SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor -- Increases Monitoring, Increases Performance
August 07, 2019
SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor -- Increases Monitoring, Increases Performance
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
Within my current organization, SolarWinds is used for monitoring of network devices and servers within our domain. We use it for gathering of performance metrics (interface utilization, processor utilization, etc) as well as device uptime and reachability. Our primary goal for this monitoring is that it helps with understanding the "right-size" of equipment to purchase for an organization, in addition to providing maximum uptime for our end users.
- Monitor Uptime
- Provide Historical Resource Utilization Metrics
- Provide an API for automation
- High Resource Requirements
- Historical Measurements are Averaged-Out (Rather than exact)
- Occasional False Positives
- Prevented network downtime
- Provided cost-saving metrics
- Increased Network Visibility
Of all the network monitoring solutions out there, SolarWinds Network Performance monitor is easily the most complete and the easiest to convince management on. For our team, the ability to install on premises was a firm requirement. Follow that up with everyone's familiarity with the product from its ubiquity in the market and you've got an instant winner.