SL1 - A no-brainer for a single view into infrastructure
April 24, 2019
SL1 - A no-brainer for a single view into infrastructure
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with ScienceLogic
ScienceLogic is being used for realtime monitoring of our infrastructure across the entire organization. It allows us to collect data from any number of agents, traps, or logs and aggregate them into a single place to streamline troubleshooting.
- Collector of All - This allows us to leverage multiple data sources and agents to collect as much information as possible
- Automation - We are able to create workflows and integrations with various other SaaS solutions as dictated by business need
- Scalability - We are able to deploy multiple clusters in different geographic regions, along with the ability to monitor thousands of devices at once.
- UX - The current UX feels slightly dated, and can lead to new-user confusion. Windows are also unable to be resized properly.
- Documentation - While there is an abundant amount of documentation, it takes a fair amount of time to locate the information needed.
- ScienceLogic has enabled the consolidation from 5+ monitoring platforms to a single stack solution
- SL1 has also given the ability to collect much more data than previously available, with configurable views into the data.
Yes - A legacy Nagios deployment monitoring 25000+ services was replaced by SL1. This allowed us to not only leverage the existing agents without need for redeployment, but also to collect more data than we thought possible. With this data we are able to populate a full CMDB, as well as monitor trending issues and decrease the time needed to troubleshoot issues.
With having a single pane of glass solution, SL1 allows multiple users in many different departments the ability to see various parts of the company's infrastructure, instead of having silo'd interfaces and legacy monitoring deployments. This alone has decreased confusion during various issues, as well as the ability to review issues after the fact.
SL1 integrates directly into our case management system, and allows the generation of cases as soon as an issue occurs. Whether for customer infrastructure or internal infrastructure, being able to quickly diagnose and triage issues has been invaluable since the migration to SL1. We were able to quickly integrate our automated deployment process into SL1 to allow for seamless monitoring as soon as a device is created.
- We have been able to leverage legacy monitoring agents to feed data directly to SL1, negating the need for a lengthy additional deployment period
ScienceLogic allowed the consolidation of our legacy platforms without a considerable and costly deployment across the organization. It also allows the flexibility to grow with us in the future, both efficiently and effectively due to the ability to create custom PowerPacks as needed. This has been critical in our deployment as well as keeping us focused on the IT Lifecycle.