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https://dudodiprj2sv7.cloudfront.net/product-logos/sf/fY/UWRMK8SAHSR2.PNGSolarWindsSolarWinds is an interesting system for keeping the place from burning down.2018-10-19T15:41:37.714ZWe are using the server and application monitor to ensure high performance to our end users. We utilize it to track down performance issues, hardware issues and network issues before the users are able to see the issue. Our end users are very sensitive to performance slowdowns, and with our VDI infrastructure, if one user sees an issue, they all do.,In depth monitoring. You can monitor practically any portion of a virtual or physical server.
Easy to read front page. Once the front page is configured, broad issues can be found early for further investigation.
Constant updates. New updates are always available for whatever you are monitoring.,Price. It's a good product, but they know it.
Complications. It can be intense to learn every nook and cranny of the product to get the most out of it.
Speed. While we do not have it running on the fastest hardware, it can be laggy.,7,We are only using on-prem systems at this time. While the features and capability of monitoring hosting and cloud technology is appreciated, at this time, we are not using it.,We have benefited, as it's pointed out several issues with performance that we'd have either never noticed, or would have had to dig very deep to find. Discovery is less optimal, but I don't believe it's SolarWinds' fault. I believe that there is little unification between the different platforms, which makes discovery needlessly difficult.,We have benefitted, as we have an environment with several vendor types spread across multiple sites. Since each vendor has it's own monitoring solution, it's very beneficial to be able to look into the full stack to determine the issue. Without that capability, finding the problem would have been nearly impossible.,It's difficult to put into numbers, as the network admin.,vRealize OperationsBrandon KoehlerSolarWinds Across the Enterprise2018-10-05T16:18:48.631ZCurrently it is deployed to monitor our IT infrastructure. We use it to monitor the network, servers, virtual infrastructure, services, UPS, workstations and printers. This monitoring is across the entire organization though other departments are not currently using or monitoring these resources. We are attempting to define customer pain points and proactively monitor for the causes of those pain-points. In addition we use SolarWinds to help us efficiently resolve issues in a re-active situation such as site outages or unplanned service outages.,Netflow information and configuration management of network devices works really well for us. As these two comprise two of the core products of SolarWinds Orion suite it's good that it does this
SAM (Application manager) Provides excellent insight into services and service states and is very customizable.
Support community is excellent (THWACK) as is the available free training from the SolarWinds Customer Portal. Which is good, you're going to need it due to the depth and complexity of the software suites.,SolarWinds Orion is not just one product. It's a bunch of cobbled together products gained from acquisitions. Because of that finding a standard way to manage devices is difficult, and understanding one product is no guarantee of understanding another.
The pane of glass that is Orion is very customizable. It is based on widgets but none of the widgets operate in a predictable way. There may be one that does what you want but you are going to have to find it and you will probably have to try 4 before you find one you like for what you are looking to do. A huge time-sync
The network-atlas software that lets you put your Orion objects in a visual layout is terrible. Right down to what you can set as defaults for fonts or labels and all the way to stability it is terrible.,7,The single pane of glass has given us a reason to at least look at consolidating monitoring software suites. From HVAC, Oracle, Cisco, Siemens (APC) monitoring tools down to a single customizable web interface. It's also given us much better insight into the enterprise as a whole across multiple IT silos.,Not sure we've seen this work. May be a support issue, may be due to what I described earlier as issues with network-atlas and stability. Our database always needs maintenance, the maintenance always fails.,From a network standpoint this has been largely true. Netflow, configuration audits and network performance monitor are really excellent at this. SAM would also be very good at this if, from a departmental standpoint, were prepared for what this requires. Criticality, process, escalation and responsible parties all need quite a bit of organization development for this to be effective.,Quickly identifying root cause has helped us reduce downtime.
Development of organization processes has had a marked improvement on our fire fighting requirements and put them closer to pro-active positions,Nagios, Cisco Prime LAN Management Solution and MAPCON ProNathan TennantAll the eyes in your environment with SolarWinds SAM2018-08-10T17:24:36.027ZWe use SolarWinds SAM to monitor our applications and databases, both in our development and production environments. Additionally, we recommend and implement SAM to our customers, especially those who work with third-party applications.
SAM allows us to have a centralized control of our IT assets. SAM lets us know when an application is using many resources at best, and in the worst case it lets us know when a container like Amazon EC2 or Tomcat is down.
Regarding our customers, in addition to the above, SAM allows us (and them) to determine reasonability for the performance of our applications compared to others of the client property (our outsourcing partners).,SAM really has the exact customization detail needed to monitor your most important assets on a single screen in real time.
Works very well with Azure apps and Amazon AWS. You can integrate them in less than an hour.
Easy and comfortable UI for less technical roles.
Clearly one of the best in the monitoring systems field given the experience from SolarWinds,Reports and dashboards can be quite simple without customization. Customizations in general can have a little slower learning curve.
Some clients depend on batch and shell scripts. The tool provides monitoring though the logs, but that is it. We would like to see more detail regarding the consumption of resources in these types of programs.
For Azure apps monitoring, other Microsoft tools like SCOM have a better performance overall.,8,The forecast of errors is critical for the business, which assures us a good reputation and covers us from the risk of losing functionality (and clients).
That guarantees us contracts and ensures our profitability.
Some incidents in our applications put into production within the environments of our clients may present problems related to the resources of the environment. SAM has provided us with the evidence at the exact moment, which has prevented us from escalating these situations to compromising levels.,System Center Operations Manager and Nagios,System Center Operations Manager, Microsoft Azure, SoapUI NG Pro, NagiosMiguel Angel Merino VegaStands alone but better with friends2018-08-03T19:12:01.609ZOur IT department was looking for a monitoring tool to proactively address issues before they were encountered by the customer. Issues easily cropped up as a result of regular maintenance and would quickly be noticed by customers because checks were not done afterwards. We have been able to use SAM to check key services and applications for availability. This has also allowed us to track system uptime and keep better inventory of the monitored software and systems.,Powershell. We use this as a key tool to make sure software (both custom and delivered) is up and working correctly. Microsoft has standardized on this for the foreseeable future and Solarwinds does a great job using this tool set.
Stack monitoring. It has always been extremely difficult to find the source of a problem. Combining SAM with their other products really provides an amazing insight in correlating a perceived issue with its ultimate cause.
Community/Support. While SAM is a great tool, it is the people that really drive this product. Both support and customers are very responsive and excited to help out.,Learning Curve. SAM (and other solarwinds products) take a lot of time to learn how to make everything work well. Management can become frustrated with the perceived lack of progress. Solarwinds has recently made efforts to improve this with their Customer Success Center.
Reporting. The reporting tool is ok for some basic table reports but lacks a lot in comparison with reporting services.
Default dashboards. While custom dashboards can be awesome tools, the default ones are overwhelming in detail and underwhelming in looks. There is are also difficulties in creating great looking dashboards.,10,Customers create less incident tickets because we can be assured that our monitored services are up which has reflected directly our our uptime.
Server performance monitoring has been able to prevent system slowdown and assure our customer base during peak load times.
Management has a much clearer picture of our server loading and future needs.,PRTG Network Monitor,Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer for SQL Server, SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor, SolarWinds Netflow Traffic AnalyzerStephen SwanSolarwinds Server and App Monitor Critique2018-08-30T22:45:56.899ZSolarwinds Server and Application is currently being used by the IT Systems Engineering team of the IT Department. It is used to monitor the health, services and statistics of all infrastructure devices and web servers across the organization.,Solarwinds monitors physical and virtual equipment
The setup is quick and its easy to get going for small to mid-size organizations,Monitoring of virtual infrastructure equipment. More options than the following.,8,We have migrated from three monitoring applications to an all-in-one application for infrastructure and application monitoring.,This feature was not used for discovery of applications and servers,Currently, we have not utilized this capability,SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor has allowed us to react and identify issues quickly.
The application has allowed us to predict and avoid certain situations and possible critical outages,Nagios and NetBrainRychar Nelson
Windows
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
183 Ratings
