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SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Overview

What is SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor?

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) delivers application and server monitoring capabilities. SAM allows for self-service for easy setup, 1200+ monitoring templates, and customization options, as well as integrate with other SolarWinds products.

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Big, but effective

Rating: 8 out of 10
September 14, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We monitor servers and network gear to track uptime, and to alert when certain resource metrics are reached on a system (e.g., low disk space). My team does not use configurat...
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Will Enestvedt
Manager - Information Technology
Unix Team Manager
Johnson & Wales University
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor4 years of experience

SolarWinds is a useful resource for IT Management

Rating: 9 out of 10
June 15, 2022
Vetted ReviewVerified User
We use SolarWinds as our inventory management tool and it is an invaluable resource that allows us to keep track of all of the computers and the software installed on our comp...
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Connie Inman
Supervisor - Other
Senior IT Technologist II & Desktop Support Supervisor
University of Tennessee
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor6 years of experience

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Review

Rating: 9 out of 10
April 21, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) is part of my company's monitoring toolset which enhances the overall value proposition of our SolarWinds Orion investment. B...
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Mike Hochstein
Director - Information Technology
Senior Director, Infrastructure Architecture & Standards
Cision
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor10 years of experience

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) is good tool to monitor your applications and make calls via APIs.

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 6, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
Little information about health and availability of applications. We need to better monitor our applications and handle applications in API format.
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Fabio Silva
Engineer - Information Technology
Senior Network Engineer
Fexco
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor2 years of experience

Safe, robust and reliable.

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 1, 2022
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
The tool is used to monitor the entire technology infrastructure allied with other vendors. Here it is useful to identify outages, failures, and performance degradation, the s...
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Rafael Santos
Administrator - Information Technology
Monitoring Specialist
Fleetcor
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor1 year of experience
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What is SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor?

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) delivers application and server monitoring capabilities. SAM allows for self-service for easy setup, 1200+ monitoring templates, and customization options, as well as integrate with other SolarWinds products.

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  • No setup fee
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  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Product Details

What is SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor?

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) delivers application and server monitoring capabilities for IT pros enabling them to diagnose and troubleshoot issues faster. The vendor’s value proposition is that this solution prevents slow applications and downtime from impacting end-users and business services. Users can use this tool to pinpoint the root cause of application issues across various layers of the IT stack.

The vendor says SolarWinds SAM is affordable, easy to deploy, use and customize. Users can automatically discover their systems environment and start monitoring in about an hour. No professional services or consultation needed.

SAM is built on SolarWinds Orion® platform enabling native integration with Network Performance Monitor and other IT management software from SolarWinds.

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Features

  • Supported: Single Web interface to monitor multi-vendor applications and server infrastructure.
  • Supported: Out-of-the-box monitoring templates for 200+ enterprise applications.
  • Supported: Easily extend monitoring to virtually any custom or home-grown applications.
  • Supported: Gain contextual visibility of relationships and dependencies between applications and physical and virtual servers.
  • Supported: Monitor server hardware health, perform capacity forecasting, and manage asset inventory. Remediate server issues remotely with built-in management actions.
  • Supported: Monitor VMware and Hyper-V environments to identify problems impacting application performance.
  • Supported: Centrally manage IT asset inventory and keep track of server hardware and software information.
  • Supported: Leverage the wealth of built-in alerts and reports, and easily customize them as needed.
  • Supported: SAM is an agentless monitoring software. Optional agent installation extends monitoring to the cloud.

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Screenshots

Screenshot of Multi-vendor application performance monitoringScreenshot of Multi-vendor server monitoringScreenshot of Application dependency mapping with AppStackâ„¢ dashboardScreenshot of Microsoft Exchange performance monitoring with AppInsightâ„¢ templateScreenshot of Microsoft IIS performance monitoring with AppInsightâ„¢ templateScreenshot of Server hardware health monitoringScreenshot of Built-in virtualization monitoring for VMware and Hyper-V environmentsScreenshot of Easily extend monitoring to any custom or home-grown application

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Videos

An introduction to and a brief overview of SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
In this video, the TrustRadius team is going to take a look at Solarwinds Server and Application Monitor, a powerful tool that can help you monitor your systems and identify issues early. We'll explore the overview, user sentiment, pricing, top features, and use-case, and help...
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SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows
Mobile ApplicationNo
Supported LanguagesEnglish

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Frequently Asked Questions

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) delivers application and server monitoring capabilities. SAM allows for self-service for easy setup, 1200+ monitoring templates, and customization options, as well as integrate with other SolarWinds products.

Progress WhatsUp Gold, Nagios Core, and Tivoli Monitoring (legacy) are common alternatives for SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor.

Reviewers rate Server availability and performance monitoring highest, with a score of 9.8.

The most common users of SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Reviews From Top Reviewers

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The only winner in real-time infrastructure monitoring for high-availability infrastructure.

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
August 31, 2018
Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Information Technology and Services Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
1 year of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The site my company and I manage uses SolarWinds Server and App Monitor to monitor all endpoints of our network. Primarily we use it for our virtual infrastructure but do use it for our physical infrastructure as well. Additional physical infrastructure monitoring is used for networking and APC systems. It's pretty much a one-stop-shop for monitoring as it gives us a great visual overview of our network. We handle a lot of highly sensitive and high availability products so utilizing this in our shop is extremely beneficial. Most of our IT department has, at minimum read-only but administrative access is used by other sections primarily server, VDI, cybersecurity, and networking.
Pros
  • Simply easy-to-glance-at graphical monitor.
  • Seamless integration with physical and virtual infrastructure.
  • Overall responsive management capabilities.
Cons
  • Installation had a few issues with stability. We were able to implement the build, but we weren't sure if it came from our equipment or not.
  • While the main graphical monitor was easy to use, the overall menu system wasn't as intuitive.
Likelihood to Recommend
I'd say in most scenarios, at least based on the size of the infrastructure, it's very well suited and scales easily. Especially during our expansion of our VDI infrastructure. Non-domain based infrastructure would be by best example.

SolarWinds the real deal

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
March 12, 2016
ET
Edmund Tienzo
Network Administrator
GoWireless, Inc. (Telecommunications, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We have 540+ stores around United States. Across the whole organization, we use SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor to monitor the network status of each location including every server that we use for IT operations. It has been a helpful tool for us to support every end-user as we have a full visibility of the network and server status in our company network.
Pros
  • Linux & Windows Servers
  • Cisco ASA firewalls
  • VMware servers
Cons
  • Adding port security monitoring
Likelihood to Recommend
Yes, it is really well suited to be used by any organizations which has an IT infrastructure to be monitored and maintained.

SolarWinds App Monitoring Helped Us

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
August 24, 2018
BP
Ben Parker
Citrix Director
Irving Materials, Inc. (Building Materials, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The application is being used to allow myself and my team to leverage real time data to analyze and predict how our server farm is working.
Pros
  • Allows us to see potential issues arising from resource utilization
  • Clean interface
  • In depth data
Cons
  • UI could use updating
  • Not as user-friendly as could be
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for seeing which of our servers is under heavy stress and may fail.

SolarWinds in an Aerospace environment

Rating: 7 out of 10
Incentivized
February 19, 2016
BF
Brigham Freeth
IT Manager
The Gill Corporation (Aviation & Aerospace, 501-1000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
1 year of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use SolarWinds to monitor our daily operational status throughout the corporation's IT infrastructure. SW is used solely by the IT department. It addresses the need for real-time network information to identify and remedy slowdowns, downed equipment, and maintain heartbeats.
Pros
  • Real-Time monitoring
  • Vast monitoring database
  • relatively easy to input nodes
Cons
  • licensing is very confusing
  • the GUI isn't as user-friendly as one would like
  • Would like to see better out of box reporting
Likelihood to Recommend
Not appropriate for endpoint monitoring, but monitoring a core infrastructure you're able to track down where things are coming from. I'd strongly advise against using it for edge switching monitoring.

SolarWinds SAM Review

Rating: 10 out of 10
Incentivized
November 07, 2018
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Accounting Company, 51-200 employees
Vetted Review
Verified User
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
2 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Being able to look at all VMware ESXi Blade health is immensely valuable. The alerts allow us to be proactive, instead of reactive, when dealing with issues. Implementing our custom map (with real time weather) has been a boon for our facilities that work with grain. Adding endpoints to the map is easy.
Pros
  • Alerts
  • Monitoring CPU
  • Monitoring bandwidth
Cons
  • Ease of use
  • Menus are confusing
  • Needs a supercharged VM or else it runs slow.
Likelihood to Recommend
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor is a necessity for any business that has more than one location. The ability to check your organization's network health at a glance is extremely valuable. Checking to see if servers are oversubscribed before anything goes wrong is also extremely valuable, and makes you look good to management when you can meet uptime metrics.
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