A tremendous Network Monitoring solution
Rating: 10 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
I have deployed and supported Entuity in over 20 companies between Europe, Middle East and Africa. Entuity's solution is unparalleled when it comes to discovering and monitoring the network equipment. Good integration capabilities to ServiceNow and BMC Remedy allow for fault detection. If you decided to integrate into Manager of Managers for the Event and Capacity Management (which I would highly recommend), your organization just got the finest network monitoring there is (written in 2019).
While it is able to discover and monitor the server estate, if you need a detailed monitoring of what is happening in the server, you may need to deploy a dedicated server solution.
But if the basic information, up/down and port availability is enough to begin with (which it usually is!), Entuity has got you covered.
TL;DR - excellent network monitoring with a very good netflow analyzer.
Pros
- Exceptional network discovery and mapping.
- Great CMDB integration capabilities.
- Good event management integrations.
Cons
- Detailed server monitoring.
- Detailed storage monitoring.
Likelihood to Recommend
I think that if your organization is network-oriented (such as telecom or ISP) deploying Entuity should be considered a mandatory step. Big organizations will benefit from the ITSM (ticketing, monitoring and CMDB) integrations.
However, if your goal is to ensure that the server layer is monitored in great level (process and service monitoring, log parsing etc.) then Entuity will not suit your needs.
Vetted Review
10 years of experience