TechValidate Research on SolarWinds System Management


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%




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