Good but not Great. Headache to setup.
Updated April 27, 2016
Good but not Great. Headache to setup.
Score 5 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor is being used to monitor both Windows and Linux systems for up/down status and any application errors by our IT department.
- Notification of disk space usage.
- Historical cpu/memory usage.
- Application/server grouping.
- Alert setup. Email notifications.
- Ability to use some other functions without needing more modules/products.
- Ease of setup.
- Minimize server downtime.
- Correlations between application speed and resource usage.
- Single pane of glass.
We run both. SolarWinds does do a better job of historical resource usage.
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Feature Ratings
Using SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
6 - Server and application monitoring and implementation.
3 - Windows based user with basic knowledge to support it. A deeper understanding of the product to configure it correctly.
- Up/down status of servers.
- Application performance vs Server performance.
- Application up time.
- Better alerting setup with more dedication to the setup of said alerts.
Evaluating SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor and Competitors
Yes - Big brother. It was old and did not go in depth to the usage of the servers.
- Product Features
Purchased because it covered multiple "wants" and monitored both Windows and Linux.
Yes, was purchased before a complete review with multiple users could be completed. May have gone a different direction if done.
Using SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
Like to use | Unnecessarily complex Not well integrated Cumbersome Lots to learn |
- Reading history of resources
- Seeing alerts on the main page.
- Setting up email alerts. Great headache to do it granular.
- MSSql setup. Seems to show a lot of red.