PingPlotter is a graphical traceroute and ping tool that visualizes network performance in a way that makes identifying the source of problems quicker and easier for everyone from online gamers and video streamers to VoIP admins and IT pros. Features for remote deployment, network monitoring, scripting, and a web interface are included along with several additional capabilities.
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Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring
Score 8.4 out of 10
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SignalFX is Real-Time Cloud Monitoring and Observability for Infrastructure, Microservices and Applications. SignalFX was acquired by Splunk in August 2019. SignalFX Infrastructure Monitoring provides real-time cloud monitoring and observability platform for infrastructure, microservices and DevOps. A new SignalFX product, SignalFx Microservices APM, was released March 2020 to detect issues, provide real-time app troubleshooting, and future-proof expectations.
PingPlotter was perfect for a before and after change related to network infrastructure. We were able to easily identify and pinpoint the hops where latency occurred and if it was related to our internal change or if it is external and out of our control. If the issue resided with the ISP we could open a ticket with them and provide the PingPlotter share link so the techs could see the results as well. The program gets the jobs done but could use some improvement related to an updated user interface.
Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is well suited for any complicated environment where you have apps and servers across multiple clouds and platforms and products. If you have a data centre where all your apps and servers are in one single network, you could probably get away with older solutions. But for any modern, complex, hybrid-cloud microservices environment, Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is a must-have.
SignalFX handles historical metric aggregation exceptionally well, providing a multifaceted approach to event detection based on anomalies.
SignalFX's cost is incredibly flexible with their pricing model of DPM (data-point per minute) vs the traditional "per host" model that most monitoring SaaS use.
SignalFX support is responsive and knowledgeable, very eager to help solve your immediate problems.
SignalFX integrations is vast and constantly growing, making adoption easy even when multiple different open-source technologies are used in your stack.
Comprehensive Monitoring and Observability: Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring offers a comprehensive solution for monitoring and observability of modern, distributed applications and infrastructure. With the ability to monitor metrics, traces, and logs in real-time, organizations can gain deep insights into the health and performance of their systems.Real-Time Alerting and Anomaly Detection: Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring provides real-time alerting and anomaly detection, enabling organizations to proactively identify and address issues before they impact users. This can help improve the reliability and availability of critical systems, reducing downtime and minimizing the impact of incidents.Cloud-Native Monitoring: Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is designed to support cloud-native architectures and environments, including Kubernetes and serverless platforms. This makes it an ideal solution for organizations that are adopting cloud technologies and need to monitor and manage complex, dynamic systems.Easy to Use and Configure: Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring is easy to use and configure, with an intuitive user interface and out-of-the-box integrations with many popular tools and platforms. This can help organizations get up and running quickly and minimize the time and resources required to implement and maintain monitoring and observability solutions.
I find that learning the interface can take some time. We need a better show-and-tell on how the Teams pages, Dashboard Groups, Dashboards and charts delay. Advance SignalFlow is sometimes hard to build. Some better samples of advanced SignalFlow would be helpful. For example, Splunk SPL has a vast resource of examples.
I have not had much contact with the PingPlotter support, only one time have I went to them and it was a positive experience. The questions I had were answered quickly and professionally. I have no issue with the experience I had with the Support team. This was from before and after the purchase of the product.
Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring provides an excellent support experience for customers, offering a range of resources to ensure that users get the most out of their monitoring solution. The support team is knowledgeable and responsive, providing quick and effective assistance to resolve any issues that may arise.One of the key strengths of Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring support is the extensive documentation and online resources available to customers. The Splunk documentation library is comprehensive and well-organized, providing detailed information on every aspect of the product. In addition, the Splunk community is active and engaged, providing a wealth of user-generated content, including tips, tricks, and best practices for using the product.In addition to the extensive documentation and community resources, Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring provides a range of support options to meet the needs of different customers. These include email and phone support, as well as a web-based support portal where customers can submit and track support requests. The support team is responsive and knowledgeable, providing timely and effective assistance to ensure that customers get the most out of their monitoring solution.
It didn’t come up to my expectations cause of Being
1. Less active 2. More pricey
3. Heavily weighted for our systems. On the contrary, PIngPlotter is entirely different from our prior experience as it is fast, active, reasonable price, and is very light for our systems. All this makes it a highly favorable tool for our company’s needs.
They’re not for the same purpose but we’re using NewRelic and Honeycomb for monitoring purposes. NewRelic is used for HTTP client monitoring for system related throughput, error, database and external client monitoring. Honeycomb is used to monitor actual HTTP request/response values. Splunk [Infrastructure Monitoring] is used for real-time application related throughout and error monitoring.
Caused us to get a lot of spam when we redeployed apps and old instances stopped sending metrics. Muting alerts solves this, but people often forget to do it or do it incorrectly.
Helped us find historical info about instances/apps.
