Item: SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor is used to monitor the health of servers and networks across the organization. Proactive maintenance rather than reactive maintenance is achieved through active monitoring of nodes and networks. Proactive maintenance requires advance knowledge of the servers and networks through active monitoring.

Pros and Cons

Real time monitoring
Health of servers
Health of network

Ease of use
Ease of other user management
Initial learning curve

Return on Investment

Active monitoring
Proactive maintenance rather than reactive maintenance.
Initial learning curve

Alternatives Considered

Idera for SQL sever monitoring. Oracle Enterprise Manager for Oracle Database monitoring

Likelihood to Recommend

Active online monitoring by keeping up with the status of your servers and watching the network traffic generated by the applications running on them. Critical network applications such as DHCP, Active Directory, DNS functions, etc., can be monitored in real time. Extensive WAN activity monitoring capabilities of this system make it particularly useful to large businesses with complicated, distributed IT operations.

Tools for proactive maintenance rather than reactive maintenance

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros and Cons

Return on Investment

Alternatives Considered

Likelihood to Recommend

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Feature Ratings