SolarWinds NPM is a great tool to make IT admins look good!
December 10, 2019
SolarWinds NPM is a great tool to make IT admins look good!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor
We use SolarWinds NPM to monitor everything in our environment (routers, switches, servers, VOIP speakers, cameras, etc.). We monitor and know the moment any important device loses connectivity, and it is documented and emailed to the admins. We also monitor bandwidth and health environments of our equipment, giving us a warning if anything could give us a future problem.
- Alert configurations have mulitple options, giving us the ability to get notified for any defined event we choose.
- Monitors all of our devices in one interface where even the average user can be granted access and take a look at our overall environment.
- Integration with VMWare in the past has been difficult to get working properly.
- In the latest version, it seems to get slow frequently until I reboot the services on the application server.
- Immediate notification of problems makes us look like heroes when we arrive even before the problem has been reported.
I do believe WhatsUp Gold has much better network mapping capability than SolarWinds NPM. Other than that, NPM is better than the alternatives.