Item: SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is our primary enterprise monitoring tool used for monitoring the entire infrastructure. This includes servers, N/W devices, storage, databases, firewall, UPS, etc., to list a few of the device types which we monitor. It supports multi-vendor network monitoring and insights for deeper visibility. SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) includes intelligent alerting, intuitive dashboards, and reporting features. SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is part of the SolarWinds Orion Platform and is the main monitoring component and integrates seamlessly with other SolarWinds modules. It supports SNMP, WMI, and agent/agentless monitoring.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Very scalable for large environments
Agent and agentless monitoring available
Robust SNMP monitoring, realtime MIB updates by the vendor
Integrates seamlessly with other SolarWinds products

Cons

Support more vendors, checkpoint and storage vendors

Return on Investment

Single unified platform helps in monitoring for different departments
Dashboards and Orion Maps for visualization to make monitoring or troubleshooting easier
Easily scalable, low administration overheads, high availability available

Alternatives Considered

Splunk Enterprise, Broadcom Unified Infrastructure Management and formerly from CA

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) can easily
and effectively monitor application and system performance by combining all
data into a single view. It is extremely scalable and provides the visualization needed to monitor your entire infrastructure.

Key Insights

Do you think SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM)'s feature set?

Yes

Did SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) again?

Yes

Other Software Used

CA Workload Automation, CA Service Management, with CA Service Desk Manager

Likelihood to Recommend

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is easy to set up and discover your entire network in minutes. It supports different types of polling mechanisms including ICMP, SNMP, WMI and agents. Agents can be deployed from the centralized SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) console. Orion Maps and Network Atlas provide a visual representation of your entire network and alerts can be defined when there are route changes, packet loss, increased latency, etc. Dashboards are easy to configure and provide the NOC team with a holistic view of the entire infrastructure.

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