TechValidate Research on SolarWinds System Management


Case Study: Educational Institution

“Compared to Nagios, SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor is quick to install, easy to maintain and has solid performance.”

“The best feature is the dashboard (summary view) that provides all the information you need at a glance.”

“Great product, solid features, and a good price point for a smaller company.”

Challenges

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

Use Case

  • Addressed the following challenges with SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor:
    • Exchange management
    • IIS performance/website outages
    • Needing more visibility of server health
  • Uses SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor to get visibility to web applications, server and network availability.

Results

  • Able to identify and troubleshoot application performance issues 80 – 100% faster with SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor.
  • Saves $50,000 – $100,000 on an annual basis on labor, software costs, maintenance costs, and admin costs using SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor versus their previous solution.
  • Reduced downtime by 10 – 20% since using SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor.




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