Take the hassle out of IT Infrastructure
Updated August 21, 2018
Take the hassle out of IT Infrastructure
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
We use SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor on a day to day basis. Setting up the software was easy. We just create our subnets and the software scans the subnet and does the rest. We created different types of alerts for different devices. We have over 300 servers, applications, and networks we monitor. We have alerts tied to specific applications which alert different departments that handle those applications. We created a helpdesk node monitor to display on our TVs. It will show the current status of critical servers and items that are down. We manage 33 different locations that all connect to our data center. It is important to know when there is an outage for one of our locations. SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor alerts us when it happens so we can get the issue resolved. It is a great product to have!
- Server Monitoring
- Network Monitoring
- Alerting
- Cost is high
- Node maps could be easier to sort.
- Alerts on issues
- Minimizes downtime
SolarWinds is a lot easier to manage and configure. The web based GUI is nice compared to open source.
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Feature Ratings
Using SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
Using SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use Easy to use Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Feel confident using Familiar | None |
- Adding New Nodes
- Customization of pages and widgets
- The GUI Interface is well setup
- Alerts can sometimes be confusing to setup. There are tons of options which can take time to figure out the right option to monitor.
- Some devices are not well known to SolarWinds like Nutanix. You would have to manually setup MIBS to poll against.