM Log Analysis with LogDNA is a fully centralized log management solution.N/A

    SolarWinds Log Analyzer (LA)

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/ASolarWinds Log Analyzer is log management and analysis tool, designed to fully integrate with the Orion Platform. With real-time log collection, analysis, and visualization, it enables visibility into the performance and availability of the monitored IT infrastructure. According to the vendor, key feature and business benefits include: Log and event collection and analysis Any infrastructure is constantly generating log data to provide performance…N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Testimonials
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    IBM
    IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA is well suited if you are using other IBM cloud product ecosystems. It's very mature and supports HIPAA-compliant configurations if you need to store PI/PHI data. We particularly use it for audit requirements but understand the limitation with the retention period is for 30 days only. Also you need to configure if your IBM cloud service doesn't have any log collection or report tool. Log collection agents are widely supported for most of infrastructure in cloud.
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    SolarWinds
    Some of equipment does not support correct monitoring of particular errors via standard SNMP requests (example - Juniper SRX licenses expiration). In this case getting and analyzing syslogs as well as creating event-based alerts/notifications brings great relief of a network administrator life! The second case - is a simple analyzing firewall log events as SolarWinds Log Analyzer (LA) can keep logs for a longer time than an equipment built-in tool.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Easier integration with other IBM cloud resources
    • Flexible access control setup using RBAC
    • Supports other infrastructure as well, like Kubernetes and VMs
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    SolarWinds
    • Event based custom alarms
    • Useful search filters
    • Real-time streaming
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Ability to create KPI charts and metrics dashboards out of the box
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    SolarWinds
    • Network management
    • Server infrastructure management
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    IBM
    If you use other IBM product ecosystems, IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA is the obvious choice, as it supports seamless integration and better access control with IBM cloud access group setups. IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA was flexible and has wide support for various infrastructure implementations and is also controlled by the same IAM access setup. It can be configured for any IBM cloud services or platform logs or for infrastructure by installing the agent.
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    SolarWinds
    Based on my personal experience SolorWinds Log Analyzer is the best product on the market. Splunk Enterprise is the other system we use for monitoring but it's more complicated and requires extra skills Moreover Solarwinds Support Team response fast to any issues
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    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • Most of IBM cloud services support easier integration for log analysis.
    • We are able to achieve compliance with various audit log reports, which improves governance and control over various cloud resources we have.
    • Also IBM Log Analysis with LogDNA helps in troubleshooting and analysis for application logs in real time. This helps with improved issue resolution timings.
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    SolarWinds
    • Decrease issue reaction time
    • Simplify an issue root cause reporting
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    Screenshot of Log and event collection and analysisScreenshot of Powerful search and filterScreenshot of Real-time log streamScreenshot of Event log taggingScreenshot of Orion Platform integrationScreenshot of Orion Alert integration