1. Author
Christine Bentsen
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor
(SAM) Compared to WhatsUp® Gold
(WUG) Application Management
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2. Agenda
» Top 5 Reasons - SAM or WUG Application Management
» Quick Comparison - SAM Vs. WUG Application Management
» Detailed Comparison
» SAM Dashboard
» SAM in IT Pro’s words
» Resources
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3. Top 5 Reasons to choose SAM over WhatsUp
Gold Application Management
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6. Detailed List – SolarWinds SAM Vs. WhatsUp
Gold Application Management
Healthy applications depend on a healthy infrastructure to
support them. SolarWinds SAM provides comprehensive
hardware monitoring for your HP® Proliant®, Dell® PowerEdge®,
IBM® System X®, and VMware® ESXi/ESX® host servers leveraging
SNMP, WMI, CIM, and the VMware API protocols. Some key
metrics monitored include:
HARDWARE
MONITORING Machine Make, Machine Model, Machine Serial Number, Array
status, Array controller status, Power supply status, Fan status,
Chassis intrusion status, Chassis temperature and/or status, CPU
temperature and/or status, Chassis fan speed and/or status, CPU
fan speed and/or status, Memory module status, Voltage
regulator status.
WhatsUp Gold only provides very basic hardware statistics,
allowing many potential hardware problems to go undetected.
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8. Detailed List – SolarWinds SAM vs. WhatsUp
Gold Application Management
SolarWinds SAM includes basic virtualization monitoring at no additional cost.
VIRTUALIZATION
WhatsUp Gold is an all-in-one solution that provides a number of product features,
MONITORING
and application monitoring is only one of these features. However, with WhatsUp
Gold, you must purchase an additional plug-in in order to have any virtualization
monitoring.
SolarWinds SAM is provided in license sizes to fit any budget and is easily
upgraded as your organization grows. The breadth of monitoring capabilities and
SUITABLE FOR flexibility of use make it suitable for companies of any size and in any industry.
COMPANIES OF
ALL TYPES & SIZES With WUG, you must buy the Premium Edition to get enterprise scalability.
Additionally, only the Premium and Distributed Editions offer Windows®
Management Instrumentation (WMI) application monitors including SQL Server®
and Exchange monitoring capabilities. SAM includes these at all license sizes.
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9. Detailed List – SolarWinds SAM Vs. WhatsUp
Gold Application Management
SolarWinds is a regulated public company with over 100,000
customers worldwide
WhatsUp Gold is a private company with less transparency to
their customers
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10. SAM Dashboard
SAM Summary page showing several applications being monitored
SOLARWINDS SERVER & APPLICATION MONITOR (SAM) – THE BEST ALTERNATIVE
TO WHATSUP® GOLD (WUG) APPLICATION MANAGEMENT
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11. SAM Dashboard
SAM has hundreds of application templates and it is easy to create custom templates through the
included wizard.
SOLARWINDS SERVER & APPLICATION MONITOR (SAM) – THE BEST ALTERNATIVE
TO WHATSUP® GOLD (WUG) APPLICATION MANAGEMENT
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12. SAM Dashboard
Historical Hardware
Information
SAM also provides out-of- the-box server hardware monitoring to
view server hardware health and quickly identify any hardware failures
SOLARWINDS SERVER & APPLICATION MONITOR (SAM) – THE BEST ALTERNATIVE
TO WHATSUP® GOLD (WUG) APPLICATION MANAGEMENT
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13. What IT Pros say about SolarWinds SAM
» SAM named Best of TechEd in the Systems Management and
Operations category at Microsoft TechEd North America 2012.
Awards produced by Windows IT Pro, SQL Server Pro, SharePoint Pro and
Dev Pro
» “With SolarWinds SAM I can keep track of everything in one
place.”
Steve Borba, Network Security Engineer, Citizens Business Bank
» “Unlike many of the enterprise offerings we had worked with
previously, SAM was not bloated with information and had a
clean, easy-to-use interface. Within a week-and-a-half of playing
with the free trial, we were able to accomplish things with SAM
that we had been trying to do with our previous system for
three years.”
Jason Krisch - Manager, Technical Services - Carilion Clinic
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14. Helpful Resources
We invite you to learn more about
SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM)
Watch Video Test Drive Live Demo
Ask Our Community Download 30-day Free Trial
Client Testimonial Client Testimonial
(SAM) Allows Carilion to be Proactive (N)Ode to SAM
Whitepaper
Selecting the Right Server & Application Monitoring Tool
Click any of the links above
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