TechValidate Research on SolarWinds System Management

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SolarWinds System Management Customer Statistic

SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor

58% of surveyed customers are able to identify and troubleshoot storage issues 60-80% faster or more with Storage Resource Monitor.

SolarWinds System Management Customer Review

4/5 Stars

How our organization uses SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor:

Alerts, monitoring storage capacity, diagnosing performance problems.

How would you describe Storage Resource Monitor to a colleague?

Storage Resource Monitor is a comprehensive storage performance monitoring tool for multi vendor environments.

SolarWinds System Management Customer Review

We use SRM to have a centralized dashboard for the supported Storages. By showing the top 10 LUNs with highest IOPS and latencies we can quickly identify a service problem.

SolarWinds System Management Customer Testimonial

With SolarWinds System Management, we are able to more effectively monitor our storage environment. This has taken the guessing game out of the equation, which will save us money over time.

Systems Engineer, Small Business Health Care Company

SolarWinds System Management Customer Testimonial

Prior to SolarWinds System Management, we had nothing but manual monitoring. What a different world when you work smarter not harder.

Systems Administrator, City of Glendale Arizona

SolarWinds System Management Customer Testimonial

With SolarWinds, we now have a better look at the usage and performance on each box. We display the main console dashboard on a screen so everyone is aware whats happening.

IT/Systems Administrator, Medium Enterprise Health Care Company

SolarWinds System Management Customer Testimonial

SolarWinds is vital for our business to be able to identify bottlenecks and forecast our capacity needs accurately.

System analyst, Medium Enterprise Computer Software Company

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Customer Testimonial

Set Up Server Monitoring In a Few Seconds with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

It is simple to deploy to new servers using already customized templates available in SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM). It is hard to miss servers these days. In just a few seconds, I know a server has at least the basic monitoring applied.

Systems Engineer, Medium Enterprise Financial Services Company

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Customer Testimonial

SolarWinds SAM Provides Root Cause Analysis for Application Performance Tuning

[After deploying SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor], I have visibility into applications now that I never had, and I can start to determine root cause analysis and do performance tuning.

Systems Engineer, Large Enterprise Retail Company

5/5 Stars

How our organization uses SolarWinds Virtualization Manager:

We use virtualization manager to measure the health of our environment; reclaiming unused resources and capacity planning. Virtualization manager has saved us on doing costly upgrades.

Would you recommend SolarWinds Virtualization Manager?

I would recommend the product to anyone who is struggling to keep up with the health of their VM environment and who are growing their environment at a rapid pace.

4.5/5 Stars

How our organization uses SolarWinds Virtualization Manager:

We use it for monitoring and proactive alerting for all virtual issues. It is used in conjunction with NPM and SAM to help us stay ahead of issues and reduce virtual sprawl.

Would you recommend SolarWinds Virtualization Manager?

I would recommend VMAN due to the ease of use and the low cost compared to competitors.

5/5 Stars

How our organization uses SolarWinds Virtualization Manager:

We use VMAN to monitor every aspect of our VMware virtual environment. We monitor everything from resource usage to hardware issues. We depend so heavily on our virtual environment that things like sprawl and resource management are key. Because of VMAN, we have been able to move vm’s around to maximize efficiency on every level.

Would you recommend SolarWinds Virtualization Manager?

Yes! Yes! A thousand times Yes! If you manage a virtual environment, you will wonder how you ever lived without the peace of mind and efficiency that VMAN adds to your arsenal.

A Security Engineer of a medium enterprise banking company is very likely to recommend SolarWinds Virtualization Manager for the following reason:

I have recommended it many times in the past and will again in the future. I have run FogLight and Veeam. With the integration we have in Orion others do not compare.

Smart & Intelligent Alerts for Application & Server Monitoring

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor takes away all of the false positives that were found in other monitoring solutions.

IT Manager, Small Business Computer Services Company

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Simplifies Monitoring, Alerting and Reporting

We are able to monitor almost anything in our physical data centers. Being able to provide metrics and historical data for our customers is also very useful.

Jack Vaughan Jr., Systems Engineer, Connectria Hosting

Why SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Out Performs Other Monitoring Solutions

4.5/5 Stars

Please describe which feature of SolarWinds SAM has been most useful to you and how.

The AppInsight™ monitors are awesome. They provide a level of detail I have not seen from any other monitoring product. Monitoring template creation and customization is very versatile and easy to use. SAM ties in with all of the other SolarWinds Orion® products which makes monitoring and troubleshooting much easier.

What would you say to recommend SolarWinds SAM to someone who is considering purchasing an application and server monitoring solution?

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor easily out-performs other monitoring solutions in this space. The level of detailed monitoring you get out of the box is amazing. The product is consistently updated with new features that the customers ask for.

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor – Your One Stop Shop Monitoring Tool

4.5/5 Stars

Please describe which feature of SolarWinds SAM has been most useful to you and how.

Easy, out-of-the box AppInsight tools are readily available for monitoring.

What would you say to recommend SolarWinds SAM to someone who is considering purchasing an application and server monitoring solution?

SolarWinds SAM is a simple, one stop monitoring tool.

SolarWinds SAM Sends the Right Alert to the Right People at the Right Time

4/5 Stars

Please describe which feature of SolarWinds SAM has been most useful to you and how.

Node down alerts have reached the right people at right time.

What would you say to recommend SolarWinds SAM to someone who is considering purchasing an application and server monitoring solution?

If you know the product well, you can customize, and dive deeper to monitor your IT environment.

Troubleshoot Exchange Performance Issues using SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

4/5 Stars

Please describe which feature of SolarWinds SAM has been most useful to you and how.

Exchange mailbox monitoring and database monitoring.

What would you say to recommend SolarWinds SAM to someone who is considering purchasing an application and server monitoring solution?

SolarWinds SAM helps with troubleshooting performance issues.

Monitoring Exchange Server & IIS using SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

4/5 Stars

Please describe which feature of SolarWinds SAM has been most useful to you and how.

Exchange monitoring and IIS monitoring.

What would you say to recommend SolarWinds SAM to someone who is considering purchasing an application and server monitoring solution?

Just try it for 30 days as it’s free and then you’ll be amazed to see all the information.

Customize Monitoring As You Need with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

4/5 Stars

Please describe which feature of SolarWinds SAM has been most useful to you and how.

Centralized console, customizable screens for IT support groups, advanced alerts, integration to Service Desk platform, and custom application monitors.

What would you say to recommend SolarWinds SAM to someone who is considering purchasing an application and server monitoring solution?

SolarWinds SAM is a great choice. Make sure to capitalize on product support to plan and implement.

Monitor Server Hardware Health using SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

SolarWinds SAM is powerful and easy to use, and it helps narrow down the root cause of performance issues. Monitoring health of server hardware and Windows services has been one of the most useful features of SolarWinds SAM.

Varughese Mathew, Systems Engineer, Genex Services, Inc.

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Delivers Immediate ROI

5/5 Stars

Please describe which feature of SolarWinds SAM has been most useful to you and how.

The broad range of templates and applications that it supports out of the box.

What would you say to recommend SolarWinds SAM to someone who is considering purchasing an application and server monitoring solution?

The immediate insight into our environment has been invaluable and has shown an immediate ROI.

Application Templates in SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor Make Monitoring Easier

The ease of use and all of the built-in application templates available in SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor make monitoring extremely easy. The THWACK® community is also very active with contributing to questions and new templates.

Systems Administrator, S&P 500 Computer Software Company

Is it the Network or the Application? Identify the Root Cause with SolarWinds SAM

Analyzing network traffic packets using network and server sensors provides a good information of network latency and response time of specific applications.

Network Engineer, Medium Enterprise Computer Services Company

Troubleshoot Virtual Machine Performance Issues Faster with SolarWinds SAM

On a number of occasions, SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor has helped us troubleshoot performance issues with virtual machines. SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor allowed us to discover that a storage area network or other bottlenecks were causing the issue.

James Spencer, IT/Systems Administrator, Ideal Integrations

SolarWinds SAM – A Better Application Monitoring Tool Than Zenoss, Zabbix & Check_MK

A Systems Administrator of a S&P 500 computer software company is very likely to recommend SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor for the following reason:

I have used several monitoring solutions in the past, namely Zenoss, Zabbix, and Check_MK. None of them have come close to what SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor can provide for monitoring. SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor is easy to use, intuitive, and constantly updated with new features.

Replace Custom Scripts & Home-Grown Tools with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

21% of surveyed IT organizations purchased SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor to replace custom scripts and home-grown tools.

SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor – Easy to Use & Lightweight

4.5/5 Stars

Please describe which feature of Server & Application Monitor has been the most useful to you, and why?

Easy-to-use interface with easy-to-read results.

What would you say to recommend Server & Application Monitor to someone who is considering purchasing an application and server monitoring solution?

Server & Application Monitor is light weight and easy to use, with built-in templates that allow you to easily add monitors for applications.

Deep Application Performance Visibility with SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor

Saad Saad, IT Support at MIC Tanzania Limited, is very likely to recommend SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor for the following reason:

It provides deep visibility into critical applications, so you can monitor, alert and report on performance issues in the applications, underlying servers, and server hardware components.




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