Item: SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM) provides our organization visibility into the performance and availability of our servers and applications. It also provides email notifications so that we are able to troubleshoot any issues as they occur. It also proactively provides threshold data so that we can optimize our servers and applications before an issue occurs. We also use SolarWinds SAM for monitoring our own Windows services.

Pros and Cons

Application performance
Application reporting
Application insight info

SolarWinds SAM configuration

Return on Investment

Alerting
Statistical information
Hardware monitoring

Key Insights

Do you think SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor's feature set?

Yes

Did SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor again?

Yes

Other Software Used

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager (VMAN), SolarWinds IP Address Manager (IPAM), SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM)

Likelihood to Recommend

We can monitor all our servers - virtual and hardware servers at one time, group them by OS, and determine instantly if the servers are operational. Templates are available for used applications, for example, Windows Active Directory and DNS services.

SolarWinds SAM - A Great Product

Overall Satisfaction with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor