SolarWinds NPM

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) delivers comprehensive network fault monitoring and performance management that scales and expands with a company's network monitoring needs. Users can collect and view availability, real-time and historical statistics from routers, switches, firewalls, servers, and any other SNMP-, ICMP-, or WMI-enabled devices directly from a web browser.

The vendor states that SolarWinds users can get a full NPM installation up and running the same day they download, and that implementation does not require a team of consultants. NPM provides visibility into the health of network devices and servers on the network, ensuring that users have needed real-time information to keep their network running at peak performance.

Network Performance Monitor helps IT Pros:

• Detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance issues and avoid downtime
• Respond to multiple condition checks, correlated events, and device dependencies
• Automatically calculate capacity exhaustion dates using customizable thresholds based on peak and average usage
• Streamline network troubleshooting with a Web interface
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