After specifying interfaces, drives and CPU metrics for systems, routers and switches, we were off and monitoring. The data displays are too numerous to list, but minimum/maximum/average for utilization and availability across network, disk and CPU are preconfigured.
It was easy to set up alerting thanks to sensible descriptions of categories, like: "Page me when a node goes down." We also liked the single check-box selection needed to get alerts going. By default, 10 canned alerts can be cloned and edited if the specifics aren't quite right.
The Engineer's Toolset includes data-management capabilities, such as database backup and compression, and a host of other administrative controls. Its report customization, publishing and administration of the data store, for example, are on par with a standalone performance-management application, so it wasn't a surprise that the included performance-management tool is similar to SolarWinds.Net's Orion performance-management app, with the exception that the former is limited to the server on which the Toolkit is installed.
SolarWinds Engineer's Edition Toolset 7, $995. SolarWinds.Net, (918) 307-8100. www.solarwinds.net
The capital "M" for monitoring is well-placed in this excellent product. From the snappy response of its Web console to the incredible array of built-in monitors, ipMonitor belongs on our shortlist. In addition to monitoring common TCP/IP services, ipMonitor monitors enterprise applications, including Active Directory, RADIUS and Lotus Notes.
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