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SolarWinds® Server & Application Monitor (SAM) is designed to allow you to use your existing Nagios scripts to extend monitoring coverage and depth. The built-in script processor enables you to convert Nagios scripts to a format you can use to alert, schedule, run jobs, and report findings, all from the centralized SAM interface.
This can help ensure you can leverage the time and effort you have already invested in these scripts—while benefiting from a whole new ease-of-use when managing custom applications.
SAM features built-in application templates to deliver availability and performance monitoring for over 1,200 business applications including databases, email servers, web servers, application servers, and more.
These built-in templates are designed to provide expert guidance on what to monitor, why you should monitor it, and how to reach the optimal thresholds to monitor your applications.
Pinpoint and drill down on performance problems in Exchange, SQL Server, IIS, and more. Server & Application Monitor’s AppInsight™ dashboard automates application monitoring and provides comprehensive visibility and metrics to troubleshoot performance issues.
SAM is designed to help you map dependencies across operating systems, servers, and virtual layers, so you can find out how performance problems are affecting application health. Go deep into your IT infrastructure and get contextual metrics to troubleshoot application performance.
Manage and monitor your applications using the agentless technology in Server & Application Monitor. The agentless approach makes it easy to discover and poll performance metrics from target nodes.
SAM helps meet the needs of any sized network without requiring any third-party integration for scalability or distributed monitoring. Optional agent-based deployment expands the monitoring scope to reach cloud infrastructure, satellite and remote offices, and DMZ networks.
Originally developed in 1999 under the name “NetSaint,” Nagios has since become popular among small to mid-sized businesses, internet service providers, and other institutions across industries. Nagios was originally designed to run on Linux, but it can now monitor devices on Windows and Unix variants.
Nagios Core has basic server monitoring capabilities on its own, but users can expand its functionalities by adding plug-ins. Plug-ins are standalone extensions users can add on to customize their monitoring experience based on their needs.
Nagios XI is the paid, extended version of Nagios Core, designed to more easily fit a large enterprise’s needs. Nagios XI is a server and application monitor, configuration monitor, and toolkit all in one. Other commercials extensions include Nagios Log Server, Nagios Network Analyzer, and Nagios Fusion.
Nagios products can be configured to monitor a range of metrics, including the following through plug-ins or its paid versions:
Since Nagios Core is open source, you may have to add additional plug-ins to achieve full server monitoring functionality, which can also add costs. Nagios performance can also be dependent on customization and scripts and provide limited insights out-of-the-box to monitor critical apps such as SQL Server, IIS, and Exchange, so users may need to build custom scripts and configure additional components. Unfortunately, this winds up being time-consuming, labor-intensive, and can make scalability difficult for large and distributed networks.
If you’re using Nagios, you may want to ask yourself whether you’re spending more time configuring and managing Nagios than for monitoring. When shopping for a Nagios replacement, you should consider a solution with the following features to support an easy migration and improvement from Nagios:
When comparing Nagios vs. SolarWinds, SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor is an enterprise-grade Nagios alternative designed to provide a streamlined transition between programs.
SolarWinds SAM is built to accommodate your existing Nagios scripts, so you can start monitoring without missing a beat. Just convert your Nagios scripts to a compatible format using SAM’s built-in script processor to begin monitoring your servers and applications typically within minutes.
SAM also features built-in application monitoring templates for over 1,200 applications, including email servers, databases, web servers, application servers, and more. SAM is designed so you’ll no longer need to create a custom script for each server you want to monitor—just choose a template and a script server.
In addition, since SAM can support an agentless monitoring solution and doesn’t require third-party integration, SAM is designed to be a Nagios replacement.
SAM is also a user-friendly alternative to Nagios. The intuitive AppInsight dashboard helps visualize your application performance using detailed graphs, charts, and tables. From the dashboard you can monitor application performance, troubleshoot, and map dependencies across every layer of your IT infrastructure.
If you’re interested in a first class, enterprise-grade Nagios alternative, try SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor free for 30 days.
Originally developed in 1999 under the name “NetSaint,” Nagios has since become popular among small to mid-sized businesses, internet service providers, and other institutions across industries. Nagios was originally designed to run on Linux, but it can now monitor devices on Windows and Unix variants.
Nagios Core has basic server monitoring capabilities on its own, but users can expand its functionalities by adding plug-ins. Plug-ins are standalone extensions users can add on to customize their monitoring experience based on their needs.
Nagios XI is the paid, extended version of Nagios Core, designed to more easily fit a large enterprise’s needs. Nagios XI is a server and application monitor, configuration monitor, and toolkit all in one. Other commercials extensions include Nagios Log Server, Nagios Network Analyzer, and Nagios Fusion.
Nagios products can be configured to monitor a range of metrics, including the following through plug-ins or its paid versions:
Since Nagios Core is open source, you may have to add additional plug-ins to achieve full server monitoring functionality, which can also add costs. Nagios performance can also be dependent on customization and scripts and provide limited insights out-of-the-box to monitor critical apps such as SQL Server, IIS, and Exchange, so users may need to build custom scripts and configure additional components. Unfortunately, this winds up being time-consuming, labor-intensive, and can make scalability difficult for large and distributed networks.
If you’re using Nagios, you may want to ask yourself whether you’re spending more time configuring and managing Nagios than for monitoring. When shopping for a Nagios replacement, you should consider a solution with the following features to support an easy migration and improvement from Nagios:
When comparing Nagios vs. SolarWinds, SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor is an enterprise-grade Nagios alternative designed to provide a streamlined transition between programs.
SolarWinds SAM is built to accommodate your existing Nagios scripts, so you can start monitoring without missing a beat. Just convert your Nagios scripts to a compatible format using SAM’s built-in script processor to begin monitoring your servers and applications typically within minutes.
SAM also features built-in application monitoring templates for over 1,200 applications, including email servers, databases, web servers, application servers, and more. SAM is designed so you’ll no longer need to create a custom script for each server you want to monitor—just choose a template and a script server.
In addition, since SAM can support an agentless monitoring solution and doesn’t require third-party integration, SAM is designed to be a Nagios replacement.
SAM is also a user-friendly alternative to Nagios. The intuitive AppInsight dashboard helps visualize your application performance using detailed graphs, charts, and tables. From the dashboard you can monitor application performance, troubleshoot, and map dependencies across every layer of your IT infrastructure.
If you’re interested in a first class, enterprise-grade Nagios alternative, try SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor free for 30 days.
Server & Application Monitor
Discover and start monitoring your applications quickly without building complex scripts.
Correlate application issues with server performance and hardware health.
Use built-in and customizable monitoring dashboards, alerts, and reports for faster troubleshooting.
