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I had the pleasure of interviewing Sean Ackerman on why he decided to go with Server & Application Monitor. Sean is an Infrastructure Engineer who works in the insurance industry. JK: Tell me a little about your IT environment. SA: Our infrastructure is 70% virtualized. We have about 3,000 VMs, excluding our VDI…
End-to-end performance monitoring sounds great! You have a handle on all of your applications and supporting resources so you can quickly figure out which resource/component is causing the application performance issue. Now, let’s implement that vision. This could be tricky if you are not a subject matter expert in all…
Upgrading to SCOM 2012? If you are, now might be the time to think about why you have SCOM in the first place. For a lot of companies, SCOM is one of those things that came along as part of a package deal. You didn’t really choose it, but it was either very inexpensive or free, and it works ok. Sure, it’s a bit difficult…
When it comes to ice cream, some people like vanilla. Some people like chocolate. Some like strawberry. And in a pinch, some people will choose a fig newton. While figs are fine, they aren't ice cream . And if you want ice cream, a fig newton isn't going to fit the bill. In the same way, if you're looking for a server and…
Do you have a lot of money sitting around, gathering dust? You do? Can I come over to visit? Really though, in these days of “tighten your belt” budgets, it’s difficult to justify spending many thousands of dollars for software, many more thousands to implement it, and even more each year in maintenance. So if you’re…
At SolarWinds, we have an expression about open source software… that is… it is free like a puppy, not free like a beer. When you stop and think about it, Nagios really has a lot in common with a puppy. While it costs you almost nothing at the outset, the ongoing relationship can be quite expensive. Nagios will chew up…
If you are new to SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor, or would like a refresher, we are holding a SAM Level 1 Customer (or Evaluator) training today: Getting Started with SolarWinds SAM. This training will include: * The basics of application and server monitoring * Templates, monitored applications and applying…
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