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SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is the world's leading network monitoring software. It allows you to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance issues and outages before your users even notice.
With NPM, you get multi-vendor support for Cisco, Juniper, HP, Dell, and more. Its standout feature, NetPath™, provides a visual, hop-by-hop analysis of your network traffic—even across the public internet to cloud services like Office 365 or AWS—so you can pinpoint exactly where the lag is coming from.
Key Features
- Multi-Vendor Monitoring: Comprehensive SNMP polling for routers, switches, firewalls, and load balancers from any vendor.
- NetPath™ Analysis: Visual traceroute on steroids. See every hop between your users and the app, identifying latency bottlenecks.
- Intelligent Alerting: Reduce noise with topology-aware alerts (e.g., "Don't alert on 50 switches if the core router is down").
- PerfStack™: Drag-and-drop metrics from network, server, and storage onto a single timeline to find root causes instantly.
- Cloud Monitoring: Visibility into Azure ExpressRoute, VPN Gateways, and AWS Direct Connect.
Why Buy From Softech.store?
- ✔ Authorized Distributor: We are a premier partner for SolarWinds, offering the fastest license delivery in the region.
- ✔ Licensing Experts: Confused by "Elements"? We help you calculate the exact license size (SL100 to SLX) you need.
NPM vs. Free Monitoring Tools
| Feature | Free Tools (e.g., Nagios Core) | SolarWinds NPM |
|---|---|---|
| Setup Time | Days (Scripting required) | Minutes (Auto-Discovery) |
| Visuals | Basic Graphs | NetPath & PerfStack |
| Support | Community Forums | 24/7 Enterprise Support |
Trending FAQs: Network Monitoring
Q: What is an "Element" in NPM licensing?
A: An element is defined as a Node (device), Interface (port), or Volume (disk). The license level (e.g., SL500) is the maximum count of the largest of these three categories, not the sum.
Q: Does NPM include bandwidth monitoring?
A: NPM monitors total bandwidth usage (SNMP). To see which applications or users are consuming that bandwidth (NetFlow/sFlow analysis), you need the NetFlow Traffic Analyzer (NTA) module.
Q: What is NetPath and how is it different from traceroute?
A: Traceroute is a simple text list of hops. NetPath is a visual, continuous analysis that shows performance between hops, identifies multiple paths (ECMP), and highlights exactly where latency or packet loss is occurring, even inside provider networks.
Q: Can I monitor my Azure/AWS gateways?
A: Yes, NPM has native API integrations for Azure ExpressRoute, VPN Gateways, and AWS Direct Connect to monitor the health of your hybrid cloud connections.