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View of a network engineer
What do you like best about the product?
View of performance of interfaces. And adding thresholds if they go underline.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes it isn't really good. But this can be a lack in my knowledge.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We can monitor interface utilization and report to our customer to provide better performance.
I use this everyday!
What do you like best about the product?
Very intuitive interface. Easy to navigate and teach yourself.
What do you dislike about the product?
At certain times there can be performance/ lag issues.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Monitoring and Management
NPM - always have an answer for your network monitoring
What do you like best about the product?
The best part of NPM or SolarWinds is its simple monitoring configuration for straightforward administration. It's an enterprise-level monitoring system that also integrates with other modules. It provides comprehensive information for monitoring and is very easy to implement. It starts monitoring from the moment it is implemented with all default configurations.
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes, end users or non-admin users come to me and say that it's difficult to get reports or information in SolarWinds. From an end user's perspective, I can understand the frustration, as in other tools it's just one or two clicks away. However, in SolarWinds, I know it's an enterprise and powerful tool, and sometimes you need to drill down to get simple information.
Another aspect that is needed is topology, so end users can visualize the monitoring system and understand at a glance what is wrong and where the issue is.
I think the dashboard is a place where, if we have an automated topology kind of dashboard or a single pane of dashboard, it would look great.
The newly added NetPath service is great, but sometimes I get requests to have a point-to-point path, meaning from one IP to another IP.
On the network overview, it only has monitored interfaces, but if it included all interfaces, it would be easier to choose what to monitor.
Another aspect that is needed is topology, so end users can visualize the monitoring system and understand at a glance what is wrong and where the issue is.
I think the dashboard is a place where, if we have an automated topology kind of dashboard or a single pane of dashboard, it would look great.
The newly added NetPath service is great, but sometimes I get requests to have a point-to-point path, meaning from one IP to another IP.
On the network overview, it only has monitored interfaces, but if it included all interfaces, it would be easier to choose what to monitor.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are monitoring all network devices, and it's helping us to perform proactive monitoring or to detect issues much faster.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are looking for enterprise-level monitoring, then SolarWinds is the right choice.
One monitor to rule them All
What do you like best about the product?
Solarwinds NPM is a stable, rugged platform for monitoring most all your enterprise needs. There are many bells and whistles that are purposeful and meaningful for most all your issues and needs. High customization, that is easy, is a plus to any organization.
What do you dislike about the product?
NPM can be a little hard to manage on older versions of Windows, but is easily fixed in most situations. Upgrades were difficult in the past, but solarwinds has put much work into making this easier.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Out of the box reporting is very helpful to add visibility to our organization management and end users. Easy integration with servicenow allows us to alert out quickly and effectively around the clock, 365 days a year.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Get Loop1 consulting if you have a complex environment.
NPM is Awesome!!
What do you like best about the product?
It allow us to see the overall health of our infrastructure.From switch ports / latency to wireless client connection.
What do you dislike about the product?
Upgrade need to be easier. It need to provide more flexibility more other network vendor
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Monitor in a single pane of glass
Recommendations to others considering the product:
The initial setup can be long and time consuming. Be preparer
Exceptionally dynamic product for monitoring enterprise networks (large or small)
What do you like best about the product?
100 nodes or 100,000+ nodes the out of the box ability to monitor node, and interface status and availability, network latency, bandwidth utilization, interface errors and discards, CPU and memory utilization plus with the flexibility of Universal device pollers any feature/service of a device not listed above via SNMP. Even the most complex conditions for alerts are easy to create and modify. Web based intuitive reports for use in real-time as well as historical problem analysis and capacity planning. Automated device discoveries make this product a true breeze to maintain day-to-day. Built in auditing trail answers the administrative "who did what" questions fast. Is your infrastructure a vast mix of vendors? SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor has them covered, if not they will with an available monthly MIB update. Very active and involved user community at Thwack.com, got a question or trying something new search for it or ask it there a user / product developer or the product owner from SolarWinds may answer the same day. Solve a challenging issue in your environment, share it with the user community.
What do you dislike about the product?
Runs only on a windows platform and has to write some log files to the OS drive.
Pro-tip: Workaround available for the one thing I dislike.
Pro-tip: Workaround available for the one thing I dislike.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Clients experiencing and complaining of poor business application response caused by clients at the same location over utilizing network bandwidth for non-business activities.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Excellent 30 day evaluation is the full blown product
user friendly GUI
What do you like best about the product?
1. Easy to use
2. Able to integrate most of SolarWinds modules
3. Perfstack feature
2. Able to integrate most of SolarWinds modules
3. Perfstack feature
What do you dislike about the product?
API limitation
netpath alert is very limited as it is not able to give you the last path
netpath alert is very limited as it is not able to give you the last path
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
CPU utilization
Memory utilization
Status of the devices
Being proactive before the
Memory utilization
Status of the devices
Being proactive before the
Excellent UI and well rounded product for NMS
What do you like best about the product?
The GUI metrics presented are relevant and capture the high-level views nicely. The ability to drill into just about anything is very nice. The AppStack and PerfStack are my favorite resources. With additional modules like SRM, SAM, and VMan - it's great to be able to see the details from end to end.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be easy to get a little lost drilling around between linked resources.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Visibility into our applications and how they impact things like storage and network.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It's expensive - but worth it.
NPM is a great tool but could be better
What do you like best about the product?
I like the customization within the interface.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see more ability to control alerts/notifications/reports without having to use Report Writer. It would be nice to have more control on what you are alerting.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Ability to receive notifications on downed nodes and the CPU/Memory graphs are helping to resolve issues more effectively.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Ensure you properly provision your hardware/software/infrastructure prior to deployment
NPM has allowed us to resolve network related issues in a shorter period of time.
What do you like best about the product?
Being able to see all nodes with error or issues on one screen.
What do you dislike about the product?
Network maps are somewhat hard to configure and not having the ability to layer maps.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Single screen to see issues and the ability to drill down into the node for greater visibility
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