PathSolutions TotalView

Score7.3 out of 10

4 Reviews and Ratings

What is PathSolutions TotalView?

PathSolution’s TotalView is a network performance monitoring tool. PathSolutions emphasizes the platform’s issue diagnostics and recommended remediation assistance as a key differentiator.

Categories & Use Cases

Network Performance Monitoring

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Baseline threshold calculation
Calculation of baseline thresholds so to establish warning thresholds
Category average: 8.5
Automated network device discovery
Automated network device discovery allows all devices in the environment to be found and tracked
Category average: 8.7
Packet capture analysis
Interception of data packets provides performance-related information such as network and application response times, and traffic type analysis
Category average: 7.2

Alerts
Alerts warning of critical infrastructure component failure can be sent via email or SMS or other channel
Category average: 8.7
Hardware health monitoring
Ability to monitor key hardware metrics including temperature, fan speed, and power supply
Category average: 9.2
Customizable reports
Ability to schedule, generate, and deliver custom performance and availability reports
Category average: 7.9

Zachary Davis

Network Engineer in Information Technology at Monadnock Community Hospital (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

In-depth device interface performance
Daily Utilization with a historical view
Call Assessment and VoIP phone monitoring

Cons

I currently do not have any cons with the software - PathSolutions support is phenomenal.

Return on Investment

TotalView has been greatly beneficial and allows for a quick view of impacted devices within my infrastructure
Bandwidth monitoring and historical tab has been great for correlating past slowness events

Other Software Used

SolarWinds IP Address Manager, Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering PAN-DB, Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls - PA Series, Cisco Nexus, Aruba Networks Wireless LAN (WLAN), Cisco Routers

Bryan Mularcik View profile

Senior Voice and Collaboration Administrator in Information Technology at WesBanco (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

Probably the best value I have ever seen in a network monitoring product.
Phenomenal customer service and support.
Features galore!

Cons

If you have some complexities in your network addressing, the network diagram tool will lay everything out automatically, but it will be confusing to look at. There is a way to edit the diagram so it looks more intuitive, but it may require some time to edit everything the right way.
TotalView will count virtual interfaces such as voice dial-peers and service modules as "ports," which counts against your license count. However, there is a way to edit each device to remove these "false positives" so it doesn't suck up licenses, but it can take some time to clean those up.

Return on Investment

Faster turnaround on network troubleshooting frees up Administrator time for other efforts.
Significant cost saving is going to allow us to free us some budget, especially after replacing other tools.

Alternatives Considered

SolarWinds IP Address Manager, SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer, WhatsUp Gold, ManageEngine OpManager and Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution

Verified User

Technician in Information Technology (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Pros

The setup is fast and easy - 500 devices in 20 minutes.
The ability to go back a day or a week in time allows us to more easily troubleshoot the "what happened at 3 a.m. yesterday" question.
It gives us easily accessible stats for checks and balances like device types, counts, models, serial number etc.

Cons

Customization can be difficult to achieve - although well documented and support is willing to help.
Some configuration steps are cumbersome but strides have been made to fix that in recent years.
Automation and discovery of devices aren't the easiest to do, it is one of the short comings. While it is achievable it's not as up front as other tools

Return on Investment

There is certainly an increased saving of time when dealing with issues - troubleshooting time is at least 75% less for basic issues.

Alternatives Considered

NetBrain, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor and PRTG Network Monitor

Other Software Used

PRTG Network Monitor, Wireshark

Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (501-1000 employees employees)

Pros

Simple, intuitive interface.
Support Team is great.
New features being added all the time.

Cons

I don't have any complaints or suggestions right now.

Return on Investment

Wuite possibly the best spent money i have recommended in my 20+ year IT career.

PathSolutions TotalView

What is PathSolutions TotalView?

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