Challenges
- Purchased SolarWinds LEM to address the following challenges:
- Troubleshoot application and network problems
- Correlate logs and events from network devices, servers, and applications
Use Case
- Collects log and event data from between 1001 and 5000 nodes.
- Collect logs and events from the following devices:
- Servers
- End user workstations
- Switches
- Routers
- Firewalls
- Storage Devices
- Virtualization infrastructure
- Collect log and events from the following applications:
- Operating System Events
- Infrastructure applications; e.g., DHCP, DNS, Active Directory, etc.
- E-mail servers
- Web servers and applications
- Antivirus software
- Databases
- Vulnerability Assessment products
- Evaluated the following vendors before purchasing SolarWinds LEM:
- McAfee NitroSecurity
Results
- Realized the following benefits with SolarWinds LEM:
- Easily provide the reports and data they need to prove they are meeting their compliance requirements
- Purchased SolarWinds over competitive vendors for the following reasons:
- Cost
- Ease of use
- SolarWinds’ features
- Being an existing SolarWinds customer or purchasing with other SolarWinds’ products
