Efficient Data Monitor
September 17, 2019

Efficient Data Monitor

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Using SolarWinds to monitor the database performance. This is being used across the organization for all the domains. It has the scope to also monitor performance over the cloud platform.
  • Easy to identify the issues and pin point the root cause for the issue.
  • The analyzer has the ability to identify the most impacted queries that need to be optimized.
  • Monitors multiple instances of the databases simultaneously.
  • Some of the data display visuals are too complicated and outdated.
  • Version upgrades are more complicated than it should be.
  • Definitely had a positive impact due to the ease of identifying the exact area where optimization is required.
  • Its worth every cent that has been spent for purchasing the product.
SolarWinds is more cost effective with all the features that it provides as compared to Datadog and SQL Sentry. configuration is simpler than the rest of the tools.
It is well suited for the environments with multiple servers and applications that need to be monitored. In a complex environment the data visualization is extremely helpful. The product itself is lightweight and does not demand too many resources. It is slightly time consuming to research and utilize all the available features.

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Feature Ratings

Application monitoring
8
Database monitoring
9
Threshold alerts
7
Predictive capabilities
9
Application performance management console
9
Collaboration tools
8
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications
8
Application dependency mapping and thresholding
9
Virtualization monitoring
8
Server availability and performance monitoring
9
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting
9
IT Asset Discovery
8