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Field Systems Engineer Level 2 at a tech consulting company
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Review of Network Traffic Analyzer

Disclaimer: I work for a company that has a partnership with Solarwinds and provides services for Solarwinds products.

I have had nothing but good things to say about the Solar winds products. I have the pleasure to use NPM, IPSLA, NTA, and Engineers Tool Kit. We have a large network that without NPM would be hard to monitor and find problems. NTA allows us to keep good tabs on what people and systems are doing on our networks. It is nice to know who is playing World of War craft as an example or which server is pegging an interface. IPSLA has giving us the global view of how our network can handle real-time data. We have been able to vastly improve how implement routing and QOS in order to provide better throughput that result in a higher SLA compliance.

Network Traffic Analyzer
• Quick View of Bandwidth hogs
• Easy to read Per Interface throughput views
• Customizable protocol monitoring for consumption breakdown

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1065336 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior System Engineer at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
A reliable platform for assessing bandwidth utilization, but technical support could be faster
Pros and Cons
  • "What I like the most is the bandwidth assessment."
  • "It's scalable, but it could be simplified because it's not completely easy."

What is our primary use case?

We are using this solution for bandwidth utilization.

What is most valuable?

What I like the most is the bandwidth assessment.

What needs improvement?

It's scalable, but it could be simplified because it's not completely easy.

The price could be reduced to make this product more competitive.

Support could have a better response time.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using this solution for two years.

We are using the latest version.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

This solution is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's a scalable product and we plan to continue using it.

How are customer service and technical support?

The technical support is good.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, we did not use another solution.

How was the initial setup?

It didn't take much to deploy.

We configured feature by feature.

What about the implementation team?

The initial setup was done through professional services.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

While the pricing is fair, it could be better.

What other advice do I have?

I am quite satisfied with this solution and I would recommend it for anyone who is considering using SolarWinds Netflow Traffic Analyzer.

I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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Senior Tech Support Engineer | Project Implementation Head at a tech company with 11-50 employees
Real User
Has good monitoring, overall good performance, and an easy deployment
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable features are the bandwidth analyzer, the monitoring, the network analyzer, it has overall good performance, and an easy deployment."
  • "The pricing is expensive."

What is most valuable?

The most valuable features are: 

  • The bandwidth analyzer
  • The monitoring
  • The network Analyzer
  • It has overall good performance
  • Easy deployment. 

    What needs improvement?

    The pricing is expensive. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using SolarWinds Network Bandwidth Analyzer for six months. 

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    It stable, we haven't experienced any issues or bugs. 

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    We have tested the scalability and have found it to be scalable. 

    We have several large clients who use SolarWinds. 

    How are customer service and technical support?

    I haven't needed to contact technical support because I never had a problem with it. 

    How was the initial setup?

    The deployment is easy. I deployed it myself and it took around one day. 

    What other advice do I have?

    The product is a great experience to use and I never experienced any problems with this software application. I would recommend it. 

    I would rate it a nine out of ten. In the next release, I would like to see improvement in the area network health, the servers and the network equipment. They can see and can monitor all the equipment from network to server because inside the server are the backups, the systems of their company, and the backup files.

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    On-premises
    Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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    reviewer1229574 - PeerSpot reviewer
    Head of Network Department at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
    Real User
    Stable with a straightforward setup and good traffic analysis
    Pros and Cons
    • "The solution's most valuable feature is its traffic analysis."
    • "Technical support needs improvement."

    What is most valuable?

    The solution's most valuable feature is its traffic analysis.

    What needs improvement?

    Sometimes the system is confusing; they should simplify it to make it easier in future releases.

    There are many applications we cannot monitor with the solution. They need to open it up to make it easier to monitor across multiple apps.

    The solution needs to work with Windows 2003 and 2008. 

    Technical support needs improvement.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I've been using the solution for four years.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The solution is stable.

    How are customer service and technical support?

    Technical support is okay, but it depends on the person who takes up the ticket. Sometimes we don't get the kind of service we should.

    How was the initial setup?

    The initial setup is straightforward.

    What other advice do I have?

    I would recommend the solution. I'd rate it eight out of ten.

    Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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    ICT Training Consultant at a non-tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
    Consultant
    Easy to set up but the monitoring should be faster
    Pros and Cons
    • "The program is scalable enough for our usage."
    • "It is very slow to pick the dynamics of the network."

    What is our primary use case?

    Our primary use case for this solution is for monitoring.

    What needs improvement?

    One thing I have noticed is that it is very slow to pick the dynamics of the network, so that is something that could be improved. There is some sort of lag in the reporting, and I would like to see that being faster. 

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I have been using the program for about seven years now.

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    I think it is quite stable and that's why we stick with it. We often switch to something else. For instance, we recently changed to another antivirus program. But this program is stable so we haven't chosen another solution over this one yet. 

    What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

    The program is scalable enough for our usage. We currently have 8,000 users so we may have to buy extra modules soon.

    How was the initial setup?

    It was easy and straightforward to set the program up. The setup is very user-friendly.

    What about the implementation team?

    We used a vendor team at first and from there on we did everything ourselves. Deployment took about a day. 

    What other advice do I have?

    On a scale of one to ten, I would rate this solution a seven. Some things that might improve, is that I would like to see it being able to detect mobile gadgets too, like smartphones. 

    Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

    Public Cloud
    Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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    Head of IT Governance Service at ITGSTORE
    Real User
    A stable solution with good performance analysis but in need of better pricing
    Pros and Cons
    • "The performance analysis is a valuable feature. With the performance analyzer, we can see the realtime monitoring, the realtime performance, and historical performance on specific components like virtualization storage, CPU, servers and network equipment."
    • "The price of the solution is a bit high for our clients. They should consider adjusting their price model."

    What is our primary use case?

    For the first installation for our customers we use it for traffic analysis to determine which users consume the most internet bandwidth. then to have a visibility on the internal traffic in the network. 

    What is most valuable?

    The performance analysis is a valuable feature. With the performance analyzer, we can see the realtime monitoring, the realtime performance, and historical performance on specific components like virtualization storage, CPU, servers and network equipment.

    What needs improvement?

    I recognize that SolarWinds has a reporting feature that will give us reports that we can customize. However, it's not clear how I can integrate the existing solution like BI solutions to SolarWinds. The solution seems to lack an API for other integrations.

    The price of the solution is a bit high for our clients. They should consider adjusting their price model.

    We'd like more application control in future releases. automatic identification of applications in the traffic. this feature is included in the new generation firewall.

    For how long have I used the solution?

    I've been using the solution since 2014. Start working on Orion NTA version 3.0

    What do I think about the stability of the solution?

    The solution is stable.

    How are customer service and technical support?

    Technical support is okay. I would rate it three out of five. Their reaction time is not so good. You might have to wait one or two days before they can work on your ticket.

    What other advice do I have?

    We use the on-premises deployment model.

    I would rate the solution seven out of ten.

    Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller.
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