Network Performance Monitor
SolarWinds NPM system supports a wide range of features, among them data flow collection, server and application monitoring, and quality of service for enterprise VoIP suites.
NPM platform
The SolarWinds monitoring product primarily revolves around NPM. Additional products can be purchased that integrate with NPM to allow for more monitoring capability.
Network Performance Monitor — SolarWinds’ flagship monitoring software is Network Performance Monitor. This tool is used for network fault, performance and availability monitoring, as well as troubleshooting. It also has built-in tools for capacity forecasting, network health reporting, analytics and problem alerting. NPM is a single-pane-of-glass tool that integrates all other network management tools into a unified system.
NetFlow Traffic Analyzer — A feature set that bolts directly onto SolarWinds NPM, the NetFlow Traffic Analyzer can be configured to monitor data flows and alert and investigate whenever the network experiences periods of low performance. This includes proprietary and open source flow data such Cisco NetFlow, Juniper J-Flow, S-Flow and IPFIX.
VoIP & Network Quality Manager — A tool largely dedicated to monitoring and troubleshooting voice over IP performance issues, the VoIP & Network Quality manager monitors critical metrics such as latency, jitter and packet loss in order to identify the root cause of the issue. Another key function is the ability to monitor and alert when quality of service thresholds are crossed and exactly where the problem occurred within the network.
Server and Application Monitor — In order to provide detailed performance insight at the server and application-levels, SolarWinds NPM supports the Server and Application Monitor add-on. This multivendor product can automatically discover servers and applications on the network and take advantage of SolarWinds’ wide variety of prepackaged alerting and reporting functions. The tool offers the choice of either agent-based application monitoring for servers residing in the public cloud or agentless monitoring of on-premise server applications.
Virtualization Manager — If you are in the need for a VMware and Hyper-V monitoring tool, SolarWinds has you covered. The Virtualization Manager helps to eliminate virtual machine (VM) performance issues by analyzing various hypervisor alerts. The tool can also be used to identify over- and under-utilized VMs to better right-size your VM environment.
Storage Resource Monitor — The Storage Resource Monitor is a great way to gain visibility into a multivendor NAS or SAN storage environment. This tool can monitor and alert based on predefined thresholds to ensure that your storage is performing the way it was intended. This includes the monitoring of storage Logical Unit Numbers as well as I/O hotspots.
Pricing and support
Each SolarWinds product can be purchased independently or in a series of prepackaged bundles. This gives customers a great deal of flexibility in terms of what they choose to purchase and implement on day one. Product licensing is also flexible. The licenses are mostly based on the size of the environment and are based on total number of devices, interfaces or volumes depending on the specific product being purchased. Unlike many other vendors, SolarWinds products can be purchased directly from the company and downloaded from the website. The base SolarWinds NPM product with licensing for up to 100 elements starts at $2,795. The same NPM with the ability to monitor up to 2,000 elements lists at $17,085. Both include one year of maintenance that includes access to patches, updates as well as 24/7 online, phone and email support.
SolarWinds® Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is a powerful and affordable network monitoring software that enables you to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems and outages.
NETWORK PERFORMANCE MONITOR AT A GLANCE
» Speeds troubleshooting, increases service levels, and reduces downtime.
» NEW in v12: Advanced network troubleshooting for on-premises, hybrid, and cloud services with critical path hop-by-hop analysis.
» NEW in v12: Comprehensive monitoring of F5® BIG-IP® family of products.
» Monitors and displays response time, availability, and performance of network devices.
» Improves operational efficiency with out-of-the-box dashboards, alerts, and reports.
» Automatically discovers network devices and typically deploys in about an hour.
FEATURES
Fault, performance and availability monitoring
Quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance issues and avoid downtime with network optimization software.
Hop-by-hop analysis along critical paths
View performance, traffic, and configuration details of devices and applications that are on-premises, in the cloud, or across hybrid environments with NetPath™.
Customizable topology and dependency-aware intelligent alerts
Respond to multiple condition checks, correlated events, network topology, and device dependencies.
Dynamic wired and wireless network discovery and mapping
Automatically discover and map devices, performance metrics, link utilization, and wireless coverage.
Automated capacity forecasting, alerting, and reporting
Automatically calculate exhaustion dates using customizable thresholds based on peak and average usage.
Comprehensive monitoring of F5 BIG-IP family of products
Visualize and gain insight into the health & performance of your F5 service delivery environment.
Wireless network monitoring and management
Retrieve performance metrics for autonomous access points, wireless controllers, and clients.
Consultant and services-free deployment
Install and deploy in generally as little as an hour with out-of-the-box monitors, alerts and reports.
Customizable single-pane-of-glass network monitoring software
Customizable web-based network performance dashboards, views and charts.
End user quality of experience with Packet Capture and Analysis
Determine if changes in end user experience are caused by the application or the network.
Dynamic statistical network performance baselines
Dynamically calculate baseline thresholds from historical network performance data.
Hardware Health Monitoring
Monitor, alert, and report on key device metrics, including temperature, fan speed, and power supply.
Customizable performance and availability reports
Schedule and generate custom network performance reports with one of over 100 out-of-thebox templates.
Drag-and-discover network performance charts
Real-time network performance metrics with interactive charts and graphs from your network devices.
