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We use SolarWinds Netflow to monitor network performance and traffic. The IT department controls the product and monitors the entire infrastructure with it. We primarily use it to monitor link usage and to keep an eye on bandwidth issues etc. It allows us to alert on when a link is being over utilised or we see any problems occuring.
- Easy to configure and roll out.
- Great history available, I can see detailed history on a link which helps with troubleshooting.
- Graphs available are great, excellent for management.
- SolarWinds as a whole is extremely resource hungry.
- General user interface issues, some things are not intuitive.
- Price is fairly high.
We use the SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) heavily to analyze traffic flows for different use cases. We have flows from all our devices, including private WAN, sending data to the SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) module. It is being used by IT to understand what applications are using our bandwidth and the type of traffic on our links. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) has helped multiple times to narrow down high-usage applications that cause high utilization on our links.
It also works well with IPAM and UDT to understand who that IP belongs to.
It also works well with IPAM and UDT to understand who that IP belongs to.
- Flow information
- Connectivity for Flow traffic for differenet devices
- Easy-to-read application information with port data
- Historical view based on storage
- Custom applications
- QoS
- The GUI is clunky
- Some of the graphs can be better
May 15, 2021
Monitoring network traffic and flows, monitoring bandwidth to determine offenders/abusers of the network or to find the source of a problem.
- Performance baseline for network traffic analysis
- GUI is interactive allowing drag and drop metrics on the dashboard
- Alerting via email of sudden bandwidth/traffic
- Graphs and mapping could use some improvement
- Application monitoring is not always helpful
April 14, 2021
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) is being used to monitor bandwidth usage. We have many network ethernet connections that require monitoring to make sure applications flow smoothly throughout the network. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) helps us be proactive on issues like network latency and overload. The reporting feature comes in handy for a quick status of the network.
- Bandwidth monitoring
- Application alerting
- Performance analysis dashboard
- Needing support for layer 3 Netwflow traffic
- Dashboard could be simplified further
- Application monitoring could be more detailed
We use this product to monitor our bandwidth and packet traffic. It also allows us to see what devices access our other devices in our network and websites visited. I use a monitor to see traffic flow so that I can be prepared for any problems that might arise and respond in a timely manner. Being proactive is always better than being reactive.
November 13, 2020
The instance I use [of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)] is used by our department only. There are other installations across the organization. When we have network issues at a site, it helps determine what the issue is ( bandwidth flooding, undesirable traffic, improper traffic, etc) and helps identify what devices are the bad actors. We can see conversations per device and the utilization for each conversation. Protocols are also identified.
November 30, 2020
SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer is being used along with npm and NCM. As npm covers fault monitoring and NCM provides Network Devices Configuration details and compliance checks done, the only left item was to audit and analyse who is eating the bandwidth and how - that's where NTA fits in. NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is being used to analyse Network traffic and who is consuming the bandwidth for better planning and [to] ensure security.
October 02, 2020
We use NTA to see what are users are up to. We use it to make sure users are using our internet for work and if they are we use it to find out the percentage of traffic that is O365 and then we can budget for faster internet connections.
- Allows us visibility in to website/application usage.
- We can see if our guest networks are being abused.
- We can see what users are pushing the network to the limit.
- NTA receives data from a specific port from the router/switch/ firewall. But you may not always monitor that port with npm. This causes errors or you have to spend more money to monitor more ports.
- The graphs and charts can be hard to read and hard to navigate.
September 02, 2020
As a service provider, we need to monitor for various scenarios. Have set up custom SWQL alerts to monitor for denial of service attacks on our customers. SolarWinds NTA also facilitates bandwidth monitoring for billing purposes for usage and overage charges.
- Running down DOS attacks over the network
- Helping Customer Support assist customers with slow internet complaints
- Tracking usage for billing
- Creating high-level usage reports for upper management
- Needing to understand SQWL for most advanced reporting
- Some of the automated reports are not very user friendly
- Online training
August 24, 2020
We use it to extract flows from all of our routers and analyze traffic.
- Integrates well with Network Performance Monitor (NPM) and other SolarWinds tools
- Combines multiple data streams into a single user-friendly graph format.
- Provides complete visibility into the network traffic flows.
- Requires a good amount of DB resources in order to function smoothly.
- Web interface needs to be refreshed to include more interactive charts and graphs.
- Lack of troubleshooting methods
NTA is being used in our internal IT department to monitor all of our VM's as well as networking devices such as switches, ASA's, routers, etc. The problem that NTA addresses is real-time visibility into our network. Being able to see what devices are up and what traffic is passing through is crucial for business.
- Traffic passing.
- Isolate user data.
- Integration.
October 28, 2020
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is being used for the IT department to analyze traffic engineering for issues/troubleshooting or capacity planning. Personally, I think is one of the best tools to get Netflow information in real-time to analyze. It is simple and friendly to read compared with others even for non-technical people or decision-makers.
- Easy to deploy
- Easy to read and make reports
- Real-time traffic
- Upgrade decision in terms of bandwidth
- Reports and Alerts
November 11, 2020
Across the entire organization. Really helps troubleshooting bandwidth related issues and helps us keep an eye on if it's legitimate traffic and if we really need to upgrade our MPLS links.
October 23, 2020
We have contracts with many different companies. When setting up a new customer, the customer insisted the connection to our product was being blocked by our firewall and was impeding them from using our product. After weeks of working with their IT group and trying to prove to them it was not our facility but their own which was causing the impedance. After setting up the SolarWinds NTA we were able to prove where the breakdown was in the traffic flow. They contacted their firewall team and fixed the block and opened the application up to their use. This block was something which could have cost us a very large contract and took the blame off our company. More than that we were able to know exactly where the problem was in the communication. In 20+ years of IT work, I have never been able to confidently prove where a breakdown was occurring outside of our own company. Thanks to the NTA from Solarwinds.
- Provides information about where traffic is being blocked.
- Provides bandwidth information about the traffic.
- Can show where slow downs are occuring.
- It could be a little easier for the common user to setup a connection between point A and point B to display the traffic information.
SolarWinds NTA has helped tremendously. As we are in the healthcare industry, all of our hardware, software, and others are very important to run with a very limited amount of disruptions. When things go wrong our teams need to see why, when, and how to improve so it does not happen next time. This is where SolarWinds NTA comes in.
- Monitor interface's network bandwith
- Traffic patterns
- Enhance bandwidth before outages occur
- Bring down the price
- Tighten up CBQoS
- Enable Linux equipment
July 09, 2020
We searched for a Netflow analyzer to help operations to understand how data are going through network.
As we already use SolarEWnds (NPM, NCM, ...), NTA was a logical solution as it reuses all polled devices.
As we already use SolarEWnds (NPM, NCM, ...), NTA was a logical solution as it reuses all polled devices.
- Good integration with other SolarWinds modules (NPM, NCM, IPAM, etc.).
- Easy to install and use.
- Auto discover of interfaces.
- Troubleshooting is not easy in cases of NTA problems.
- Static interface.
- Not easy to cross data between nodes.
August 04, 2020
It is used by a Department - Network Monitoring Team.
One of the important use case is it helps us to identify any outage in network, real-time and team responds immediately.
This reduces the business impact, we being a customer service entity.
One of the important use case is it helps us to identify any outage in network, real-time and team responds immediately.
This reduces the business impact, we being a customer service entity.
- It gives bandwidth information on interfaces basis.
- Helps in identifying any system if infected and team can isolate that endpoint.
- Denial-of-service can be identified and stopped. One of the key aspects again.
- Reporting and integrating with other tools like NAC solution.
- Can adapt ML/AI going forward.
- Auditing can be improved and self analysis within tool itself.
July 16, 2020
I am using SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer in my company to monitor the whole company network. Our network sometime goes down and the cause could be very tricky. The Traffic Analyzer helps me locate the root cause of the problem. The Analyzer is easy to use.
- Bandwidth usage analysis.
- Application analysis.
- Reports are not enough.
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is used to analyze the network-related traffic across the organization.
- SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer gives network packet drops.
- SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer provides very good stats on routers, firewalls, etc.
- It helps us analyze the network flow very well.
- Every thing regarding SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer is manual.
- We need to put a lot of things together on our own while debugging issues.
It is being used across all our sites to monitor our bandwidth usage.
- User-friendly dashboard.
- Metered at a glance statistics.
- Phone app integration.
- AD integration for 801.x port utilization.
January 27, 2020
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer has been set up on our core switch to collect all traffic data, and it helps us to see who is using the most bandwidth. It has been used across the whole organization. It addresses the issue of when one user on one our site is creating too much traffic. SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer helps us to find the culprit right way.
- One day we were having complaints about one of our sites. The internet was very slow. SolarWinds NetFlow helped us to see why it was slow. It was due to a computer that was getting re-imaged.
- Helps us to find the culprit who is hogging the network bandwidth.
- It has been hard to set it up to collect autonomous system conversations.
April 24, 2020
SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer is used by the internal Infrastructure department as our go-to tool for analyzing, tracing, and documenting the network infrastructure. This is also the application we utilize to gather all necessary information and metrics needed to diagram the network infrastructure. This is a piece of software that is utilized on a daily basis for troubleshooting and to ensure adherence to regulatory and compliance requirements.
- Monitoring & Alerting
- Documentation
- Visualization of traffic and executive level reporting
- Would like to see additional enhancement to the web interface
We have been using SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer for quite some time at our organization for monitoring bandwidth and traffic patterns.
We use it organization-wide to monitor users or applications with high bandwidth utilization. These helps us to maximize the up-time of our network and applications leading to smooth and fast access to the internet and data center applications.
Our overall experience with this tool is very positive and has helped us a lot in keeping our infrastructure lag free.
We use it organization-wide to monitor users or applications with high bandwidth utilization. These helps us to maximize the up-time of our network and applications leading to smooth and fast access to the internet and data center applications.
Our overall experience with this tool is very positive and has helped us a lot in keeping our infrastructure lag free.
- Monitoring Network Bandwidth is the best feature we see in this tool as its detailed insights help us in allocating bandwidth to users correctly.
- It can be deployed very easily, efficiently and quickly. We deployed it in a few hours at our organization.
- It is good at finding Hosts or IP addresses that communicate more or frequently in the network.
- The dashboard is a little complex for a layman to understand. I remember when I was new to this product I had a difficult time in understanding the traffic patterns.
- Technical Support Assistance is quite complex and difficult to obtain and it has a lot of room for improvement.
- Training material is not easy to find. More training videos would be appreciated.
We used SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer to monitor our traffic across a geographically diverse company. We rely heavily on on our internet facing applications and being able to monitor them is critical to fixing issues. Netflow monitoring has worked well for our organization.
- Detailed
- Accurate
- Database slow to load feed
- Overly complicated to set up SolarWinds in general
December 20, 2019
We're using SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer to monitor network traffic, with an emphasis on identifying bottlenecks and remediating those pain points to improve performance. We're also using it as a tool during the incident process, where we can see potential impacts to systems and processes. The primary business problem that we're addressing is performance, and that manifesting itself as slowness in our branches, contact center, or at employee points of interaction with the technical environment.
- Overall database system health monitoring is a quick check for incident management.
- Database dashboard view is very helpful for starting detailed issue analysis.
- The package could do better with actual transaction level monitoring
- If you are using a mainframe, your options for monitoring are very limited
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) Scorecard Summary
What is SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)?
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) allows the multi-vendor monitoring of network traffic flow records, the discovery of traffic patterns, and avoidance of bandwidth hogs. As an add-on to SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM), NTA helps optimize spend on bandwidth by better understanding the who and what of bandwidth consumption boosting your network traffic analysis capabilities. Trace and monitor bandwidth usage of application or protocol patterns over months, days, or minutes by drilling down into any network element supporting a variety of network traffic flow standards (NetFlow, sFlow, J-Flow, IPFIX, and NetStream). Gain real-time deep Network Insights for Cisco, F5, and Palo Alto to identify critical issues quickly all in one easy to use interface.
NTA’s core features include bandwidth monitoring, application traffic monitoring, network traffic analysis, malicious traffic identification, performance analysis, and error root cause identification. The product also offers customizable traffic reports and alerts, including measuring the effectiveness of traffic prioritization policies. It is designed to integrate with other SolarWinds monitoring and management products.
Download a free trial today: https://www.solarwinds.com/netflow-traffic-analyzer/registration
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SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) Integrations
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM), SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM), SolarWinds VoIP & Network Quality Manager (VNQM), SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM), SolarWinds User Device Tracker
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SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) Pricing
- Has featureFree Trial Available?Yes
- Does not have featureFree or Freemium Version Available?No
- Does not have featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?No
- Entry-level set up fee?Optional
SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) Support Options
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SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) Technical Details
| Deployment Types: | On-premise |
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| Operating Systems: | Windows |
| Mobile Application: | No |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)?
SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer is a network monitoring tool within the broader SolarWinds ecosystem. It includes core traffic monitoring features, as well as customizable traffic reports and alerts.
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What is SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)'s best feature?
Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.3.
Who uses SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA)?
The most common users of SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) are from Enterprises and the Information Technology & Services industry.