Infrastructure monitoring products: Users pinpoint the best and worst features

03.06.2016

IT monitoring software probes various parts of the infrastructure -- servers, networks and applications -- and alerts IT about problems before they can cause an outage that affects the business. According to IT managers in the IT Central Station community, the most important criteria to consider when choosing infrastructure monitoring software include compatibility with existing infrastructure and customizable views.

Four of the leading IT infrastructure monitoring solutions are CA Unified Infrastructure Management, SevOne, Nagios and Opsview Enterprise, according to ratings by IT Central Station members.

But what do enterprise users really think about these tools Here, users give a shout out for some of their favorite features, but also give the vendors a little tough love.

Editor’s note: These reviews of select infrastructure monitoring tools come from the IT Central Station community. They are the opinions of the users and are based on their own experiences.

You can read more CA UIM reviews on IT Central Station.

You can read more SevOne reviews on IT Central Station.

You can read more Nagios reviews on IT Central Station.

You can read more OpsView reviews on IT Central Station.

(www.computerworld.com)

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