Pros and Cons of SolarWinds NPM 2023

SolarWinds
Network Performance Monitor (NPM) delivers comprehensive network fault
monitoring and performance management that scales and expands with a company’s network
monitoring needs. Users can collect and view availability, real-time and
historical statistics from routers, switches, firewalls, servers, and any other
SNMP-, ICMP-, or WMI-enabled devices directly from a web browser.

The vendor states that SolarWinds
users can get a full NPM installation up and running the same day they
download, and that implementation does not require a team of consultants. NPM provides visibility into the health of network devices and servers on the network,
ensuring that users have needed real-time information to keep their
network running at peak performance.

Network
Performance Monitor helps IT Pros:

• Detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance issues and avoid
  downtime
• Respond
  to multiple condition checks, correlated events, and device dependencies
• Automatically
  calculate capacity exhaustion dates using customizable thresholds based on
  peak and average usage
• Streamline
  network troubleshooting with a Web interface
• View
  paths to critical business services hop-by-hop, even into the cloud, with
  the NetPath™ feature
• Get
  deeper visibility into complex network devices with Network Insight™
  features for Cisco ASA firewalls, Cisco Nexus switches, and F5 BIG-IP load
  balancers