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Find & Fix Active Directory Issues Faster with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

We were able to fix Microsoft Active Directory problems faster with notifications from the SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor. Immediate notifications and error detection helped us gain better control over monitoring our Active Directory environment.

— Michael Samuels, Network Engineer, Leidos

Annual Savings of $20,000 to $100,000 with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Please estimate how much you saved on labor, software costs, maintenance costs, and admin costs using Server & Application Monitor versus your previous solution on an annual basis.

More than $100,000.: 5%

$50,000 - $100,000.: 32%

$20,000 - $50,000.: 37%

$10,000 - $20,000.: 16%

$10,000.: 11%

We use Server & Application Monitor® to get visibility into the performance of our SQL server, Active Directory and Windows server environment. The best feature of this product is its ease of configuration and in depth SQL monitoring.

— Rocco Cretacci, IT Director, Western Psychological Services

Troubleshoot Application Issues Faster with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

After deploying Server & Application Monitor, how much faster are you able to identify and troubleshoot application issues?

Over 100% faster: 7%

80 - 100% faster: 20%

60 - 80% faster: 36%

40 - 60% faster: 24%

20 - 40% faster: 8%

10 - 20% faster: 4%

< 10% faster: 1%

Case Study: NTT

Challenges

Purchased SolarWinds VMAN in order to solve the following virtual challenges:
- Unable to be proactive in performance optimization
- Capacity Planning
- Current virtualization management tool did not meet expectations

Use Case

Optimized VM performance via right-sizing and recommendations with Virtualization Manager.
Manages 500-1000 VMs with SolarWinds VMAN.

Results

Purchased SolarWinds VMAN over other virtualization tools for the following reasons:
- Integration with other SolarWinds products
- Alerting/Reporting
- Sprawl/Recommendations
Took the following amount of time to troubleshoot virtualization performance issues per month:
- Before deploying VMAN: 2 – 5 hours
- After deploying VMAN: < 2 hours
Experienced the following amount of downtime due to VM performance issues per month:
- Before deploying VMAN: 2 – 5 hours
- After deploying VMAN: < 2 hours
Reclaimed storage, CPU and memory due to sprawl reduction and better management with SolarWinds VMAN:
- CPU: 10-25%
- Memory: 10-25%
- Storage: 10-25%

Case Study: Medium Enterprise Telecom Services Company Finds Problems 100%+ Faster

“Using SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor, I’m now able to alert when services go down so I can get the service restarted before anyone knows it was down.”

“The best feature is application monitoring because the server may be up but a service running on the box may be down.”

“Compared to free/open source monitoring solutions, SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor is easier to configure.”

Challenges

Server and application monitoring solution used prior to SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor:
- Nagios®

Use Case

Addressed the following challenge with SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor:
- SQL Server® performance
Uses SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor to proactively monitor FTP and SFTP servers and SQL Server.

Results

Able to identify and troubleshoot application performance issues > 100% faster with SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor.
Reduced downtime by 60 – 80% since using SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor.

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Find & Fix Active Directory Issues Faster with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Annual Savings of $20,000 to $100,000 with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Troubleshoot Application Issues Faster with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Case Study: NTT

Challenges

Use Case

Results

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Case Study: Medium Enterprise Telecom Services Company Finds Problems 100%+ Faster

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