SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor Stability

it_user631218 - PeerSpot reviewer
Subject Matter Expert at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

We have not really had stability issues, but then it doesn't mean SAM would run without any issues. With a proper health check and maintenance plan in place, stability issues would never occur.

  • We should have a regular maintenance schedule in place where SolarWinds servers are rebooted at regularly scheduled intervals. For instance, once a month.
  • A health check of the SolarWinds server should be in place.
  • Unwanted component monitors have to be removed in regular intervals from SAM.
  • Decommissioned nodes have to be deleted from SAM on a regular basis.
  • Unknown monitors/applications have to be addressed on a regular basis. Unknown applications are the ones that would eat up most of your server resources on the SolarWinds server. Such things have to be addressed on a regular basis to keep the instance healthy.
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Subhajit Nag - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Process Associate at Tata Consultancy Services

SolarWinds is stable in the latest versions. 

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VIVEK PATHAK - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at Airtel

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

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IR
Manager at QMUL

I find it to be a stable product overall. A couple of years ago, they did experience a security breach, which is somewhat expected when you're one of the most visible market leaders.

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Ross R - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Technical Applications Manager at Emory Healthcare

There are no issues with stability.

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UmeshJoshi - PeerSpot reviewer
Presales Specialist at Hexaware Technologies

SolarWinds SAM is stable and performs well.

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Dheeraj_Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Architect at Cognizant

SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is a stable solution.

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Ravi Khanchandani - PeerSpot reviewer
Founder Director at Techsa Services

The solution is stable. 

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PN
Senior Associate Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor is not stable. We have to maintain the platform and it goes down frequently. If we have plenty of resources the solution has problems managing the load.

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Catherine Akinwolere - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at Lumenave

I rate the stability an eight and a half out of ten.

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UA
Enterprise Solutions & Services Head at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

This solution is stable but when the product has a lot of data in the databases, the speed is an issue.

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Donald Bakels - PeerSpot reviewer
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Adfontessoftware

SolarWinds SAM is very stable. We are using it with hundreds or thousands of customers and there are no stability issues.  

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Catherine Akinwolere - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at Lumenave

It is really stable. We're making use of a polling engine. When the customer site is experiencing some slowness of the console or the server, they'll know that they have overutilized the resources. So, we'll try to give them recommendations on what to do to make it better.

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it_user660063 - PeerSpot reviewer
Infrastructure Monitoring Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

Stability was hardly an issue as long as we balanced what we were monitoring.

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SB
Network Operation Center Team Leader at a recruiting/HR firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We encountered issues with stability in a few rare cases, due to being on older versions of the software. But this was self-inflicted in all cases.

For the most part, the Orion suite is very stable, dependable, and easy to manage.

Installs and upgrades are a bit time consuming, but this is expected with such a large platform.

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SK
SME Solarwinds at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The tool is stable. 

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it_user653568 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Services Department Manager at a construction company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We have not had issues with this version.

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it_user664653 - PeerSpot reviewer
Enterprise Monitoring Technologies Engineer at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

We did have problems with large numbers of PowerShell and WMI monitors.

There has been at least one unstable upgrade in the past, but then, that happens to pretty much any product out there.

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it_user652953 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Director at a construction company with 51-200 employees

I had some stability issues. I lost my environment, but with the help of SolarWinds support, I was able to get back to a stable platform. I was able to install the upgrade to VMAN to bring me up to v7.

The appliance for VMware would lock up and I was unable to shut it down properly. If I didn’t reboot, I could not see the VMAN admin console. I had to shut it down through VMware, thereby corrupting the appliance.

SolarWinds was not sure why this happened, but after several days, we were better than before. There was not a hiccup since.

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ME
Senior Officer at a international affairs institute with 201-500 employees

The solution has been working quite well. We haven't seen any problems so far. There aren't bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze. The product has good stability.

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PB
Service Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

I would rate the tool’s stability an eight out of ten. The tool is more or less stable. We encountered stability issues when there were too many sites or devices to monitor.

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UM
IT Consultant at a tech services company

We've found the solution to be very stable. We haven't had issues with bugs, glitches or crashes. It's been very good.

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it_user216399 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Engineer with 1,001-5,000 employees
PS
Group Chief Technology Architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

This solution is quite stable.

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Catherine Akinwolere - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at Lumenave

The environment of the solution is always stable.

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KY
Systems Architect at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

It is very stable.

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it_user660057 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees

I didn’t experience any stability issue in any of the modules we used.

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OK
Consultant at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

SolarWinds is a very stable platform compared to others on the market.

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MD
ICT Network Infrastructure & Architect at a transportation company with 1-10 employees

The stability needs to be improved.

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TZ
Business Consultant. at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

This is a stable product.

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it_user685350 - PeerSpot reviewer
Availability & Production Mgr, IT at a retailer with 5,001-10,000 employees

There were no stability issues.

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it_user577974 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
AM
Senior Information Security Officer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

The solution is very stable.

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Buyer's Guide
SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
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