SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer Reviews

We are using SolarWinds and have all the modules with us, including NetFlow and NPM. It is primarily used for Ampeller's Internet connectivity and device health monitoring. 

Additionally, we use it to generate monthly reports to present to management regarding bandwidth usage and clients. To justify the Bandwidth.

The bandwidth indicates the utilization of the devices; if any issue occurs, it triggers an alert for me.

I find this tool very helpful in identifying the top traffic paths from source to destination, and determining which routes are consuming the most resources. In this way, NetFlow provides more insights. For example, consider a scenario where I have a one-gig circuit connecting two locations.

This tool provides insights into top utilization applications or it identifies which circuit or application is consuming the most on the complete one-gig circuit traffic path. This feature makes net flows very visible to me and to customers, showing what is happening at the backend. This is the main feedback I receive from customers about how NetFlow is being managed.

We use the network traffic analyzer for network bandwidth utilization and to understand where traffic is slow or unresponsive on the devices. It helps us understand how traffic is traversing the network.

It is also used in the manufacturing industry, but it's primarily for devices connected to the network, both in manufacturing and IT. It's not specific to any industry but rather used for the overall enterprise network.

NetFlow Traffic Analyzer has impacted our troubleshooting processes. It really helps most of the time and gives a lot of information. 

However, there's a bit of a challenge in terms of navigation, and there are some limitations in the current Orion product. The new features in Orion and the high observability might have new features. 

We use the solution for capacity planning.

Consider a business that moves into online trading, creating a hybrid environment where the network is partly controlled by a cloud provider and partly by the company. In such a scenario, I could reduce network consumption within the organization by moving some applications to the cloud. By simulating this change, I can analyze the impact on network traffic. If the simulation shows a significant reduction in traffic, it may be more cost-effective to move applications to the cloud rather than reengineer the entire network.

We are a distributor for SolarWinds Network Traffic Analyzer (NTA) and the majority of our customers are in the banking sector. For security reasons, we deploy the solution for our customers on-premises (it's not allowed to be cloud-based).

Our customers' standard use case for SolarWinds NTA is the monitoring of bandwidth and all the traffic flowing through their networks.

The bandwidth monitoring functionality is one of the most important features for our customers. When the customer notices that their bandwidth usage is too high for some reason, they will use the traffic analysis within SolarWinds NTA to identify which protocols (e.g. HTTPS) or applications are using up the bandwidth.

Another solid feature of SolarWinds NTA is their reports. They offer real-time traffic reports that show updates every five to 10 seconds.

We use SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer primarily for monitoring our network traffic. We are exporting the flows from our network devices to SolarWinds, which then creates graphs showing the amount of traffic and the types of protocols in use, such as HTTP, TCP, and UDP.

SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer helps us identify issues when there is a link overload. It allows us to pinpoint which protocol is overloading the link.

We use SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer primarily to check and collect flow data from multiple devices, including Cisco, Juniper, and Huawei platforms. Our main focus is monitoring bandwidth usage across different devices and regions. Monitoring bandwidth application traffic is the primary concern.

The best feature is customizable reporting, which includes network diagrams and monitoring of various types of bandwidth usage and peak times. These reports are crucial for managing bandwidth usage and network management within our organization.

We use the solution for traffic devices.