SolarWinds Log Analyzer (LA)

Score7.9 out of 10

30 Reviews and Ratings

What is SolarWinds Log Analyzer (LA)?

SolarWinds 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 insight. Whether they’re syslogs, SNMP traps, Windows or VMware events, they often can provide the crucial bits of insight to help with troubleshooting. Log Analyzer enables you to collect, consolidate, and analyze log information with one tool.

Search and filter log data

Log Analyzer allows you to perform fast searches and apply filters to refine results.

Real-time log stream

Log Analyzer can display an interactive real-time log stream, different from standard traditional log collection and management tools that generate reports in just plain text or HTML. Filtering for particular keywords, like event IDs or error codes can then aid troubleshooting live.

Orion intelligent alert actions

Log Analyzer integrates with the intelligent alert engine of the SolarWinds Orion Platform to provide customizable alerts, along with delivery options, including email notifications, ServiceNow integration, and the ability to trigger an external script.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SolarWinds Log Analyzer (LA) is the powerful tool that replaced Legacy Report. In current interpretation, it provides a wide range of quite useful features such as log and event collection and analysis that gives oportunity to create an alert in monitoring system (such as Solarwinds NPM, SAM that you can easily integrate with SolarWinds Log Analyzer (LA)) based on particular event (for instance, receive 'Licenses is going to expire ...' Syslog from a network device).

Pros

Event based custom alarms
Useful search filters
Real-time streaming

Cons

Network management
Server infrastructure management

Most Important Features

Log and event collection and analysis
Search and filter

Return on Investment

Decrease issue reaction time
Simplify an issue root cause reporting

Alternatives Considered

Splunk Enterprise

Other Software Used

Splunk Enterprise, Graylog, Logaholic

SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server

SolarWinds Threat Monitor