NMP BOOM!
January 22, 2019

NMP BOOM!

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

I have been using NPM to monitor my switches specifically between 2 buildings. I rely on it heavily to report any issues with my connectivity across the business.
  • I like the ease of setting it up.
  • I like the alert capabilities.
  • I like the visual component being able to map out the endpoints.
  • I have some issues getting it to monitor the new HP 2930M switches.
  • I have had some issues with the new switch OIDs.
  • I would like to try and have it monitor my wifi network as well.
  • I was able to use NPM to ask for and get budget approval to upgrade my switches.
  • Being proactive is always cost beneficial.
  • Zero downtime is the goal and NPM helps us achieve that goal.
I also use PRTG but NPM performs much better and is better situated to provide the info I need from my switching environment.
It does a good job out of the box with my older HP switches. I have issues with it collecting hardware status data from the new Aruba switches.

SolarWinds NPM Feature Ratings

Automated network device discovery
10
Network monitoring
9
Baseline threshold calculation
9
Alerts
9
Network capacity planning
9
Packet capture analysis
7
Network mapping
9
Customizable reports
7
Wireless infrastructure monitoring
Not Rated
Hardware health monitoring
5