1. What was life like before using SolarWinds? (Include what you were using and why you decided it was time for a change)
We were using Nagios, but SolarWinds has bought a lot more to the table. We are able receive more precise alerting and is more user friendly.
2. Which SolarWinds product(s) saved your bacon?
NPM to help monitoring and has a very nice reporting feature, FOE to fail over to a secondary server for disaster recovery.
3. Did you consider other options, and why did you choose SolarWinds?
SolarWinds offered us the reporting and monitoring tools we needed. There wasn't much to consider after comparing these features with other software.
4. How has life been since you've rolled out SolarWinds in your environment?
The ability to manage and monitor devices with SolarWinds has made our lives a lot better. The custom alerting and reporting features make narrowing down problems a breeze.