SolarWinds NPM Review

Quick to get up and running, but not as granular out-of-the-box as you would expect.

Valuable Features:

Quick to launch. No agents required. Many configuration options.

Room for Improvement:

Network discovery missed many devices. Network mapping & topology was not accurate and does not update automatically. Alerts can not be configured differently for different device categories (e.g., alert comms guys about routers; network people about switches, etc.). While Orion offers many options, many features must be purchased as separate modules.

Other Advice:

It has now been about 3 weeks since we launched the Orion Network Performance Monitor and Netflow Traffic Analyzer. We chose this product based on colleague recommendations.
**Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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We can proactively fix historical issues, so we won't face those problems in future.
The set up was very easy. We didn't have any problems with the setup. The deployment took less than an hour.
This has helped us to monitor the availability of our routers, switches, servers, and virtual environments.
I can do everything remotely, including running PowerShell scripts or performing standard updates.
It is very extensible with 'SWQL' and APIs to where we are beginning to integrate it with network automation.
We had some interfaces where the SFP Ports were having some problems after a while. We found which of the SFP Ports was having the error and changed it, so the bandwidth become okay.
The most valuable feature of this solution is the alerts.
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