TechValidate Research on SolarWinds System Management

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SolarWinds System Management Customer Research

Main Storage Challenges

What were the main challenges your organization wanted to solve with purchasing Storage Resource Monitor?

Capacity planning & forecasting
74%
Understanding storage performance bottlenecks
73%
Multi-vendor/array monitoring/alerting/reporting
53%
Correlating storage performance to VM & application
54%
Other
4%

SolarWinds System Management Customer Research

On Average Users Fixed Storage Issues 60% Faster with Storage Resource Monitor

How much faster are you able to identify and troubleshoot storage issues with Storage Resource Monitor?

Over 100% faster: 9%
80-100% faster: 23%
60-80% faster: 26%
40-60% faster: 23%
20-40% faster: 11%
<20% faster: 9%

Optimize VM performance with Virtualization Manager Recommendations

After deploying Virtualization Manager, were you able to optimize VM performance via right-sizing and recommendations?

Yes: 65%
No: 35%

Reclaim on Average 23% of Virtual Resources

Since deploying VMAN, please estimate the % of used CPU, memory, and storage you were able to reclaim due to sprawl reduction and better management?

>75% 50-75% 25-50% 10-25% <10%

CPU
Memory
Storage

Decrease Downtime by an Average of 59%

How many hours of downtime due to VM performance issues did you experience per month before/after VMAN?

0 Hours Less than 2 hours 2 - 5 Hours 5 - 10 Hours More than 10 Hours

Before VMAN
After VMAN

Decrease Troubleshooting Time by an Average of 65%

How long did it take to troubleshoot virtualization performance issues per month before/after VMAN?

0 Hours Less than 2 Hours 2 - 5 Hours 5 - 10 Hours More than 10 hours

Before VMAN
After VMAN

84% See ROI in 3 months or less

How soon after deploying VMAN did you see value?

> 1 Week: 26%
1-4 Weeks: 43%
1-3 Months: 15%
3-6 Months: 10%
< 6 Months: 6%

Users Fix Application Issues 65% 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%

Minimize Downtime using SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

What percentage has application and server downtime declined since you started using Server & Application Monitor?

More than 80%: 12%
60 - 80%: 10%
40 - 60%: 27%
20 - 40%: 23%
10 - 20%: 16%
Less than 10%: 13%

70% of SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Customers Realized ROI in Under 6 Months

How fast were you able realize ROI after buying Server & Application Monitor?

Under a month: 18%
1 - 3 months: 28%
3 - 6 months: 23%
6 - 9 months: 12%
9 - 12 months: 9%
Over a year: 11%

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%

Virtualization Manager helped reclaim 25% of resources

Since deploying VMAN, please estimate the % of used CPU, memory, and storage you were able to reclaim due to sprawl reduction and better management?

>75% 50-75% 25-50% 10-25% <10%

CPU
Memory
Storage

On average, users fix storage issues 50% faster with Storage Resource Monitor.

How much faster are you able to identify and troubleshoot storage issues with Storage Resource Monitor?

Over 100% faster: 7%
80-100% faster: 14%
60-80% faster: 24%
40-60% faster: 21%
20-40% faster: 14%
< 20% faster: 21%

Reclaim CPU, memory, and storage

Since deploying VMAN, please estimate the % of used CPU, memory, and storage you were able to reclaim due to sprawl reduction and better management?

>75% 50-75% 25-50% 10-25% <10%

CPU
Memory
Storage

Your Business has No Time for Downtime. Reduce Downtime with Server & Application Monitor.

What percentage has downtime declined since you started using Server & Application Monitor?

More than 80%.
5%
60 - 80%.
10%
40 - 60%.
28%
20 - 40%.
13%
10 - 20%.
28%
Up to 10%.
15%

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%

Troubleshoot Application Issues 60-100% Faster with Server & Application Monitor

How much faster are you able to identify and troubleshoot application performance issues with Server & Application Monitor?

Over 100% faster.: 9%
80 - 100% faster.: 40%
60 - 80% faster.: 25%
40 - 60% faster.: 15%
20 - 40% faster.: 6%
At least 20% faster.: 6%



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