We performed a comparison between HPE OneView and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Deploys faster new virtual services."
"The most valuable features of HPE OneView are environment monitoring, the ease of firmware upgrade, and the ability to manage all the servers and the infrastructure from one team."
"We could literally swap out a piece of hardware, slide one back into the chassis, and immediately - about three reboots later - it was identical. We didn't have to worry about configuring it, we didn't have to spend any time getting anything into place. It came back and it healed the environment almost immediately."
"Broad range of tools to create executive and operations dashboards."
"We lose less time managing the machines."
"The hypervisor and cluster profiles make it easy to integrate with VMware."
"I don't have to use CD-ROMs or anything like that to provision the servers."
"The best part is that you can integrate a two-way network. Earlier we could not manage the storage and ToR switch. Now we can create a LAN with our storage without any interface. In terms of switch management, it is now easy to understand the current configuration. It provides centralized management. It provides a single pane, and you can easily do all updates in one shot. It is a great product."
"It combines and presents information from many different sources, giving a corporate-wide vision on a single pane of glass."
"The other valuable system is the DSS (decision support system). If there's a fault in the network, SolarWinds is basically capable of rectifying and resolving that problem on its own without any intervention from an IP assistant or administrator."
"As we look to add more servers to our virtual environment and to understand the impact, the solution allows us to dig into the historical charts related to capacity planning."
"We don't have any issues with the stability of SolarWinds NPM."
"There are a lot of options for customization of the dashboard, alerts, and reports."
"The most valuable feature of SolarWinds NPM is the performance monitoring to see the memory, and CPU utilization."
"What I've found most valuable about the solution is that it's scalable."
"The product is lightweight in terms of memory use, requiring only 10 megabytes or less."
"The main problem that we run into, as far as stability goes, is when something loses its profile. Sometimes it requires jumping through a number of "hoops" to really get it back."
"The tool doesn't send automated alerts via email...We should be able to receive notification emails when a server or hardware issue arises, which would be helpful if someone is unavailable in the office."
"Specifically, it would be great if we had the ability to reapply the server profile faster."
"I would like to see support for things that aren't in the current generation. We have a lot of 7th and 8th generation hardware."
"They can improve reporting and provide more customized reports. Currently, reporting is a bit limited. It can be complex to learn and manage for beginners. Because of my experience, I find it comfortable to manage, which might not be the case with beginners. It would be good if they can make it a little bit easier to understand. They can provide a more graphical view of connectivity and other things. Their technical support can also be improved."
"It needs more reporting capabilities."
"We have a version 3 and a version 1.2, but the upgrade process from the 1.2 to the 3 is kind of an issue."
"HPE OneView should be able to cover more device models apart from ProLiant and Synergy."
"There needs to be more integration of widgets, especially for reporting purposes."
"Each model has different features, so clients need to purchase a separate model for SQL monitoring, database monitoring, network traffic analyzer, HTTP traffic, etc. So each feature they need is in a different model, but customers would prefer an all-in-one solution."
"The solution could be more secure."
"If they’re going for a “cover everything” approach, then they need to do so and enable a bit more of the "cover everything approach" within every one of the tools."
"The reporting module that got integrated into the system itself, used to be a standalone solution and I preferred that."
"Having more technical and support resources available in Saudi Arabia would be helpful."
"An area for improvement in SolarWinds NPM is the short retention period. Currently, it's just for seven days of data, which is very low, making it hard for my organization to keep that data. SolarWinds recommended a seven-day retention period, but my organization needs a fourteen-day data retention period. Hence, I'd like an increase in the retention period or the database limit in SolarWinds NPM because you can't go back to the data for any investigation if seven days have passed. Another area for improvement in SolarWinds NPM is the database, which needs to be a bit more mature. I want a modified database in the next release of SolarWinds NPM. I'd also like more options added to groups because, currently, it's very limited."
"SolarWinds NPM can be very slow at times. The database optimization can be done to improve the product performance."
HPE OneView is ranked 17th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 80 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 147 reviews. HPE OneView is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE OneView writes "Provides firmware compliance and the ability to connect to iPO". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". HPE OneView is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Dell CloudIQ, Zabbix, Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator and ServiceNow IT Operations Management, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and Nagios XI. See our HPE OneView vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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