TechValidate Research on SolarWinds System Management


Case Study: The GBS Group Replaces Nagios with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

“Since I’m a visual person, the graphs, charts, and alerts in Server & Application Monitor were readily visible. We do a lot of monitoring of different types of equipment, and I found SolarWinds easy to setup and get going.”

“Server & Application Monitor is a more comprehensive and intuitive tool than others that I’ve used like Nagios.”

Challenges

  • IT administration / management challenges that prompted you to purchase SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor:
    • Lack of centralized monitoring across multiple sites in the network
  • Purchased SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor to replace Nagios.

Use Case

  • Purchased Server & Application Monitor for the following key features:
    • Ability to modify or build new templates for custom application monitoring
    • Server monitoring and IT asset inventory management
  • Applications primarily monitored using Server & Application Monitor:
    • Windows
    • IIS
    • SQL Server

Results

  • Realized ROI in 1-3 months after buying Server & Application Monitor.
  • Rates SolarWinds as 5 out of 5 stars.




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