solarwinds network performance monitor administrator guide

This process took 26 minutes to complete on my lab server. There was an initial process that decompressed the Network Performance Monitor software and the required version of the. Like other SolarWinds products that I have reviewed, the installation process was very simple. That being the case, I was very happy to see that SolarWinds took the time to include the documentation in the ZIP file. However, there is nothing more frustrating than discovering that you need the documentation, but don’t have it. That way I can get a sense of how intuitive the software may or may not be. Whenever I do a product review I always try to deploy and evaluate the software without referring to the documentation. When I extracted the contents of the ZIP file, I was pleased to discover that it not only contained the software that I was evaluating, but also a copy of the Administrator’s Guide. The download consisted of a 484 MB ZIP file, which I copied to a virtual server that was running Windows Server 2008 R2. Installation and Deploymentįor the purpose of this review, I downloaded the free trial version of SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor version10.4.0. That being the case, I was curious to see whether SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor was something that an administrator with an average networking skill set could actually use right out of the box, or if it was another enterprise networking product with a high price tag and a steep learning curve. Although there is no shortage of network monitoring products on the market, many of the vendors who offer such products seem to have gotten in the habit of trying to justify a steep price tag by making their product needlessly complicated. SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor is an application that is designed to detect and report network performance and availability in real time, while also providing diagnostic and resolution capabilities for network problems.

Product: SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor

Solarwinds network performance monitor administrator guide