Infrastructure at a glance with DB as a side note
Updated July 14, 2020

Infrastructure at a glance with DB as a side note

ZAREH OHANIAN (MSM, CISSP, ITIL) | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

We currently use SolarWinds to monitor our network infrastructure for 90+ clinics as well as our DB environments to ensure optimal data transmission takes place. At Peoplefinders.com I used the product, both to monitor the Network performance for our various websites for B2B and B2P operation, as well as to proactively respond to poorly performing sales figures, as there was a direct correlation between 'Website access speed' and 'Sales $.' Thus, the tool allowed us to eliminate the network as a possible root cause.

Pros

  • It monitors many devices, which gives it flexibility.
  • It has a solid graphics interface, and with some API use one can present graphical reports that are strong.
  • It does not require much maintenance, and the upgrade path is relatively painless.

Cons

  • I would like the ability to set trending 'capacity' thresholds. For example, I would like to know that someone is pushing 10Meg of data per min on the pipe for 3 minutes. I would like to get notifications on that.
  • For my DB monitoring, it has freed up my DBA by about 5% per month.
  • For network monitoring, it has freed up my team's time (2 FTE by about 10% monitoring 90+ clinics).
We selected SolarWinds as it has a strong capability for network monitoring. The DBA monitoring angle had to be reviewed and it was subsequently was purchased.
I see SolarWinds to be an invaluable tool for an infrastructure team for Network as well as DB monitoring point of view. It is not a tool to perform application performance troubleshooting, but can assist in that area indirectly.

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Feature Ratings

Application Performance Management
6.9
Application monitoring
Not Rated
Database monitoring
8
Threshold alerts
7
Predictive capabilities
7
Application performance management console
7
Out-of-the box templates to monitor applications
7
Application dependency mapping and thresholding
5
Virtualization monitoring
6
Server availability and performance monitoring
8
Server usage monitoring and capacity forecasting
8
IT Asset Discovery
6

Feature Questions

The product works and provides us an insight as what is taking place in the environment. Also relatively speaking it is easy to setup and run to get quick value out of the product and the overhead is low.
  • Server Infrastructure Monitoring and reporting
  • Network utilization and health
  • Price
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
  • Existing Relationship with the Vendor
Solarwinds has been a proven product for me as I have used it for the past 8 years and know its capabilities, reliability and its operational cost ; by cost I am not only basing it on the procurement or support cost but the man hours to keep it running too. That is a critical factor for any small IT organization.

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