Challenges
- Purchased SolarWinds VMAN in order to solve the following virtual challenges:
- Slow or degraded virtual application/server performance
- Unable to be proactive in performance optimization
- Capacity Planning
- Currently don’t have a monitoring tool
Use Case
- Manages <100 VMs with SolarWinds VMAN.
Results
- Reduced downtime by 50-75% with SolarWinds Virtualization Manager (VMAN).
- Decreased time spent troubleshooting virtual performance issues by 50-75% with SolarWinds VMAN.
- Increased VM team productivity by 50-75% since deploying SolarWinds VMAN.
- Reclaimed storage, CPU and memory due to sprawl reduction and better management with SolarWinds VMAN:
- CPU: 25-50%
- memory: 25-50%
- Was able to delay a hardware or software purchase with SolarWinds VMAN.
- Saw value in 1-4 weeks after deploying SolarWinds VMAN.
- Purchased SolarWinds VMAN over other virtualization tools for the following reason(s):
- Integration with other SolarWinds products
- Alerting/Reporting
- Sprawl/Recommendations
