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Users have found great value in using SolarWinds Network Device Monitor for various network monitoring tasks. The product allows users to …
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What is SolarWinds Network Device Monitor?
SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is a network diagnostic tool, from Austin-based SolarWinds.
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What is SolarWinds Network Device Monitor?
SolarWinds Network Device Monitor is a network diagnostic tool, from Austin-based SolarWinds.
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Users have found great value in using SolarWinds Network Device Monitor for various network monitoring tasks. The product allows users to continuously monitor and report on network device configuration adherence to hardened baseline standards, ensuring compliance with industry best practices. Through email alerts and integration with Jira, users can create tickets on the network team's service desk when a device becomes out of compliance, enabling prompt action and issue resolution.
The product also offers a central console that provides a single-screen view of all network devices, allowing users to easily monitor WAN links, network appliances, and measure performance and uptime. Users have appreciated the option to plot devices on a map, providing a visual representation of their network infrastructure. Additionally, the ability to group devices by site or type makes it convenient for users to quickly identify and address site-specific issues if needed.
For small businesses with low data generation, SolarWinds Network Device Monitor has proven to be a suitable tool. However, some users have reported issues when reaching the data limit after 12 months. Navigation becomes slower, and the database may require fixes and the implementation of a data retention policy. Despite these limitations, the product continues to provide valuable visibility into network resources, helping teams mitigate bottlenecks and troubleshoot issues effectively.
Easy Module Configuration: Many users have found the module configuration to be straightforward and user-friendly, even for those who are new to the software. The ease of setting up and configuring modules has been praised by multiple reviewers.
Flexible Device Grouping: Numerous reviewers appreciate the flexibility offered by the system in terms of grouping devices into different categories. This feature makes it easy for users to organize their network devices and reference reports efficiently. It provides a customizable and intuitive way to manage device groupings.
Customizable Reports: The ability to customize reports has received praise from many users. They find it beneficial as it allows them to generate tailored reports that provide valuable insights into network performance over specific time periods. Users can easily select relevant metrics, timeframes, and presentation formats according to their needs.
Sluggish and Non-Intuitive GUI: Several users have found the GUI to be sluggish and not very intuitive, suggesting that it could benefit from improvement and polishing. The slow performance in the GUI requires significant computing power, leading to frustration among some users.
Unstreamlined Creation of Compliance Policies: Some users have mentioned that the creation of compliance policies is not streamlined and lacks a smooth flow. This lack of efficiency can make the process more time-consuming and cumbersome for users.
Lack of Linux Version: A few users have expressed a desire for a better Linux version of the product. They believe that having a dedicated version for Linux would enhance compatibility and provide a smoother experience for Linux-based environments.
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We utilise SolarWinds to monitor all sorts of network devices that support SNMP from different vendors e.g. Cisco, Juniper, Extreme Networks and other similar infrastructure such as IP phones, etc. The SolarWinds product allows us to quickly get an overview of the state of our network at a glance.
- Monitoring network devices.
- Wide vendor compatibility.
- Customise dashboards and visualizations.
- Easy on resources.
- More security put into the product, the Orion hack was not good news.
- More frequent releases to address small bugs rather than big releases that are rare.
- More IPv6 related features to make it easier for people familiar with IPv4 to learn IPv6.
- Ability to edit dashboards using JSON or another similar language.
- Wide vendor compatibility out of the box.
- Low resource usage.
- Ability to customise dashboards.
- Multiple logging features.
- SolarWinds' support team which is great.
- Increased visibility on our network estate.
- Reduced time to troubleshoot network issues.
- Less downtime to end users when an incident occurs.
Unlike Nagios Core, SolarWinds runs on more operating systems than just a few Linux distributions so we have more flexibility in terms of deployment options. Open-source options can often be very good alternatives but one has to consider that sometimes the free initial price will be offset by many hours spent by multiple engineers fixing issues; with proprietary software, the capital outlay is higher but you get a solution that is guaranteed to work and backed by a world-class support team and company. Furthermore, Nagios Core isn't supported unless you purchase an additional support plan.
April 06, 2022
Perfect tool for Network Infra monitoring
SolarWinds is one monitoring tool that was being actively used by one of our major Petroleum/Mining clients for monitoring Network devices and was configured in each of the critical assets with ease. The interface of Solarwinds is very easy to use and learn the monitoring setup. The alerts were easy to understand and had good integration with ServiceNow.
- ServiceNow integration.
- Good interface.
- Easy to setup and use.
- Monitoring of New age infra setups
- Integration with Cloud platforms
- Price factor.
- ServiceNow integration.
- Mobile Alerting
- Infra Scanning
- Cost Reduction on Network Infra Monitoring.
- Avoid Downtime with pro-active monitoring.
- No Negative impact observed so far.
April 06, 2022
Very easy to use
It's very easy to set up and use to monitor devices using SNMP or ICMP. We have alerts sent to us when devices go down and are able to change how often it monitors and the thresholds before sending us an alert. We can also easily add and remove devices from being monitored
- Easy to setup
- easy to mantain
- simple alerts
- better correlation
- easy to use
- easy to setup
- adding devices is cheap